Holiday Inn franchise
2025 filing · April 15, 2025Shares sales figures
Holiday Inn at a glance
An IHG midscale full-service hotel brand, franchised as Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn & Suites and Holiday Inn Resort hotels. At the end of 2024 there were 534 Holiday Inn locations in the US, 533 franchised and 1 company-owned.
The business
- Industry
- Hotel
- Franchisor
- Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $17.5M–$26.6M
- Typical 130-room hotel, excluding land
- Franchise fee
- $65,000
- $500 per guest room, at least $50,000; $65,000 for a 130-room hotel.
- Royalty
- 5%
- 5% of gross rooms revenue, paid monthly
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 534
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 533
- Company-owned
- 1
- States
- 45
- Most in Texas, Florida and California
From Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing; revenue and net income from its audited financial statements, page 237; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Franchisor revenue is the company that sells the franchises (royalties, fees and anything else it earns), not what a location makes.
Where it ranks
Holiday Inn among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Holiday Inn | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $22,053,638 | Costs more than 99% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $65,000 | Higher than 92% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 5% | Lower than 69% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 534 | More than 94% of franchises |
How much a Holiday Inn franchise costs
Opening typical 130-room hotel, excluding land costs an estimated $17,465,626 to $26,641,650. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 58
Holiday Inn franchise fee
The franchise fee is $65,000, $500 per guest room, at least $50,000; $65,000 for a 130-room hotel.. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 55
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 5% of gross rooms revenue, paid monthly. |
|---|---|
| Technology Services Fee | $17.40 per room, per month. |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 30
Other fees as filed, from page 31. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Holiday Inn publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 100
SBA loans to Holiday Inn franchisees
Lenders approved 389 SBA-backed loans for Holiday Inn franchisees from 1991 to 2026, $963.4M in all: 181 7(a) loans and 208 504 loans. Of the 282 that have ended, 252 were paid in full and 30 were charged off (10.6%). The other 107 haven’t ended yet.
A charged-off loan is one written off as uncollectible. See SBA franchise loans for how 7(a) and 504 loans work.
Source: SBA 7(a) and 504 loan data, as of September 30, 2026
How Holiday Inn compares
Of the 116 hotel franchises on this site, Holiday Inn is the 86th cheapest to open and the 12th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Holiday Inn | Typical hotel brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $17.5M | $9.44M | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $26.6M | $21.3M | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $65K | $54K | $40K |
| Royalty | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| US locations | 534 | 37 | 21 |
| Change in franchised locations, 0 yrs | −2.2% | +9.2% | – |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 71 of 116 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 116 brands in hotel franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 549 (+4) | 1 |
| 2023 | 542 (−7) | 1 |
| 2024 | 533 (−9) | 1 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
See which brands grew most in the fastest-growing franchises rankings.
More in the guides: hotel franchise costs and franchise failure rates.
Source: Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 105
Where Holiday Inn locations are
At the end of 2024, Holiday Inn had franchised locations in 46 states and territories. The most are in Texas, Florida and California.
- Texas57
- Florida44
- California32
- Illinois32
- Virginia20
- New York19
| State | Franchised |
|---|---|
| Texas | 57 |
| Florida | 44 |
| California | 32 |
| Illinois | 32 |
| Virginia | 20 |
| New York | 19 |
| Tennessee | 19 |
| Ohio | 18 |
| Michigan | 17 |
| Georgia | 15 |
All 46 states
Source: Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 108
Who owns Holiday Inn?
Holiday Inn franchises are sold by Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC.
From Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | Yes. The filing describes past or pending cases involving the franchisor, its affiliates or its executives on pages 15–26. |
|---|---|
| Bankruptcy | None. The filing says no bankruptcy has to be disclosed. |
Franchisors must disclose lawsuits and bankruptcies involving the company, its parents and affiliates, and its executives. Many cases are routine disputes with franchisees over fees or contracts; read the descriptions in the filing and ask current owners about anything that worries you.
Source: Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, litigation on pages 15–26, bankruptcy on page 27
Holiday Inn filings
The figures on this page come from Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing, issued April 15, 2025, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | April 15, 2025 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
Each link opens the filing as a PDF. See the newest filings across all brands.
