Fast Undercar franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Fast Undercar franchise takes $54,800 – $805,000 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $12,500. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 4% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 1%. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
Fast Undercar franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $54,800 | $805,000 | $54,800 to $805,000 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $54,800 | $805,000 | $54,800 to $805,000 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Fast Undercar's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 4% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 1% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 10 years |
See the full Fast Undercar cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Fast Undercar's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Fast Undercar's disclosed cost sits against the Auto & Travel category:
- Minimum startup cost of $54,800 — about 69% below the Auto & Travel median of $177,500.
- Initial franchise fee of $12,500 — about 63% below the Auto & Travel median of $33,740.
Category medians are computed from the Auto & Travel brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Auto & Travel franchises
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How Fast Undercar's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2012–2020: began the window at 28 units; 7 units opened, 5 closed, ending at 17 units. (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Fast Undercar or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask Fast Undercar for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether Fast Undercar is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether Fast Undercar grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only Fast Undercar can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the Fast Undercar franchise
Fast Undercar is an auto & travel franchisor with 17 units at the end of 2020 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2012 and 2020, it began the window at 28 units; its filings record 7 unit openings and 5 closures, ending at 17 units (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is Fast Undercar Franchise Corp..
No franchise-related lawsuits reported in the disclosure data we hold (FDD Item 3, as of 2026-05) — an absence in our sources, not a guarantee; confirm against the brand's current FDD.
From the franchisor's materials
The FAST UNDERCAR® franchise grants you the right to own a distribution outlet specializing in the sale of undercar and other automotive aftermarket parts, supplies and accessories. FAST UNDERCAR® outlets sell primarily to professional installers ranging from independent garages with a single service bay to well-known national repair chains servicing high volumes of business. Your inventory will include popular-brand brake parts, steering, chassis and suspension components, power transmission parts and other automotive parts and supplies that we specify. These parts and supplies are for installation or use in automobiles and other light vehicles in accordance with manufacturers' specifications. Most undercar products are subject to constant wear and tear and most professional installers can install these products without special training. Our affiliate, PAM, maintains relationships with a variety of wholesale suppliers of high quality, national brand undercar and other automotive aftermarket parts who are capable of supplying our chains' inventory needs and promptly fill restocking inventory orders as needed. PAM endeavors to negotiate favorable group buying programs with certain recommended suppliers to obtain volume discounts and other favorable terms for our franchisees. Neither we nor PAM make any representation regarding our ability to obtain particular prices, payment or credit terms. You must purchase all of your undercar and other automotive aftermarket parts, supplies and accessories from our recommended suppliers unless you obtain our prior written consent to purchase inventory items from a supplier who you propose to us and we approve after considering the quality of the supplier's inventory and the supplier's overall reputation and ability in our opinion to make timely deliveries. We forbid our franchisees to negotiate different prices or other terms of sale directly with suppliers on our recommended supplier list. FAST UNDERCAR® outlets' primary customer base is the professional installation market rather than retailers who sell undercar and other automotive aftermarket parts to the general public. Professional repair facilities of all types are under increasing pressure to shorten repair and service times and increase returns from their service bays. By specializing in undercar parts and marketing to the professional installation market, FAST UNDERCAR® outlets occupy a distinctive segment of the automotive aftermarket. As component parts proliferate, professional installers are specializing in the kind of repair work they handle. FAST UNDERCAR® outlets serve this increasingly specialized market niche. We distinguish the FAST UNDERCAR® system by featuring a two-step supply delivery process. Our approach involves FAST UNDERCAR® outlets (i) purchasing inventory directly from manufacturers and wholesalers of undercar and other automotive aftermarket parts, and (ii) using delivery vehicles to “hot shot” inventory directly to the customer's repair shop. Our delivery systems represent a significant departure from traditional wholesale distribution methods which historically involve at least three-steps: a hard parts manufacturer selling to a jobber or full-line warehouse who, in turn, resells inventory to a local distributor or retailer where customers travel to pick up the products they need. Our approach eliminates the functions that, historically, local auto parts jobbers (who typically combine retail and wholesale operations in retail locations where customers must come and shop) and full-line warehouse distributors (who sell primarily to jobbers, but historically are weak on service functions), perform. Our two-step distribution approach emphasizes parts delivery and customer convenience. We speed up the process of getting parts to the ultimate end user (the installer) and minimize expenses attributable to carrying an extensive inventory line.
Fast Undercar franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Fast Undercar franchise cost?
- $54,800 – $805,000 all-in to open, per Fast Undercar's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Fast Undercar units are there?
- 17 units at the end of 2020 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Fast Undercar's units held up?
- 86.7% of units at risk between 2017 and 2020 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).