Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Business & Professional Services · Tax & Accounting
- Active units
- 2,744
- Avg unit volume
- $118k
Franchised, year-end 2025
About Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
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Key terms
- Franchise fee
$25k
- Existing Franchisee Expansion Program
If you qualify for the Existing Franchisee Expansion Program, you will not pay an initial franchise fee.
- Brand fund
6.5% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
5000.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
600 – 800 sq ft
- Veteran discount
Not offered
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2025 filing); filings on file: 2024, 2025.
Growth
- Total locations2744
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings76
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate-8.0%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR-5.8%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio0.4×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)$118k
Average Gross Volume of Business equals revenue per the FDD’s definition.
- 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-0.5%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$88k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open—
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
- Royalty rate—
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
- Sales-to-investment ratio1.3×
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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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.