D1 Sports Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a D1 Sports franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2026), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
D1 Sports discloses little or no owner-earnings data (Item 19) — the franchisor won't put real profit in writing.
What their own earnings claim actually says
No Item 19 financial performance representations disclosed in excerpts provided.
What a D1 Sports franchise costs to run
Marketing fee minimum $250/month or 2% gross revenues (increased July 2024). Transfer/renewal fees structure not detailed in excerpts.
D1 Sports' filing doesn't break its fees into a table we can itemise — this is the fee language as disclosed. Ask for Items 5 and 6 directly.
D1 Sports system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 154 |
| Ceased operations | 14 |
| Closure rate | 9.1% of outlets |
Franchisor negative equity ($14.4M deficit); multiple surety bonds required; financial stress indicated.
From Item 20 of the FDD 2026. Terminations and ceased operations are the franchisor's own count of owners who stopped — the number the sales pitch leaves out.
Is D1 Sports worth it? — how it compares to 71 similar franchises
| Disclosure honesty | Grade F | less honest than most of the category |
| Closure rate | 9.1% of outlets | worse than 91% of peers |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 0 | fewer than most |
Benchmarked against every fitness & gyms franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.
Owner take-home for a D1 Sports
The franchisor's framing: No Item 19 financial performance representations disclosed in excerpts provided.… We reconstruct what an owner actually keeps, from their own FDD.
- Reconstructed owner P&L — net take-home after royalty, ad fund, rent, labor & debt
- Break-even timeline + cash-on-cash ROI
- Full fee stack + required-purchase markups
- Decoded real failure / closure rate
- How it ranks vs comparable franchises
- Validation-call playbook — the exact questions to ask
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D1 Sports franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a D1 Sports franchise cost?
- D1 Sports' current FDD excerpt doesn't clearly state a total investment range — ask for Item 7 directly.
- How much do D1 Sports franchise owners make?
- D1 Sports discloses little or no earnings data (Item 19) — meaning the franchisor won't put real owner profit in writing. That's a red flag worth questioning.
- What are the D1 Sports franchise fees?
- D1 Sports' FDD excerpt doesn't clearly itemise the fee structure — ask for Items 5 and 6 directly.
- What is the D1 Sports franchise profit margin?
- D1 Sports discloses no Item 19 earnings representation, so no profit margin can be derived from the FDD at all. Any margin figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
- What is the D1 Sports franchise failure rate?
- Franchisor negative equity ($14.4M deficit); multiple surety bonds required; financial stress indicated.
- How many D1 Sports locations are there?
- D1 Sports' FDD reports 154 total outlets, with 14 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
- Does D1 Sports have complaints or lawsuits?
- D1 Sports discloses no material litigation in Item 3 of the filing we reviewed. That's a positive signal, though it covers only what the franchisor is required to report.
- Is a D1 Sports franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. D1 Sports scores F on disclosure honesty. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: MN CARDS 36449-202604-11 (Clean FDD 2026). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with D1 Sports or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.