Freedom Boat Club franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Freedom Boat Club franchise takes $222,500 – $500,500 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is not disclosed in the filings we cover. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 6% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 1%. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
Freedom Boat Club franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $222,500 | $500,500 | $222,500 to $500,500 | |
| 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) | $222,500 | $500,500 | $222,500 to $500,500 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Freedom Boat Club's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 6% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 1% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 5 years |
See the full Freedom Boat Club cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Freedom Boat Club's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Freedom Boat Club's disclosed cost sits against the Health & Fitness category:
- Minimum startup cost of $222,500 — about 1.2× the Health & Fitness median of $184,861.
Category medians are computed from the Health & Fitness brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Health & Fitness franchises
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How Freedom Boat Club's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2012–2022: began the window at 49 units; 270 units opened, 37 closed, ending at 240 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 Freedom Boat Club 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 Freedom Boat Club 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 Freedom Boat Club 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 Freedom Boat Club 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 Freedom Boat Club 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 Freedom Boat Club franchise
Freedom Boat Club is a health & fitness franchisor with 240 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2012 and 2022, it began the window at 49 units; its filings record 270 unit openings and 37 closures, ending at 240 units (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is Freedom Franchise Systems LLC.
Disclosure filings report 2 franchise-related lawsuits. Review Item 3 of the FDD. (as of 2026-05)
From the franchisor's materials
Freedom Boat Club businesses provide a membership-only yacht and boat club that offers its members the usage of boats at designated times and for designated time periods based on an entry fee and monthly dues (" FBC Business (es )"
Freedom Boat Club franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Freedom Boat Club franchise cost?
- $222,500 – $500,500 all-in to open, per Freedom Boat Club's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Freedom Boat Club units are there?
- 240 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Freedom Boat Club's units held up?
- 91.7% of units at risk between 2020 and 2022 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).