Averan The Learning Experience Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new location of The Learning Experience ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The Learning Experience opening package
The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $805,799 to $5,658,799, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps The Learning Experience franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated childcare and education specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for The Learning Experience’s reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against The Learning Experience’s Item 7.
- Loan draw packages prepared for your lender.
- Point of sale, payroll and other systems connected and tested before opening.
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Already open with another bookkeeper? See The Learning Experience conversion package.
What The Learning Experience opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your location of The Learning Experience and connect every bank account and card to it.
Reporting format
We set up the chart of accounts so the books produce the monthly report The Learning Experience asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn The Learning Experience’s Item 7 estimate into your opening budget and record every opening cost against its line.
Loan draw packages
We prepare a file for each loan draw your lender asks for, including SBA loan draws.
Systems connected
We connect the point-of-sale system The Learning Experience requires, its enrollment and tuition billing system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your location of The Learning Experience opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
The Learning Experience royalty, brand fund and report due dates for your location go on one calendar for the monthly close.
Timeline
- 1Kickoff5 business days
We hold a kickoff call and send the list of documents we need.
- 2Setup10 business days
We build the QuickBooks file and connect your accounts.
- 3Build-outEach month
We tag every payment to a line of The Learning Experience’s Item 7 and prepare each loan draw.
- 4Systems45 days before opening
We test the point of sale, the other systems and payroll.
- 5Opening dayYour opening date
We match each day of sales to the deposits that follow it.
The Learning Experience figures from the FDD
The Learning Experience franchisees averaged $2,186,393 of sales in fiscal 2025, with a median of $2,168,511, according to Item 19 of The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD, issued 24 April 2026. The 266 in that group are 61%* of The Learning Experience’s 436 locations. Fees paid to The Learning Experience come to about 9%* of sales.
The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one location of The Learning Experience costs $805,799 to $5,658,799, including the $60,000 initial franchise fee.
At The Learning Experience average of $2,186,393 of sales a year, the 7% royalty comes to about $12,754* a month and the 1% brand fund to about $1,822* a month.
57 The Learning Experience locations opened in the last year that Item 20 of The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD reports.
Send us to start
- Your signed franchise agreement with The Learning Experience.
- The Learning Experience’s current FDD.
- The Learning Experience monthly report format and the software it uses.
- Your entity documents and EIN letter.
- Your lease, contractor bid and loan agreements.
Access we need
- Your payroll processor.
- The point-of-sale system The Learning Experience requires.
- The enrollment and tuition billing system.
- The Learning Experience reporting portal.
- Your invoice and expense software.
- View access to your bank accounts and credit cards, with no power to move money.
- How you want inventory tracked.
Questions from The Learning Experience owners
Does Averan Advisors work with The Learning Experience owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for The Learning Experience owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does The Learning Experience royalty show up in the books?
The Learning Experience royalty is 7% of sales, according to The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales. At The Learning Experience average of $2,186,393 a year, it comes to about $12,754 a month, by Averan’s calculation.
What does it cost to open a location of The Learning Experience?
The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one location of The Learning Experience costs $805,799 to $5,658,799. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my location of The Learning Experience opens?
The books for your location of The Learning Experience move to the Monthly Close, which closes each month and sends a profit and loss, a balance sheet and the royalty reconciliation. The QuickBooks file stays yours.
* Averan Advisors calculation from the figures in The Learning Experience’s 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about opening your location of The Learning Experience
Send the short form for The Learning Experience opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your location of The Learning Experience and your opening date.
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