Little Medical School franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Little Medical School franchise takes $58,200 – $79,400 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $50,000. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 8% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 95%. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
Little Medical School franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $58,200 | $79,400 | $58,200 to $79,400 | |
| 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) | $58,200 | $79,400 | $58,200 to $79,400 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Little Medical School's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 8% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 95% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 5 years |
See the full Little Medical School cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Little Medical School's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Little Medical School's disclosed cost sits against the Professional Services category:
- Minimum startup cost of $58,200 — about 31% below the Professional Services median of $84,700.
- Initial franchise fee of $50,000 — about 1.3× the Professional Services median of $39,700.
Category medians are computed from the Professional Services brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Professional Services franchises
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How Little Medical School's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2015–2021: began the window at 0 units; 48 units opened, 13 closed, ending at 21 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 Little Medical School 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 Little Medical School 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 Little Medical School 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 Little Medical School 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 Little Medical School 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 Little Medical School franchise
Little Medical School is a professional services franchisor with 21 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2015 and 2021, it began the window at 0 units; its filings record 48 unit openings and 13 closures, ending at 21 units (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is LMS Franchising.
Disclosure filings report 1 franchise-related lawsuit. Review Item 3 of the FDD. (as of 2026-05)
From the franchisor's materials
The franchise is a mobile business named "Little Medical School" that conducts after school and/or summer camp programs featuring medical-themed projects that teach medicine, science and the benefits of good health for children ages four to fourteen years old. The business uses proprietary curriculum to teach children the world of medicine by incorporating multi-sensory learning methods and interactive activities, under the name "Little Medical School. " The Initial Franchise Fee for a Standard Model is $19, 500 with protected rights to operate in a specific area defined by us. The Initial Franchise Fee for a Mini-Model is $11, 500 with protected rights to operate in a specific area defined by us.
Little Medical School franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Little Medical School franchise cost?
- $58,200 – $79,400 all-in to open, per Little Medical School's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Little Medical School units are there?
- 21 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Little Medical School's units held up?
- 70.7% of units at risk between 2019 and 2021 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).