Petro Stopping Centers Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a Petro Stopping Centers franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2026), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
Petro Stopping Centers 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 provided excerpts.
What a Petro Stopping Centers franchise costs to run
Initial fee, royalty, advertising fees absent from provided excerpts.
Petro Stopping Centers' 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.
Petro Stopping Centers system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 77 |
| Ceased operations | 1 |
| Terminated by franchisor | 0 |
| Transferred to new owners | 1 |
| Closure rate | 1.3% of outlets |
1 ceased operations 2024; net outlet decline 2025 (-7 company-owned).
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 Petro Stopping Centers worth it? — how it compares to 59 similar franchises
| Disclosure honesty | Grade F | less honest than most of the category |
| Closure rate | 1.3% of outlets | better than most (median 2.4%) |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 0 | fewer than most |
Benchmarked against every retail & business services franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.
Owner take-home for a Petro Stopping Centers
The franchisor's framing: No Item 19 financial performance representations disclosed in provided excerpts.… 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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Petro Stopping Centers franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a Petro Stopping Centers franchise cost?
- Petro Stopping Centers' current FDD excerpt doesn't clearly state a total investment range — ask for Item 7 directly.
- How much do Petro Stopping Centers franchise owners make?
- Petro Stopping Centers 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 Petro Stopping Centers franchise fees?
- Petro Stopping Centers' FDD excerpt doesn't clearly itemise the fee structure — ask for Items 5 and 6 directly.
- What is the Petro Stopping Centers franchise profit margin?
- Petro Stopping Centers 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 Petro Stopping Centers franchise failure rate?
- 1 ceased operations 2024; net outlet decline 2025 (-7 company-owned).
- How many Petro Stopping Centers locations are there?
- Petro Stopping Centers' FDD reports 77 total outlets, with 1 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year and 1 transferred to new owners. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
- Does Petro Stopping Centers have complaints or lawsuits?
- Petro Stopping Centers 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 Petro Stopping Centers franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Petro Stopping Centers scores F on disclosure honesty. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: WI DFI Franchise Registration (2026). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with Petro Stopping Centers or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.