QC Kinetix franchise unit economics
QC Kinetix franchisees run clinics that sell cash-pay and patient-financed regenerative treatment packages for joint and musculoskeletal pain, with licensed providers on staff.
QC Kinetix in the news
- QC Kinetix CEO Peter Holt Focuses on Franchisee Economics Amid Turnaround · 1851 Franchise ·
- As Struggles Continue at QC Kinetix, New CEO Looks to Leverage His Turnaround Talent · Franchise Times ·
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QC Kinetix franchise at a glance
QC Kinetix’s Item 19 prints a 2025 operating statement for 39 reporting clinics, from sales through payroll, advertising, rent and franchise fees to operating income, with median, highest and lowest figures.
QC Kinetix franchisees averaged $924,273 of sales in fiscal 2025, according to Item 19 of QC Kinetix’s 2026 FDD, issued 30 April 2026. The 39 in that group are 39%* of QC Kinetix’s 100 locations. Fees paid to QC Kinetix come to about 10%* of sales. A QC Kinetix franchise costs $250,100 to $494,600 to open.
- A QC Kinetix franchise costs $250,100 to $494,600 to open, including a $55,000 initial franchise fee, according to the brand's 2026 FDD.
- QC Kinetix charges a royalty of 8% of sales, a 2% brand fund contribution and a $1,795 monthly technology fee.
- QC Kinetix reported 104 franchised locations in its 2026 FDD.
- QC Kinetix’s 39 reporting clinics averaged operating income of 19.12% of sales in 2025. QC Kinetix’s FDD defines operating income as gross profit less the operating expenses it lists, including payroll, franchise fees, advertising and rent.
- At the average QC Kinetix location, wages took 22.13%, rent and space costs took 6.82% and cost of goods took 10.24% of sales.
- Work out QC Kinetix's fees at your own sales with the minimum fee calculator.
These figures come from QC Kinetix's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, as the brand reported them, and were read by Averan Advisors.
From the 30 April 2026 filing
- The QC Kinetix FDD issued April 30, 2026 names Peter Holt Chief Executive Officer of QC Franchise Group LLC since April 2026. (Item 2, PDF page 13)
- The QC Kinetix FDD issued April 30, 2026 says QC Franchise Group LLC has no parent company and that its affiliated companies have the same owners, Dr. Richard Schaffer, Justin Crowell and Tyler Vail. (Item 1, PDF page 9)
Each line above names the QC Kinetix Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) it comes from, with the Item and the page of the PDF it appears on. Averan Advisors read the QC Kinetix filing on 11 October 2026.
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Talk to Averan → Move your books and accounting to Averan →- Advertising costs more than wages, and revenue is $4.41 per advertising dollar. $209,546 against $204,539, which is 22.67% and 22.13% of sales, on $924,273 of revenue that is $4.41 back for each advertising dollar *, and it is the number every other line on this page follows.
- Break-even is about $697,000, three quarters of the average clinic. $542,073 of fixed cost against a 77.77% contribution rate after supplies, franchise fees and card charges *, so a clinic at the average is running $227,221 above the line and one at $700,000 is running at it.
- The required media spend is $240,000 to $480,000 a year, and these clinics spent $209,546. QC Kinetix requires $20,000 a month from opening, rising to as much as $40,000 from month six. The reporting clinics spent $30,454 below the yearly minimum *, and the upper end would be 51.9% of average sales.
- The median clinic earns 61.5% of what the average one does. That is $108,642 of operating income against $176,702 *, on a range running from $1,167,539 down to a loss of $193,745. The highest-earning QC Kinetix clinic earns 6.6 times the average.
- Franchised clinics fell from 172 to 104 in two years. 39.5% *, openings collapsed from 44 to 18 to 6 while terminations ran 20, 17 and 32. The clinics the brand owns itself fell from 14 to 6 during 2025 alone.
How much does a QC Kinetix franchise make?
The average QC Kinetix unit reported $924,273 of revenue in the 2026 FDD. The brand’s disclosure document puts operating income at 19.1% of revenue. Fees come off the top first, at about 10% 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.
Top performers
What separates the top QC Kinetix performers
QC Kinetix publishes an average operating statement on $924,273 of sales, with the median, highest and lowest operating income. The gap between its highest-selling and lowest-selling locations by sales is not in the filing.
Decided before you open
- Territory.QC Kinetix franchisees sell from clinics with a street address inside a territory, so the number of people who live or work near each one sets how many customers it can draw.
- Opening cost range.Opening costs $250,100 to $494,600, a 2.0× range inside one brand.
- Lease cost.Occupancy cost ran 6.8% of sales in this filing. Rent stays the same when sales fall, so it takes a larger share of sales at lower-selling locations.
- Fees and the minimum.Fees run about 10.0% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
Live operating levers
- Wages.Wages take 22.1% of sales, against operating income of 19.1%. The levers are staff productivity, scheduling against demand hour by hour, and the balance of base pay to commission.
- Occupancy cost.Rent and building costs take 6.8% of sales here. The rent is fixed when the lease is signed, so this share falls only as sales per square foot rise.
- Visits.Track how many visits happen, what each one is worth, and how many customers book the next one before they leave.
Context you underwrite around
- Locations included.These figures cover 39 of 104 locations. Locations open less than the full year, brand-owned, or not meeting the reporting criteria are excluded.
- What the filing does not include.QC Kinetix’s Item 19 gives no performance bands or count of locations that reached the average. Ask the franchisor or current owners for cost and profit figures.
- Sales spread in the category.Across 38 Health and Wellness brands in this library, the top group sells 3.1× the bottom at the typical brand, and a median 43% of locations reach their own average *. Ask the franchisor for this brand’s spread.
The costs, line by line
Operating statement for reporting clinics, 2025
| Line | Amount | Share of sales |
|---|---|---|
| Sales revenue | $924,272.54 | 100% |
| Medical supplies | $94,657.96 | 10.24% |
| Gross profit | $829,614.58 | 89.76% |
| Advertising and marketing | $209,546.27 | 22.67% |
| Wages | $204,539.15 | 22.13% |
| Franchise fees | $82,583.58 | 8.93% |
| Rent and office expenses | $63,050.92 | 6.82% |
| Bank fees | $28,256.38 | 3.06% |
| Technology and call center fees | $16,548.14 | 1.79% |
| Travel and meals | $10,779.91 | 1.17% |
| Insurance | $10,690.98 | 1.16% |
| Dues, subscriptions and licenses | $8,475.30 | 0.92% |
| Office and clinic supplies | $8,073.47 | 0.87% |
| Professional fees | $6,268.96 | 0.68% |
| Computer, software and internet | $2,303.80 | 0.25% |
| Training | $1,795.90 | 0.19% |
| Total operating expenses | $652,912.75 | 70.64% |
| Operating income after operating costs | $176,701.83 | 19.12% |
Every figure is as the brand reported it, from 39 of the 100 clinics that traded the full year. Operating income after operating costs sits above what an owner takes home.
QC Kinetix medical supplies are 10.24% of sales. That leaves 89.76% of each QC Kinetix sales dollar for the other operating lines.
Two lines take 44.8% of revenue between them. Advertising at 22.67% and wages at 22.13% *, and everything else on the statement together comes to 25.8%, so a QC Kinetix clinic’s result turns mainly on how those two move against sales.
The franchise fees line reads 8.93% against a stated 8% royalty plus a 2% brand fund. 1.07 points below the 10% those two come to *. The difference is $9,890 a clinic, and the likeliest reading is that part of the brand fund sits in the advertising line above.
Card processing costs more than technology and call center fees. QC Kinetix bank fees are $28,256 against $16,548 for technology and call center fees, and payment processing takes 3.06% of sales. Treatment packages are paid by card and by patient finance.
Rent is 6.82% of sales. $63,051 a year, small for a clinical format, and a reminder that the fixed cost that matters here is the media budget.
Covering costs, and how much locations differ
Break-even and range of results
| Measure | Amount | Against the average |
|---|---|---|
| Variable cost: supplies, franchise fees, card charges | $205,498 | 22.23% of sales |
| Fixed cost: everything else | $542,073 | n/a |
| Break-even sales | $697,052 | 75.4% of $924,273 |
| Highest operating income | $1,167,539 | 6.61 times the average |
| Average operating income | $176,702 | 19.12% of sales |
| Median operating income | $108,642 | 61.5% of the average |
| Lowest operating income | −$193,745 | n/a |
The high, average, median and low operating income figures are as the brand reported it and the rest of this table is marked *.
Break-even is $697,052 of sales. That is $158,062 of advertising at the filed $4.41 of revenue a dollar *, so the media budget and the break-even are two readings of the same number.
The gap between the average clinic and break-even is $227,221 of sales *. At 19.12% that gap is worth $43,445 of operating income. At the contribution rate of 77.77% it is worth $176,710. That is the whole of the average clinic’s result.
The median clinic earns $108,642 and the average $176,702. A gap of $68,060 *, so the mean here is carried by a small number of very high-earning clinics, one of which earned $1,167,539.
The lowest-earning QC Kinetix clinic lost $193,745 of operating income. Before any owner draw, on a fixed cost base of $542,073 that is a clinic running at roughly $448,000 of sales. That is two thirds of what it needs.
Opening costs $250,100 to $494,600. 27.1% to 53.5% of an average year’s sales *, and since the first six months have a $20,000 monthly media commitment on top, the cash requirement before break-even is larger than the printed range.
Discounts available
- QC Kinetix takes $1,000 off the initial franchise fee for honorably discharged U.S. veterans (first franchise only).
- QC Kinetix lowers the per-unit fee under a development agreement: $50,000 each for 2 units, $45,000 each for 3, $41,250 each for 4, $37,000 each for 5, and $20,000 for each unit after 5.
From Item 5 of the QC Kinetix 2026 FDD. The costs on this page use the full initial franchise fee for one unit, before any discount.
The media budget
Required media spend
| Measure | A month | A year * | Share of average sales * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required from the first month | $20,000 | $240,000 | 26.0% |
| May be raised from the sixth month | up to $40,000 | up to $480,000 | up to 51.9% |
| Actually spent, 39 clinics | $17,462 | $209,546 | 22.67% |
The monthly requirement is as the brand reported it and the annual totals, the monthly equivalent of the filed spend and all three shares are marked *.
Every advertising dollar brings back $4.41 of revenue. $924,273 of sales on $209,546 of media *, which is the single most useful ratio on this page, because it converts a budget decision into a revenue forecast and back again.
The reporting clinics spent $30,454 less than the stated yearly minimum. $209,546 against $240,000 *, so either the requirement is applied with discretion, or these 39 clinics sit below what a new franchisee would be asked to commit.
At the top of the range the requirement would take 51.9% of average sales. $480,000 against $924,273 *, more than double what these clinics spent. On the filed statement it would turn $176,702 of operating income into a loss of $93,752.
The call center is mandatory, and keeping it in house is barred. $1,500 to $2,500 a month for each clinic on a schedule that alternates as you add units, on top of up to $1,795 a month of technology. So the path from advertisement to booked appointment runs through the brand at a fixed monthly price.
The filed technology and call center line is $16,548. Against a call center minimum of $18,000 a year on its own *, another place where what these clinics paid sits below what the fee schedule describes.
A system that halved
Units opened and closed, 2023 to 2025
| Year | At start | Opened | Terminations | Non-renewals | Reacquired | Ceased, other | At end | Net * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 160 | 44 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 172 | +12 |
| 2024 | 172 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 153 | −19 |
| 2025 | 153 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 104 | −49 |
Every figure is as the brand reported it apart from the net column, which is marked *.
Openings fell from 44 to 6 in two years while terminations rose to 32. 68 clinics opened across the three years and 124 left *, and 2025 alone accounts for 55 of those departures.
The clinics the brand owns itself fell from 14 to 6 during 2025. The brand owned 12 at the end of 2023, so the contraction reached the company estate as well as the franchised one. The whole system went from 184 outlets to 110.
Of 104 franchised clinics, 100 traded the full year and 39 sent figures. The operating statement on this page therefore describes 37.5% of the clinics standing at year end *, and the 61 that stayed silent are the group an owner would most want to see.
Territory is a Nielsen market area, and it is stated as non-exclusive. The Express model has a seven-mile protected radius instead, and since the model runs on broadcast and digital media buying, a market area is the unit that matters.
The royalty minimum is $1,500 a month from the sixth month. $18,000 a year, which 8% overtakes at $225,000 of sales *, and it continues to the contractual expiry date even after a franchise ends.
Questions we get asked
Questions an owner asks
How much does a QC Kinetix franchise make?
QC Kinetix franchisees averaged $924,273 of sales in fiscal 2025, according to Item 19 of QC Kinetix’s 2026 FDD, issued 30 April 2026. The 39 in that group are 39%* of QC Kinetix’s 100 locations. Fees paid to QC Kinetix come to about 10%* of sales. A QC Kinetix franchise costs $250,100 to $494,600 to open.
What does a QC Kinetix clinic bill?
Across the 39 clinics that reported, the 2025 average was $924,272.54 of sales revenue, with gross profit of $829,614.58 after $94,657.96 of medical supplies. Operating income after operating costs averaged $176,701.83, which is 19.12%. The median was $108,641.99, the highest $1,167,538.75 and the lowest a loss of $193,744.93.
Where does the money go at QC Kinetix?
Advertising and marketing takes 22.67% of sales, wages 22.13%, franchise fees 8.93%, rent and office 6.82%, bank fees 3.06% and technology and call center 1.79%. Everything else together comes to 5.24%. Total operating expenses are 70.64% of sales.
What fees does QC Kinetix charge?
QC Kinetix charges a flat 8% royalty on weekly gross revenues for the whole term, paid each Tuesday. QC Kinetix charges a $1,000 monthly minimum in months three to five and $1,500 a month from month six, plus a brand development fee currently at 2%, capped at 3%. Technology costs up to $1,795 a month, and a mandatory call center $1,500 to $2,500 a month for each clinic.
What is the marketing requirement at QC Kinetix?
The QC Kinetix marketing requirement is $20,000 a month for each location in the first month, and the franchisor may raise it to as much as $40,000 a month from the sixth month depending on the market. That is $240,000 to $480,000 a year, against $209,546 of advertising and marketing actually reported by the 39 clinics.
What is break-even at QC Kinetix?
On our reading, a QC Kinetix clinic breaks even at about $697,052 of sales, 75.4% of the average clinic. That uses $542,073 of fixed cost against a contribution rate of 77.77% after medical supplies, franchise fees and card charges. At the filed ratio of $4.41 of revenue for each advertising dollar, break-even corresponds to roughly $158,062 of media.
How much does a QC Kinetix franchise cost to open?
A QC Kinetix franchise costs $250,100 to $494,600 to open for a single clinic, on a $55,000 initial franchise fee. A development agreement for two or more units has its own fee schedule. The six months after opening have a $20,000 monthly media commitment. So the cash needed before break-even runs above the printed range.
How stable is the QC Kinetix system?
QC Kinetix had 104 franchised clinics at the end of 2025, down from 172 two years earlier and 153 a year earlier. Across 2023 to 2025, 68 opened and 124 left, 69 terminations, 10 reacquired by the franchisor and 45 that ceased for other reasons. Company and affiliate owned clinics fell from 14 to 6 during 2025. Total outlets went from 184 to 110.
Which two numbers should run monthly at QC Kinetix?
Track revenue for each advertising dollar against $4.41, because the media budget is the largest line in the business and this ratio turns it into a forecast. Then track sales against $58,088 a month, which is the $697,052 break-even level spread across the year.
Questions worth putting to QC Kinetix
These are questions the QC Kinetix filing leaves open. An owner or a buyer can put them to QC Kinetix directly.
- Is the profit figure in Item 19 before or after owner pay, and how many locations sit below it?
- What did the highest and lowest locations sell last year, and what explains the gap?
- 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 QC Kinetix locations closed, were sold, or changed hands last year, and why?
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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.
- What should I be looking at every week?It lists the handful of numbers that move before the P&L does.
- Do I need a bookkeeper, a controller, or a CFO?It explains what each role owns and when the next hire pays for itself.
Where these figures come from.
Every figure here comes from QC Franchise Group LLC’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, litigation described on this page consists of allegations that remain untested. This page is an educational summary and is not legal or tax advice. QC Kinetix® 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: QC Franchise Group LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, issued 30 April 2026.