Celebree School

The current published development figures start at approximately $922,000 to $1.2 million for development agreements covering units two through five where the landlord constructs the leasehold improvements. A remodel or other development structure can be considerably more expensive.

The initial franchise fee is $75,000, with additional site-development and training/opening-assistance fees.

Celebree currently publishes $2,019,104 average net revenue per location based on 17 mature franchise locations. The company also publishes a 15.5% EBITDA figure associated with this franchisee group.

Because the sample consists of only 17 mature franchise locations, I would clearly label this as a mature-franchisee average, rather than system-wide average revenue.

The standard royalty is 7% of net revenue, with a 2% advertising/brand contribution. Celebree introduced a 2026 development incentive that temporarily reduces the royalty to 0% during weeks 1–12, 4% during weeks 13–24 and 7% thereafter for qualified new franchise owners.

The latest FDD data identifies approximately 44 franchised schools, making Celebree considerably smaller than Kiddie Academy or TLE. The company is nevertheless expanding aggressively and has announced a pipeline of new development agreements.

For a “middle-sized” article, I would classify Celebree as an emerging mid-sized franchise system, rather than an established national giant.

No. Celebree explicitly states that many of its franchise owners do not have early-childhood education backgrounds. The company expects owners to build a qualified leadership team, including a School Director, who handles the educational and operational requirements of the center.