Resale franchises

The typical resale franchise here costs $300,250 to $436,100 to open. Sort the table by cost, fee, royalty or number of locations.

Stores that buy used goods from the public and sell them again: children's and teen clothing, sporting goods, musical instruments and electronics.

Brands: 16
Typical cost: $300K–$436K
Lowest start: $42KRhea Lana's
Share earnings: 15 of 16

All 16 brands

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Resale franchises: investment, fee, royalty and locations

Plato's ClosetResale	$356K–$468K	$25,000	5%	526	$1.31M
Once Upon A ChildResale	$356K–$486K	$25,000	5%	441	$1.27M
Play It Again SportsResale	$346K–$460K	$25,000	5%	309	$1.17M
Bricks & MinifigsResale	$304K–$598K	$40,000	6%	223	$508K
Uptown CheapskateResale	$364K–$682K	$35,000	5%	162	Yes
Just Between FriendsResale	$67K–$100K	$24,900	3%; annual minimums; may rise to 5%	151	$422K
Kid to KidResale	$358K–$640K	$35,000	5%	120	Yes
Rhea Lana'sResale	$42K–$69K	$19,500	3%–1%	117	Yes
Clothes MentorResale	$305K–$429K	$25,000	4%	113	$780K
PayMoreResale	$139K–$269K	$35,000	5% + minimum	100	$999K
GrasonsResale	$72K–$120K	$49,900	6.5% + minimum	65	$204K
Music Go RoundResale	$335K–$444K	$25,000	4%	35	$1.58M
Disc ReplayResale	$297K–$743K	$12,500	2.5%	29	No
Children's OrchardResale	$207K–$321K	$25,000	4%	15	$399K
Season 2Resale	$189K–$276K	$50,000	6%	9	Yes
PrelovedResale	$137K–$299K	$40,000	5%	8	Yes

How resale franchises compare

Of the 16 brands, 10 give a comparable yearly sales figure per location, from $204K at Grasons to $1.58M at Music Go Round; the middle figure is $889K. From 2023 to 2025, 8 of the 10 brands with three years of counts grew their US locations, and Bricks & Minifigs added the most (+168). Who runs it, by the franchise agreement: 9 must be run by the owner, 6 can be run by a trained manager, 1 don’t need the owner to take part. How sales figures compare · Who runs it

Resale franchises: yearly sales per location, US locations and change since 2023, yearly exits and who runs it
Brand	Sales per location	Locations vs 2023	Exits/yr
Music Go RoundOwner must run it	$1.58Maverage	35−2	n/a
Plato's ClosetOwner must run it	$1.31Maverage	526+26	n/a
Once Upon A ChildOwner must run it	$1.27Maverage	441+35	n/a
Play It Again SportsOwner must run it	$1.17Maverage	309+28	n/a
PayMoreA trained manager can run itExits: 3.9% a year	$999Kaverage	100+92	3.9%
Clothes MentorA trained manager can run it	$780Kaverage	113	n/a
Bricks & MinifigsA trained manager can run it	$508Kaverage	223+168	n/a
Just Between FriendsOwner must run itExits: 2.0% a year	$422Kaverage	151−9	2.0%
Children's OrchardA trained manager can run it	$399Kaverage	15	n/a
GrasonsOwner must run itExits: 5.2% a year	$204Kaverage	65+34	5.2%
Uptown CheapskateOwner must run it	n/a	162+49	n/a
Kid to KidOwner must run it	n/a	120+7	n/a
Rhea Lana'sOwner must run it	n/a	117	n/a
Disc ReplayOwner needn't take part	n/a	29	n/a
Season 2A trained manager can run it	n/a	9	n/a
PrelovedA trained manager can run it	n/a	8	n/a

Sales are the yearly average (or median) per franchised location from each brand’s latest filing; per-owner figures, company-run locations and groups under five locations are left out. Locations are franchised plus company-owned in the US at the end of the latest year reported, with the change since 2023. Exits/yr is franchised locations closed, terminated or not renewed each year, as a share of the average count; buy-backs and transfers don’t count.

Best resale franchises to own

No resale brand here passes all five tests (growth, few owner exits, earnings figures shared, SBA listing, 100+ US locations three years ago); these came closest. How the ranking works

Best resale franchises to own, with near misses
Brand	Growth	Exits/yr	Cost to open
Just Between FriendsMissed “Grew”: shrank 5.6% over three years$67K–$100K to open	−5.6%	2.0%	$67K–$100K