When is the Franchise Fee due for a Dollar Rent A Car franchise?
Dollar_Rent_A_Car Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
| Type of Fee 1 | Amount | Due Date | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise Fee 2 | Ranges from 6% to 9% of Gross Receipts derived from Your Franchised Business, subject to a minimum annual amount determined by us based on various factors including, without limitation, market size, and number and type of locations. | Payable within 10 days after receipt of the statement of payment obligations ("Statement") which is typically received on the 5th business day of each month for the preceding month | See Footnote 2. |
We may apply any payments you or your affiliates make to any amounts you or your affiliates owes us or our affiliates even if you have designated the payment for another purpose or account.
The Franchise Fee is based upon Gross Receipts from Your Franchised Business. "Gross Receipts" means and includes the gross amount of all sums, whether such sums are cash or credit, billed or charged by you (whether or not the same shall have been paid or collected, and including for purposes of clarity amounts received in connection with prepaid reservations for which a rental does not actually occur) as time mileage or use charges, intercity charges or revenue splits or reimbursements, loss and collision damage waiver charges or fees, insurance charges such as personal effects coverage, personal accident insurance, supplemental liability insurance or uninsured or underinsured motorist protection (with no deduction for any premium paid to the insurance company in connection with any of the foregoing insurance products), vehicle licensing fees, prepaid fuel, charges for services such as cellular phones, GPS, wi-fi, tablets, baby seats, ski racks and other special equipment or any other products or services rented, leased or sold by Your Franchised Business, additional and/or underage driver charges, drop charges (oneway), parking fees, and transportation fees, and all other charges and fees and all other income of every kind and nature derived from Your Franchised Business or any business operated in violation of Section 12.18 of your Franchise Agreement; but shall not include the amount of any federal, state or municipal sales or other similar taxes separately stated and collected from customers and paid to government entities as a result of such collection, concession or consolidated facility fees or charges to the extent paid to a third party, any refueling service charges separately stated and due as a result of the vehicle being returned with less than the fuel required upon return by the rental agreement, any parking violation fees and administrative charges associated with the processing and collection of fines, impound fees, receipts from sales of used vehicles, nor any sums received as insurance or otherwise to reimburse you for damage to your vehicles or other property or to reimburse you for the loss, conversion or abandonment of such cars or the costs to return the vehicle to the designated location in rentable condition (but inclusive of proceeds of any business interruption insurance policies maintained by you), or any fees collected as a result of disposal of a vehicle no longer deemed to be rentable.
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 39–46)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Dollar Rent A Car's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchise fee, which ranges from 6% to 9% of Gross Receipts, is due within 10 days after the franchisee receives the statement of payment obligations. This statement is typically received on the 5th business day of each month for the preceding month. The franchise fee is based upon Gross Receipts from Your Franchised Business. Gross Receipts includes the gross amount of all sums, whether such sums are cash or credit, billed or charged by you.
Gross receipts include time mileage or use charges, intercity charges or revenue splits or reimbursements, loss and collision damage waiver charges or fees, insurance charges such as personal effects coverage, personal accident insurance, supplemental liability insurance or uninsured or underinsured motorist protection (with no deduction for any premium paid to the insurance company in connection with any of the foregoing insurance products), vehicle licensing fees, prepaid fuel, charges for services such as cellular phones, GPS, wi-fi, tablets, baby seats, ski racks and other special equipment or any other products or services rented, leased or sold by Your Franchised Business, additional and/or underage driver charges, drop charges (oneway), parking fees, and transportation fees, and all other charges and fees and all other income of every kind and nature derived from Your Franchised Business or any business operated in violation of Section 12.18 of your Franchise Agreement.
Gross receipts do not include the amount of any federal, state or municipal sales or other similar taxes separately stated and collected from customers and paid to government entities as a result of such collection, concession or consolidated facility fees or charges to the extent paid to a third party, any refueling service charges separately stated and due as a result of the vehicle being returned with less than the fuel required upon return by the rental agreement, any parking violation fees and administrative charges associated with the processing and collection of fines, impound fees, receipts from sales of used vehicles, nor any sums received as insurance or otherwise to reimburse you for damage to your vehicles or other property or to reimburse you for the loss, conversion or abandonment of such cars or the costs to return the vehicle to the designated location in rentable condition (but inclusive of proceeds of any business interruption insurance policies maintained by you), or any fees collected as a result of disposal of a vehicle no longer deemed to be rentable.