The 2026 Fee Index · July 29, 2026 · updated quarterly
The 2026 Medical Weight-Loss & Wellness Franchise Fee Index
$1,290,000
The 10-year ongoing take of the heaviest published fee stack in this index at a hypothetical $600,000/yr gross — before the operator keeps a dollar, on a brand they never own. Every row below is dated and sourced; every figure is arithmetic on a hypothetical, not a projection. Each company’s current FDD controls.
One table. Every major published fee structure in the category — royalty, brand fund, mandated monthly spend, entry range — and what each totals over ten years at three revenue tiers. Built so a buyer can compare structures before a salesperson compares entry fees.
Franchise / structure (2025 disclosure digests)
Ongoing %
Fixed $/mo
Entry range
10-yr take @ $400,000/yr
10-yr take @ $600,000/yr
10-yr take @ $1,000,000/yr
Medi-Weightloss 10% + 1–2% fund + $5K/mo mandated marketing; ≈$2,500/mo min
11.5%
$5,000/mo
$251K–$494K
$1,060,000
$1,290,000
$1,750,000
4Ever Young 7% (monthly minimums) + 2% fund + $7,500/mo required marketing
9.0%
$7,500/mo
$522K–$755K
$1,260,000
$1,440,000
$1,800,000
The DRIPBaR 7% + 2% fund; no Item 19 in FDD
9.0%
—
$147K–$415K
$360,000
$540,000
$900,000
GameDay Men's Health 6% + ~$2,000/mo advertising
6.0%
$2,000/mo
$224K–$410K
$480,000
$600,000
$840,000
Better Wellness USA 0% claimed (company's own site); verify entity/substantiation
0.0%
—
$105K published
$0
$0
$0
0%-royalty license (Atlas Metabolic) No % of gross; final agreement controls
0.0%
—
Provided in writing during evaluation
$0
$0
$0
Ongoing % = royalty + brand/ad fund on gross. Fixed $/mo = mandated local-marketing or advertising obligations (compulsory spend, even where not paid to the franchisor). Minimums applied where the percentage royalty falls below them. Entry ranges are Item 7 digests or the company’s own published figure. Better Wellness USA figures are the company’s own claims. Not legal, financial, or investment advice.
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Ongoing take per year = royalty % of gross (or the monthly minimum ×12 where higher) + brand/ad-fund % of gross + fixed mandated monthly obligations ×12; multiplied by ten. Inputs are hypothetical revenue tiers, not projections. One-time entry fees are shown separately and excluded from the ongoing total.
Where do the fee figures come from?
Each company's 2025 disclosure-year materials as digested by franchise-analytics services (sharpsheets.io, franchisechatter.com, franchisepayback.com, franchisesidekick.com) and the companies' own published pages, retrieved late July 2026. Franchise terms change; each company's current FDD and official documents control.
Why is there a 0%-royalty license row?
Because the publisher of this index, Atlas Metabolic, offers one, and we think the honest comparison favors that structure — read the whole table knowing that. The Atlas row's terms are controlled by a written agreement, and Atlas makes no earnings or income-performance representations.
Can I get this as a PDF?
Yes — the same table, dated and sourced, formatted for printing and for sharing with your advisers, is available below.
Sources & dates (retrieved July 29, 2026 unless noted)
2025 disclosure-year fee digests: sharpsheets.io; franchisechatter.com; franchisepayback.com; franchisesidekick.com; vettedbiz.com — retrieved late July 2026.
Company-published figures: betterwellnessusa.com; each franchisor's franchise-recruitment site.
Atlas Metabolic structure: published Atlas model; the final written agreement controls.