Press & media kit
FranchiseScope is Australia's franchise marketplace, independent and free for buyers. We publish real, dated franchise costs and territory data, and journalists are welcome to use it with attribution. This page has the figures, boilerplate, logo and contact.
The data: the Australian Franchise Fee Index
Our flagship dataset is the median all-in cost of opening a franchise in Australia, by category, computed from the fees franchisors publish and the establishment costs they lodge on the ACCC Franchise Disclosure Register. Every median carries its sample size. It is free to republish with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Full report, methodology and sources: Fee Index · methodology · data sources.
1,200+
Australian franchise systems on file, from the ACCC Register.
945
systems with a published establishment cost in the Q3 2026 index.
Lawn & Garden
median all-in from $18,000.
Childcare & Early Learning
median up to $4,900,000 all-in.
Story angles
- What it really costs to buy a franchise in Australia in 2026, by category, from published figures.
- The cheapest vs the most capital-intensive franchise categories, and why the gap is so wide.
- Fee transparency: how few franchisors publish their royalty or marketing levy, and what buyers can’t see.
- Where brands are recruiting: open-territory data by state from franchisors’ own Register filings.
- The Franchise Disclosure Register since 2022: what it did and didn’t change for buyers.
About FranchiseScope (boilerplate)
FranchiseScope is an independent Australian franchise marketplace. It helps people researching a franchise compare systems by their real, dated costs and fees, sourced from the ACCC Franchise Disclosure Register, the ABS and ASIC, and see where brands are recruiting. It is free for buyers, takes no commission, and brands cannot pay to rank higher in organic results. Operated by Toradigm Pty Ltd. https://www.franchisescope.com.au
Brand assets
- Logo: /icon.svg (SVG). Please link the logo to https://www.franchisescope.com.au.
- Name: “FranchiseScope”, one word, capital F and S.
- Operated by Toradigm Pty Ltd.
Contact
For data, interviews or comment on Australian franchising: via our contact page. We can provide category breakdowns, open-territory counts by state and background on the Register.
FranchiseScope, “The Australian Franchise Fee Index, Q3 2026”, published 1 October 2026. Median all-in franchise establishment costs by category, from franchisor-published fees and the ACCC Franchise Disclosure Register. https://www.franchisescope.com.au/fee-index. Free to republish with attribution (CC BY 4.0).