Jiffy Lube franchise: what it costs
Opening a free-standing service center with the Jiffy Lube franchise runs $211,000 to $510,000, per its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
Jiffy Lube franchise cost, item by item
- Full cost of opening
- From $211,000 up to $510,000 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $35,000 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- You pay 4% of gross sales; pay on time and it's 3% Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- The fee is 1.5% of gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $1,109,719 a year on average across the locations the brand counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Location count when 2025 ended
- Franchise owners ran 1,765; the company ran 318 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Every figure above comes out of the 2026 Jiffy Lube Franchise Disclosure Document. Jiffy Lube International, LLC filed it at the Minnesota Department of Commerce, dated March 27, 2026 and amended July 1, 2026. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Earnings and sales data in the Jiffy Lube FDD
In Item 19, the section of the FDD where a brand may state what its locations earn or sell, Jiffy Lube gives its figures. Every one of the 1,732 franchised service centers open for all of 2025 is included in the main figure: $1,109,719 in average yearly net sales. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Before you trust any figure in an Item 19, see our guide on reading one.
Jiffy Lube beside other automotive franchises
On this site, Jiffy Lube costs less to get started than most automotive franchises; the middle one begins at $562K.
| Brand | Total cost to opentotal, lowest to highest | Upfront feeone-time fee | Royaltyongoing, usually a % of sales | Year filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valvoline Instant Oil Change | $192K to $640K | $30,000 | 6% from year three | 2026 |
| Jiffy Lube | $211K to $510K | $35,000 | 4% | 2026 |
| Take 5 Oil Change | $912K to $2.05M | $45,000 | 7% | 2025 |
| Tommy's Express Car Wash | $3.48M to $11.8M | $50,000 | 4% | 2026 |
Before you buy, a brand has to hand over its Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD); the brand's latest one is where every figure comes from. After opening, you keep paying the brand a royalty: either a share of sales or a fixed amount. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. All 4 brands give sales or earnings numbers in their FDD (open one to see them). The filing year is the year that FDD was listed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The number of Jiffy Lube locations
At the end of 2025, the United States had 2,083 Jiffy Lube locations, with franchise owners running 85% of them (Item 20). In that same part of the FDD, you get phone numbers for owners still running stores and ones who left. Your best way to learn how these costs play out in real life is to call a few of them.
Get the Jiffy Lube FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Jiffy Lube FDD and franchise agreement with you.