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# Franchise LearnHub

Free franchise education in six topics: the basics, buying a franchise, investment, economics, risk and due diligence, and ownership. Guides and videos.

## In this section

- [Franchise Basics: How Franchising Actually Works](https://www.franchisegrade.com/learn/franchise-basics) — Understand how franchising works before you evaluate a single brand: what you actually buy, how franchises make money, and which models fit which owners.
- [Buying a Franchise: The Process, Start to Signature](https://www.franchisegrade.com/learn/buying-a-franchise) — The full franchise buying process: how to evaluate opportunities, run due diligence, ask the right questions, and avoid the mistakes that derail good buyers.
- [Franchise Investment and Capital Requirements](https://www.franchisegrade.com/learn/franchise-investment) — What a franchise really costs and how buyers fund it: total investment ranges, franchise fees, working capital, SBA loans, ROBS, and financing mistakes.
- [Franchise Economics and Profitability](https://www.franchisegrade.com/learn/franchise-economics) — How franchise profitability actually works: unit economics, average franchise profit, margin benchmarks by industry, break-even analysis, and Item 19 P&Ls.
- [Franchise Risk and Due Diligence](https://www.franchisegrade.com/learn/franchise-risk) — How to assess franchise risk: reading the FDD, analysing Item 19 earnings claims, checking litigation history, and running franchisee validation calls.
- [Franchise Ownership and Operations](https://www.franchisegrade.com/learn/franchise-ownership) — What franchise ownership is actually like: the performance metrics that matter, running a unit day to day, and when scaling to multi-unit makes sense.

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