The Joint Chiropractic franchise: what it costs
Opening a chiropractic clinic with The Joint Chiropractic franchise runs $254,250 to $520,800, based on its 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
The Joint Chiropractic franchise cost, item by item
- Full cost of opening
- $254,250 to $520,800 Item 7, 2024 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $39,900 Item 5, 2024 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- 7% of gross sales, but never less than $700 a month Item 6, 2024 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 2% taken from gross sales Item 6, 2024 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $574,304 a year on average across 696 locations it counts, before costs Item 19, 2024 FDD
- Count of locations when 2023 ended
- Franchise owners ran 800, the company 135 Item 20, 2024 FDD
Each figure above was taken from the 2024 The Joint Chiropractic Franchise Disclosure Document, dated May 1, 2024 and submitted by The Joint Corp. to the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
The Joint Chiropractic FDD sales and earnings figures
Item 19 is the section of the FDD in which brands may report how much their locations sell or earn. That is where The Joint Chiropractic shares its figures. For the 696 US franchised clinics reporting in every month of 2023, average yearly sales came to $574,304; that is the main figure. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
See our guide to making sense of an Item 19 first, before you rely on its numbers.
Other beauty and wellness franchises next to The Joint Chiropractic
Among the beauty and wellness franchises listed here, the middle one starts at $254K, and The Joint Chiropractic is more expensive to open than most.
| Brand | Total cost to opentotal, lowest to highest | Upfront feeone-time fee | Royaltyongoing, usually a % of sales | Year filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supercuts | $186K to $323K | $39,500 | 4%, then 6% | 2025 |
| Great Clips | $188K to $420K | $20,000 | 6% | 2026 |
| The Joint Chiropractic | $254K to $521K | $39,900 | 7% (at least $700 a month) | 2024 |
| European Wax Center | $332K to $777K | $36,000 to $45,000 | 6% | 2026 |
| Massage Envy | $696K to $1.05M | $45,000 | 6% | 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 set amount. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. Sales or earnings figures are shared in the FDD of all 5 brands; open one to take a look. The filing year is the year that FDD was listed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The Joint Chiropractic location count
At the end of 2023, the United States had 935 The Joint Chiropractic locations, with franchise owners running 86% 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 The Joint Chiropractic FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the The Joint Chiropractic FDD and franchise agreement with you.