Good Neighbor Pharmacy Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2025), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
Good Neighbor Pharmacy discloses earnings (Item 19) — but the grade is how honestly. We graded it C.
What their own earnings claim actually says
Discloses performance metrics: vaccination rates 41.4% higher for Premier members; Elevate members 5.0% YoY growth; front-end purchases 9.2% increase. Data unaudited, based on participating franchisees only; no net income projections provided.
What a Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise costs to run
$599/month GNP Premier Fee; optional programs $49-$249/month; no upfront franchise fee disclosed; late fee 0.05% daily.
Good Neighbor Pharmacy's 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.
Good Neighbor Pharmacy system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 2,204 |
| Ceased operations | 264 |
| Terminated by franchisor | 90 |
| Transferred to new owners | 45 |
| Closure rate | 12.0% of outlets |
264 ceased operations (2025); -90 net GNP Premier change indicates contraction.
From Item 20 of the FDD 2025. Terminations and ceased operations are the franchisor's own count of owners who stopped — the number the sales pitch leaves out.
Is Good Neighbor Pharmacy worth it? — how it compares to 436 similar franchises
| Startup cost | from $43,797 | cheaper than most (median $138,750) |
| Disclosure honesty | Grade C | typical for the category |
| Closure rate | 12.0% of outlets | worse than 91% of peers |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 1 | about average |
Benchmarked against every other franchises franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.
Owner take-home for a Good Neighbor Pharmacy
The franchisor's framing: Discloses performance metrics: vaccination rates 41.4% higher for Premier members; Elevate… 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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Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise cost?
- The FDD lists a total initial investment of about $43,797–$575,205.
- How much do Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise owners make?
- Discloses performance metrics: vaccination rates 41.4% higher for Premier members; Elevate members 5.0% YoY growth; front-end purchases 9.2% increase. Data unaudited, based on participating franchisees only; no net income projections provided. We grade this disclosure C for honesty.
- What are the Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise fees?
- Good Neighbor Pharmacy's FDD excerpt doesn't clearly itemise the fee structure — ask for Items 5 and 6 directly.
- What is the Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise profit margin?
- Good Neighbor Pharmacy does not publish a franchisee net-profit margin — almost no franchisor does. What Item 19 actually shows: Discloses performance metrics: vaccination rates 41.4% higher for Premier members; Elevate members 5.0% YoY growth; front-end purchases 9.2% increase. Data unaudited, based on participating franchisees only; no net income projections provided. Recurring fees alone take about a fixed cut of gross sales, before rent, labor, food or debt service. Margin has to be reconstructed from the disclosure, not read off it.
- What is the Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise failure rate?
- 264 ceased operations (2025); -90 net GNP Premier change indicates contraction.
- How many Good Neighbor Pharmacy locations are there?
- Good Neighbor Pharmacy's FDD reports 2,204 total outlets, with 264 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year and 45 transferred to new owners. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
- Does Good Neighbor Pharmacy have complaints or lawsuits?
- Good Neighbor Pharmacy discloses 1 legal matter in Item 3 of its FDD. Item 3 covers the franchisor's litigation history, which is the closest thing to a public record of how it treats franchisees — read the case descriptions, not just the count.
- Is a Good Neighbor Pharmacy franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Good Neighbor Pharmacy scores C on disclosure honesty, and discloses 1 legal matters. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: WI DFI Franchise Registration (2025). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with Good Neighbor Pharmacy or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.