Little Tree Huggers franchise
2024 filing · July 16, 2024Shares sales figures
Little Tree Huggers at a glance
A home-based, nature-focused preschool teaching children from preschool through kindergarten on a farm or forest school model. At the end of 2023 there were 2 Little Tree Huggers locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
- Franchisor based in
- Leesburg, Virginia
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $24K–$161K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $30,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 8%
- 8% of gross sales, paid monthly, plus 1% to the marketing fund and 1% on local marketing
- Brand fund
- 1%
- 1% of gross sales, paid monthly
- Agreement length
- 10 years
- Territory
- Protected
- Protected territory
- Franchisor financing
- Some financing offered
Where it is
- US locations, 2023
- 2
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 0
- Company-owned
- 2
- Change in 3 years
- 0
- Franchised locations, 2021–2023
From Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC’s 2024 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Little Tree Huggers among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Little Tree Huggers | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $92,196 | Costs less than 89% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $30,000 | Lower than 72% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 8% | Higher than 85% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 2 | Fewer than 82% of franchises |
How much a Little Tree Huggers franchise costs
Opening one Little Tree Huggers costs an estimated $23,542 to $160,850. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital. It is one of the franchises under $30K.
Source: Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC, 2024 filing, page 16
Little Tree Huggers franchise fee
The franchise fee is $30,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC, 2024 filing, page 11
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 8% of gross sales, paid monthly, plus 1% to the marketing fund and 1% on local marketing. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | 1% of gross sales, paid monthly. |
| Software subscription | Currently, $50 per month |
| Transfer fee | $10,000 plus any broker fees and other out-of-pocket costs we incur |
| Replacement/Additional Training fee | Currently, $350 per day |
| Local Marketing/Required Spending | 1% of your gross sales |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC, 2024 filing, pages 11 and 12
Other fees as filed, from pages 12–14. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Little Tree Huggers publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC, 2024 filing, page 36
How Little Tree Huggers compares
Of the 40 daycare franchises on this site, Little Tree Huggers is the cheapest to open and the 29th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Little Tree Huggers | Typical daycare brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $24K | $737K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $161K | $1.44M | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $30K | $65K | $40K |
| Royalty | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Brand fund | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| US locations | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 29 of 40 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 40 brands in daycare franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating. Company-owned schools are run by the franchisor's affiliate.
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Source: Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC, 2024 filing, page 37
Who owns Little Tree Huggers?
Little Tree Huggers franchises are sold by Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC. Its filing names no parent company.
From Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC’s 2024 filing, page 9.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | None. The filing says no litigation has to be disclosed. |
|---|---|
| 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: Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC, 2024 filing, litigation on page 11, bankruptcy on page 11
Little Tree Huggers filings
The figures on this page come from Little Tree Huggers Franchising LLC’s 2024 filing, issued July 16, 2024, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 filing | July 16, 2024 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2021–2023 |
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