AtWork Group franchise unit economics
AtWork Group franchisees run storefront staffing offices that recruit and place temporary workers with local client companies and make direct-hire placements in a protected territory.
AtWork Group in the news
- AtWork Group Highlights Strong Momentum Through Mid‑2026 · Franchising.com ·
The AtWork Group headline above is the publisher's own and links to the publisher. Averan Advisors checked this AtWork Group link on 11 October 2026. Franchise news lists news on 95 brands, including AtWork Group. AtWork Group is in the Staffing franchise guide.
AtWork Group franchise at a glance
In its 2026 FDD AtWork Group reports 2025 revenue, hours billed and gross profit for 63 offices, with figures by years open.
AtWork Group franchisees averaged $3,658,091 of sales in 2025, with a median of $1,842,996, according to Item 19 of AtWork Group’s 2026 FDD, issued 31 March 2026. The 63 in that group are 76%* of AtWork Group’s 83 locations. Fees paid to AtWork Group come to about 7.65%* of sales. An AtWork Group franchise costs $165,000 to $250,000 to open.
- An AtWork Group franchise costs $165,000 to $250,000 to open, including a $40,000 initial franchise fee, according to the brand's 2026 FDD.
- AtWork Group charges a royalty of 7% of sales and a 0.5% brand fund contribution.
- At the average AtWork Group office, worker wages and payroll taxes took 82.5% of revenue in 2025, leaving gross profit of $640,398, or 17.5%.
- Work out AtWork Group's fees at your own sales with the minimum fee calculator.
- AtWork Group franchisees run a 1,000 to 1,250 square foot staffing office placing temporary workers and making direct hires in a protected territory of about 200,000 people.
- AtWork Group acts as employer of record and remits a monthly balance.
- AtWork Group’s 7% royalty is 40% of gross profit at an office that keeps 17.5 cents of every billed dollar.
These figures come from AtWork Group's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, as the brand reported them, and were read by Averan Advisors.
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Talk to Averan → Move your books and accounting to Averan →- A 7% royalty on revenue equals 40% of gross profit. The royalty is $256,066 against $640,398 of gross profit at the average office *, and the fees paid to the brand reach $279,721, or 43.7% of gross profit.
- That share rises with years open because margin falls. The royalty is 30.3% of gross profit at one to three years and 41.1% beyond five *, as the gross profit rate drops from 23.1% to 17.0%.
- The filed 20.87% gross profit is an unweighted average of office ratios. Dividing the filed totals gives 17.51% *, 3.4 points, worth $122,912 a year at average revenue.
- Twenty-two offices closed during 2025 against 21 openings. That is 26.2% of an 84-office base *, and those 22 sit outside the figures on this page.
- An hour billed brings in $25.47 of revenue and $4.46 of gross profit. That is at the average office *, so ten more people on assignment is worth $529,776 of revenue and $92,768 of gross profit a year.
How much does an AtWork Group franchise make?
The average AtWork Group unit reported $3,658,091 of revenue in the 2026 FDD, and the median reported $1,842,996. Item 19 of the AtWork Group FDD publishes revenue, gross profit and gross margin for 63 offices, in total and by years open, and what an owner keeps depends on the costs set out below. Fees come off the top first, at about 7.7% of sales across royalty, brand fund and the rest of the stack. Revenue is not income. Rent, wages, cost of goods and the franchise fees all come out before an owner is paid. The figures for the highest-selling and lowest-selling businesses are below.
The hour as the unit
What an hour produces, by years open
| Years | Hours billed | Revenue an hour * | Gross profit an hour * | People on assignment * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 51,517 | $28.11 | $6.50 | 25 |
| 3 to 5 | 65,834 | $27.55 | $5.20 | 32 |
| Over 5 | 184,891 | $25.10 | $4.28 | 89 |
| All 63 | 143,615 | $25.47 | $4.46 | 69 |
The hours, revenue and gross profit are as the brand reported it and the per-hour and headcount columns divide them by hours and by a 2,080-hour year, marked *.
Gross profit an hour falls from $6.50 to $4.28 as an office matures. A drop of $2.22 *, which across a mature office’s 184,891 hours would be worth $410,458 a year if it could be held.
The hourly rate moves from $28.11 to $25.10. That is a 10.7% fall, against a 34% fall in gross profit an hour *, so most of the margin loss is in what the work costs.
The average office has about 69 people on assignment and the median about 32. 143,615 and 66,924 hours across a full-time year *, so this is a business of dozens of placements.
Ten more people on assignment is worth $529,776 of revenue. That is also $92,768 of gross profit at the average office *.
The highest-selling office billed 2,105,257 hours. That compares with 4,748 at the lowest office, roughly 1,012 people on assignment against two *.
Top performers
What separates the top AtWork Group performers
AtWork Group splits its locations into groups instead of publishing one average. The top group averaged $4,641,309 a year. The lowest averaged $1,448,154. Both run the same brand, on the same agreement, paying the same fees. The middle location sold $1,842,996. The average was $3,658,091. More than half the system is below the number the brand quotes.
Decided before you open
- Site and trade area.The top band sells 3.2× the bottom band. Catchment, daytime population and neighboring businesses affect where a location falls.
- Territory.This model sells from a territory quoted at 200,000 people, with no storefront. Population density sets how much driving sits between jobs.
- Opening cost range.Opening costs $165,000 to $250,000, a 1.5× range inside one brand.
- Fees and the minimum.Fees run about 7.7% of sales. AtWork Group’s fixed charges are $10,000 a year of local advertising and about $5,364 of technology.
- Cash needed in the first year.This filing shows how a new location builds up: the month sales cover costs, and how much cash you fund before then.
Live operating levers
- Products and materials.AtWork Group offices keep 17.5% of revenue as gross profit after worker wages and payroll taxes, which take the other 82.5%.
- Billed hours.You pay for every hour worked and bill only the hours a client accepts. Track hours worked against hours billed, and the rate charged against the rate paid.
Context you underwrite around
- Locations included.These figures cover 63 of 83 locations. Locations open less than the full year, brand-owned, or not meeting the reporting criteria are excluded.
- What the filing does not include.Item 19 of the AtWork Group FDD publishes revenue, gross profit and gross margin for 63 offices, in total and by years open. Ask the franchisor or current owners for any cost line the filing leaves out.
Discounts available
- AtWork Group takes 20% off the fee for U.S. veterans who meet VetFran requirements.
From Item 5 of the AtWork Group 2026 FDD. The costs on this page use the full initial franchise fee for one unit, before any discount.
What 7% really costs
Franchise fees by years open
| Charge | Rate | 1 to 3 years | 3 to 5 years | Over 5 years | All 63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | n/a | $1,448,154 | $1,813,407 | $4,641,309 | $3,658,091 |
| Gross profit | n/a | $334,699 | $342,242 | $790,733 | $640,398 |
| Royalty | 7% of revenue | $101,371 | $126,938 | $324,892 | $256,066 |
| Marketing fund | 0.5% of revenue | $7,241 | $9,067 | $23,207 | $18,290 |
| Local advertising | $2,500 a quarter | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Technology bundle | $149 a month a user | $5,364 | $5,364 | $5,364 | $5,364 |
| Total, including local advertising | n/a | $123,976 | $151,370 | $363,462 | $289,721 |
| Share of gross profit | n/a | 37.0% | 44.2% | 46.0% | 45.2% |
The rates, revenue and gross profit are as the brand reported it and the dollar figures apply the rates to each group's revenue. We costed the technology bundle at three users, marked *.
The royalty alone takes 40.0% of gross profit at the average office. $256,066 of $640,398 *.
At the median office the royalty is 33.8% of gross profit. $129,010 on $381,900 *, because the median office runs a 20.7% margin against the average office’s 17.5%.
The royalty rises to 10% on full-time placements. And the brand may move the rate by half a point every six months, up to a full point in any two years. So the base is adjustable as well as revenue-linked.
A low gross profit discount can take the rate to 4.5%. The discount applies to customers the franchisee shows qualify, on a sliding scale from 6.5% down.
The fixed charges come to $15,364 a year. That is $10,000 of local advertising and roughly $5,364 of technology *, 4.6% of a one-to-three-year office’s gross profit and 1.9% of a mature one’s.
Revenue up, margin down
Revenue, hours and gross profit by years open, 2025
| Years | Offices | Revenue | Median revenue | Hours billed | Gross profit | gross profit, filed | Aggregate margin * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 7 | $1,448,154 | $1,449,656 | 51,517 | $334,699 | 27.94% | 23.1% |
| 3 to 5 | 14 | $1,813,407 | $1,470,434 | 65,834 | $342,242 | 19.94% | 18.9% |
| Over 5 | 42 | $4,641,309 | $2,497,286 | 184,891 | $790,733 | 20.01% | 17.0% |
| All 63 | 63 | $3,658,091 | $1,842,996 | 143,615 | $640,398 | 20.87% | 17.5% |
Every figure is as the brand reported it except the final column, which divides each group's filed gross profit by its filed revenue, marked *.
Revenue triples between the youngest and oldest groups while gross profit only doubles. That is 3.20 times against 2.36 times *.
The filed margin figures average each office’s own ratio. 20.87% across all 63, against the 17.51% that $640,398 on $3,658,091 gives *, and the gap is widest in the one-to-three-year group, at 4.8 points *.
A one-to-three-year office runs a 23.1% margin against a mature office’s 17.0% *. That is six points, which on the mature office’s revenue would be worth $283,120 a year.
The median office bills 50.4% of the average. $1,842,996 against $3,658,091, because the largest office billed $47,159,739 against a smallest at $228,830, a 206-fold range.
Only 18 of 63 offices reach the average revenue. That is 28.57%, and 22 of 63 reach the average gross profit, so the mean here describes very few of the businesses in it.
Territory, build and customers lost
Franchised offices, 2023 to 2025
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 80 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 81 |
| 2024 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 84 |
| 2025 | 84 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 83 |
Every column is as the brand reported it and each year's arithmetic returns the filed closing count exactly.
2025 saw 21 openings and 22 departures on an 84-office base. That is 26.2% turnover *, against 5 departures in each of the two prior years, and seven of the 22 had traded under twelve months.
A territory holds about 200,000 people and the average office bills $18.29 a head. The median bills $9.21 *.
A second territory costs $20,000, half the first. Each needs its own office and its own $10,000 of annual advertising. So the second territory has roughly $15,364 of fixed cost before a single hour is billed.
The brand may shrink your territory if its population grows more than 50%. You keep the accounts you already serve there.
An office costs $165,000 to $250,000 to open. That is 0.26 to 0.39 times the average office’s annual gross profit *, including $75,000 to $139,500 of additional funds covering six to nine months and a $5,000 risk management reserve held by the brand.
Questions we get asked
Questions an owner asks
How much does an AtWork Group franchise make?
AtWork Group franchisees averaged $3,658,091 of sales in 2025, with a median of $1,842,996, according to Item 19 of AtWork Group’s 2026 FDD, issued 31 March 2026. The 63 in that group are 76%* of AtWork Group’s 83 locations. Fees paid to AtWork Group come to about 7.65%* of sales. An AtWork Group franchise costs $165,000 to $250,000 to open.
What does an AtWork office bill at AtWork Group?
Across 63 offices trading the whole of 2025, revenue averaged $3,658,091 with a median of $1,842,996, on 143,615 hours billed. Gross profit averaged $640,398 and the median was $381,900. The highest-selling office billed $47,159,739 and the lowest-selling $228,830.
What is gross profit here at AtWork Group?
Gross profit is revenue less wages expenses and taxes. Across the system it runs 17.51% of revenue on our reading, 23.1% at one to three years, 18.9% at three to five and 17.0% beyond five. The filed percentages of 20.87% and so on average each office's own ratio, so use the lower figures for benchmarking.
What fees does AtWork Group charge?
AtWork charges 7% of sales for a Personnel Business, rising to 10% on full-time placements, plus 0.5% to the marketing fund and $149 a month per user for the technology bundle. On our reading that totals $279,721 at the average office, 7.65% of revenue and 43.7% of gross profit. The owner also spends $2,500 a quarter on local advertising.
Why does a 7% royalty matter so much at AtWork Group?
The AtWork Group royalty matters because it sits on revenue. At a 17.5% margin, 7% of revenue is 40% of gross profit. And because margin falls as offices grow, the royalty takes 30.3% of gross profit at one to three years and 41.1% beyond five years, on our reading.
What does an hour produce at AtWork Group?
An AtWork billed hour brings $25.47 of revenue and $4.46 of gross profit at the average office. By years open the hourly rate runs $28.11, $27.55 and $25.10 while gross profit an hour runs $6.50, $5.20 and $4.28. The average office has about 69 people on assignment and the median about 32.
What territory do you get at AtWork Group?
AtWork gives a protected territory of roughly 200,000 people, described by counties, streets, ZIP codes or jurisdictions. The territory is not exclusive, and full-time placements inside it are non-exclusive. The brand may reduce the territory if its population grows by more than 50%. A second territory costs $20,000.
How stable is the AtWork Group system?
AtWork had 83 franchised offices at the end of 2025, against 84 a year earlier. During 2025, 21 opened and 22 closed, 26.2% of the base on our reading, with seven of those closures open under twelve months. The two prior years saw 5 departures each.
Which two numbers should run monthly at AtWork Group?
Track gross profit against 17.5%, because the royalty sits on revenue and every point of margin you hold goes straight to you. Then track hours billed against 143,615 a year, because an hour brings in $25.47 and gross profit an hour is what separates a young office from a mature one.
- Item 19 of the AtWork Group FDD gives no profit after every cost. It publishes revenue, gross profit and gross margin for 63 offices, in total and by years open, so what an owner keeps after all costs is not disclosed.
Questions worth putting to AtWork Group
The filing answers what it answers. These are the gaps an owner or a buyer should close directly.
- How would wages and rent at a new AtWork Group location compare with the figures in the filing? Item 19 of the AtWork Group FDD publishes revenue, gross profit and gross margin for 63 offices, in total and by years open.
- Which factors does AtWork Group see in its highest-selling locations, such as trade area, years open and size?
- How long does a new location take to reach the average you publish, and what does the build-up look like month by month?
- At what level of sales do the minimum charges stop applying and the percentage take over?
- How many AtWork Group locations closed, were sold, or changed hands last year, and why?
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We review your unit economics and cash forecast and build your reporting around a 7% royalty that takes 40% of gross profit, the 17.5% margin this system actually converts. $15,364 of fixed brand charges every office pays alike.
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Questions owners ask next
The figures above raise these, and each one is answered on its own page.
- At what level of sales does a minimum fee stop costing me more than the percentage?It works out the sales level where a minimum fee stops applying.
- How much cash do I fund before a new location covers its own costs?It builds a 13-week forecast for the months before break-even.
- My payroll percentage keeps climbing. Is that a payroll problem?It shows how to tell whether payroll is rising or revenue is falling.
- How much of Item 19 can I rely on?It explains what an Item 19 financial performance representation tells you and what it leaves out.
- What should I be looking at every week?It lists the handful of numbers that move before the P&L does.
Where these figures come from.
Every figure here comes from AtWork Franchise, Inc.’s 2026 FDD and is unaudited by us. We are unaffiliated with the brand. Calculations of our own are labeled where they appear, the figures describe past performance at other businesses and are not a projection of yours. This page is an educational summary. It is not an offer to sell a franchise, and it is not financial, legal or tax advice. AtWork® is a registered trademark of its owner. How Averan reads a Franchise Disclosure Document.
These figures come from the brand's disclosure. They are not a forecast, an offer to sell a franchise or advice. Source: AtWork Franchise, Inc., 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, issued 31 March 2026.