What should a prospective Card My Yard franchisee do regarding operating costs and expenses?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
blished operation history (at least 12 months), and our company-owned locations have been open for more than 4 years.
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- Operating Expenses. The figures shown in the tables above represent gross sales and gross profits,
but those figures do not include all operating expenses. You will have many expenses, such as wages, costs of goods sold, vehicle maintenance costs, insurance, local marketing expenses, marketing fees, utilities and various other expenses that are not accounted for in the tables above. Such operating expenses must be deducted from the gross sales and gross profit figures to obtain your net income or profit. You should conduct an independent investigation of the costs and expenses you will incur in operating your Card My Yard business.
Written substantiation of the data used in preparing this financial performance representation will be made available to you upon reasonable request.
Other than the preceding financial performance representations, we do not make any financial performance representations. We also do not authorize our employees or representatives to make any such representations either orally or in writing. If you are purchasing an existing outlet, however, we may provide you with the actual records of that outlet. If you receive any other financial performance information or projections of your future income, you should report it to the franchisor's management by contacting Joshua Arnold at 761 W. 1200 N., Suite 300, Springville, Utah 78734 or (512) 943-2693, the Federal Trade Commission, and the appropriate state regulatory agencies.
ITEM 20: OUTLETS AND FRANCHISEE INFORMATION
Table No. 1 Systemwide Outlet Summary For years 2022 to 2024 (1)
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlet Type | Year | Outlets at the | Outlets at the | Net Change |
| Start of the Year | End of the Year | |||
| Franchised | 2022 | 470 | 508 | 38 |
| 2023 | 508 | 532 | 24 | |
| 2024 | 532 | 543 | 11 | |
| Company-Owned | 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total Outlets | 2022 | 472 | 510 | 38 |
| 2023 | 510 | 534 | 24 | |
| 2024 | 534 | 545 | 11 | |
Notes:
(1) All numbers are as of our fiscal year end, which ends on December 31st .
**Table No.
Source: Item 19 — FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPRESENTATIONS (FDD pages 56–64)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor provides financial performance representations that include gross sales and gross profits. However, these figures do not account for all operating expenses a franchisee will incur. Therefore, Card My Yard advises prospective franchisees to conduct their own independent investigation of costs and expenses associated with operating a Card My Yard business.
Operating expenses that a Card My Yard franchisee will likely encounter include wages, costs of goods sold, vehicle maintenance, insurance, local marketing, marketing fees, and utilities. These expenses must be subtracted from gross sales and gross profit to determine net income or profit.
Card My Yard also requires locations to spend a minimum of $500 per year refreshing and updating sign inventory. Additionally, Card My Yard calculates mileage for each order to apply a delivery fee if necessary, using the 2024 IRS mileage rate of $0.670 per mile. Given the variability in costs, Card My Yard emphasizes the importance of due diligence to estimate potential profitability accurately.