Highlights
Tools, from this filing's numbers
What Hampton takes off the top
Royalty 6% of Gross Rooms Revenue plus advertising 4% of Gross Rooms Revenue, applied to your own sales estimate. The rates are the filing's; the sales are yours.
Hampton discloses no unit revenue, so start from a number you believe.
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Fees (Items 5 and 6)
| Initial franchise fee, standard | $100,000 | p.23 |
| Royalty | 6% of Gross Rooms Revenue | p.28 |
| Advertising fund | 4% of Gross Rooms Revenue | p.28 |
| Technology fee | Currently, between $1,114 to $2,568 per month | p.28 |
The filing lists every recurring and conditional fee in Item 6. The report carries all of them.
Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
| Expenditure | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise Application Fee | $100,000 | $100,000 | p.41 |
| Property Improvement Plan | $0 | $10,000 | p.41 |
| Market Study | None | None | p.41 |
| Environmental Assessment | None | None | p.41 |
| Real Property | None | None | p.41 |
| Construction and Leasehold Improvements | $12,478,374 | $18,024,318 | p.41 |
| Design and Engineering Fees | $499,135 | $720,973 | p.42 |
| Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment | $1,254,480 | $1,782,681 | p.42 |
| Inventory and Operating Equipment | $175,000 | $325,000 | p.42 |
| Signage | $48,750 | $75,000 | p.42 |
| Computer Hardware and Software Systems | $32,685 | $86,975 | p.42 |
| Guest Internet Access System | $45,467 | $65,187 | p.42 |
| Connected Room System | $22,345 | $26,705 | p.42 |
| Delphi Sales and Events System | $990 | $16,900 | p.42 |
| Required Pre-Opening Training | $5,000 | $17,500 | p.42 |
| ADA Consultant Fee | $2,500 | $10,000 | p.42 |
| Construction/Renovation Extension Fees | $0 | $10,000 | p.42 |
| Insurance | None | None | p.42 |
| Organizational Expense | $50,000 | $139,296 | p.42 |
| Permits, Licenses and Governmental Fees | $187,176 | $270,365 | p.42 |
| Miscellaneous Pre-Opening and Project Management Expenses | $388,000 | $543,200 | p.42 |
| Contingencies | $1,247,837 | $1,802,432 | p.42 |
| Additional Funds | $500,000 | $700,000 | p.42 |
| Other Required Pre-opening Services Fees | $6,000 | $6,000 | p.42 |
| Total | None | None |
Revenue (Item 19)
Hampton reports a financial performance figure of $149 across 1893 outlets for 2025.p.86 What the figure measures, which units were excluded and what it leaves out are in the report.
Litigation (Item 3)
5 pending cases described.p.19 3 cases brought by franchisees or former franchisees.p.19 Counts are of distinct matters as the filing describes them; the report carries each one in plain words.
Scorecard
Rank among the brands on this site that report the figure, on each list's own direction. No blended grade. How the lists work.
| Cost to open | held | held |
| Royalty plus ad fund | 10.0% | 36 of 49 |
| Three-year unit growth | held | held |
| Closure rate | held | held |
| Discloses unit revenue | yes | |
| Litigation disclosed | 5 | 7 of 55, 1 = most |
Source
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions franchise filing 640540, effective 3/30/2026, expires 3/30/2027. Extracted 2026-09-04 by two independent readers; only figures both agreed on, whose quoted words appear on the cited page, are shown. 7 fields held for review. How this works.