Express Employment Professional
Business & Professional Services · Staffing & Employment
- Active units
- 783
- Avg unit volume
- $5.4M
- Royalty
- 40.0%
Franchised, year-end 2024
of weekly Net Sales
About Express Employment Professional
This franchise operates as a service-based business that connects local job seekers with employers across various industries. Franchise owners manage brick-and-mortar offices that offer workforce solutions such as contract staffing, evaluation hiring, and executive searches. The model focuses on building relationships with local businesses to address their human resource and recruitment needs. Operations include identifying, screening, and placing qualified candidates into full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions.
Key terms
- Franchise fee
$40k
- Multiple Authorized Occupations Addenda discount
Second Authorized Occupations Addendum 25% reduction; All Authorized Occupations Addenda 50% reduction
- Multi-unit discount
Second Agreement 25%; Third Agreement 35%; More than three additional Agreements 50%
- Emerging Entrepreneur (EE) Program
Successful graduates eligible for a 50% reduction in initial franchise fees
- Fee waivers for renewals/expansion
Waive Professional Occupations initial franchise fee for renewing Core franchisees exercising option; Waive Healthcare initial franchise fee for approved existing franchisees opening Express Healthcare Professionals
- Brand fund
0.6% of Net Sales
- Footprint
1,000 – 1,500 sq ft
- Veteran discount
50.0% off franchise fee — 50% reduction in initial franchise fees
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing); filings on file: 2024, 2025, 2026.
Growth
- Total locations758
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings9
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate-3.2%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR-1.9%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio0.3×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate-10.0%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$209k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open—
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
- Royalty rate40.0%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio—
Median AUV / estimated initial investment midpoint
- Cash-on-cash returns—
Median unit-level EBITDA / estimated initial investment midpoint. Steady-state estimate; year 1 returns will be lower as the unit ramps to median volumes.
Franchisee healthLocked
- Unit closure ratio
- Transfer vs. closure ratio
- Percent multi-unit franchisees
- Litigation rate
- EBITDA multiple on sales & transfers
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Location footprint
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Sources
Financial and operating figures are sourced from the brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. Brand percentile rankings are based on comparisons to other brands that include the same metrics in their Franchise Disclosure Documents.