School of Rock

Fine Arts Schools

Figures are from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document filed in MN.

Total investment
$378,050 – $756,100
Initial franchise fee
$59,900
Franchised outlets
276

No franchisee failed to repay

None of the 44 finished loans to School of Rock franchisees were charged off. 4 of the 15 comparable brands in Sports and Recreation Instruction share a clean record. See every one of them →

We only know how 44 of this brand’s 118 loans ended. The government withholds the outcome on 63 of the others, so everything above is based on 37% of the record.

Every one of the 44 franchisees who borrowed to buy School of Rock paid the money back. Across comparable Sports and Recreation Instruction brands, 11.1% of borrowers did not. See it against every comparable brand →

There is more in School of Rock’s filing

What it costs to open is free, above. Access opens what the franchisor disclosed about earning it back — here and on every other brand we have read:

  • What Item 19 states its outlets earn, and on how many of them
  • Every ongoing fee, not just the royalty — priced in dollars a year
  • How many franchisees left, were terminated, or sold up
  • Territory, renewal, non-compete and dispute terms
  • What in the record is worth asking about, and why
  • A five-year projection you can put your own rent, wages and borrowing into

One price opens all of it, on every brand we have read. Once opened it stays open.

The loan record stays free — how many of this brand’s franchisees borrowed from a bank to buy in, and how many never paid it back. That is a public government record and we do not charge for it. What you pay for is only what we read out of the franchisor’s own disclosure document.

Where to start

  • What to ask about — everything in the record that a rule flagged, and what those rules cannot see.
  • Loan outcomes — how franchisees who borrowed to buy this brand actually fared.
  • Five-year model — put your own rent, wages and financing against these figures.

FDD data sourced from public state filings. We are not a franchise broker; we do not receive payment from franchisors and do not sell your information. Figures are read from the filing by a machine and link to the page they came from — check any of them against the source. Read the current disclosure document, and take advice from a franchise attorney, before you sign anything.