The UPS Store franchise: what it costs
Opening a non-traditional center with The UPS Store franchise costs between $114,026 and $413,260. That's per its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), the documents a brand has to give you before you buy.
The UPS Store franchise cost, item by item
- Full cost of opening
- $114,026 at the low end, $413,260 at the high end Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $14,950 to $39,950 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- 5% of what you sell Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 2.5% from sales, with 1% more for local marketing Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- Not given Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Number of locations when 2025 ended
- Franchise owners operated 5,487 and the company operated 16 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Every figure above comes from the 2026 The UPS Store Franchise Disclosure Document, which The UPS Store, Inc. filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and which is dated April 23, 2026. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
The UPS Store FDD: sales and earnings figures
Item 19 contains no sales or earnings figures from The UPS Store, so its FDD says nothing about what locations earn or sell. Ask the owners listed under Item 20, the FDD's list covering locations and owners, how much they earn.
Before you count on any figure in an Item 19, our guide shows how to read one.
The UPS Store location count
At the end of 2025, the United States had 5,503 The UPS Store locations, with franchise owners running 100% 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 UPS Store FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the The UPS Store FDD and franchise agreement with you.