Miscellaneous Recreation Businesses

Freedom Boat Club

Venice, FL · Founded 2003 · FBCR

Freedom Franchise Systems, LLC offers franchises for the establishment and operation of Freedom Boat Club businesses, which sell memberships to members for the use of vessels at FBC Locations for designated time periods based on initiation fees and monthly membership fees.

Read the 2026 FDD ↗www.freedomboatclub.com ↗

2026 Franchise 500

Unranked

437

units (2025)

7.1%

year over year

Units by Year

301

2021

352

2022

395

2023

408

2024

437

2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment

$181,000 – $487,500

FDD Item 7

Franchise fee

$38,000

FDD Item 5

Ad fund

FDD Item 6

Financial performance

FDD Item 19 disclosure

Royalty

The greater of 6% of “Gross Revenues” or the Minimum Royalty (“Royalty”)

Leadership

Cecil Cohn
President
Joseph Bettley
Chief Financial Officer
Louis Chemi
Vice President
Barry Slade
Vice President of Fleet and Franchise Development
Kevin VanHorn
Franchise Development Manager
Jim Blaze
Franchise Development Manager

On File

FDD years

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

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Franchisee records

Current roster rows

Signed, not open

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FDD Item 20, Table 5

Franchising for

23 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2026Most recent · opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2025Opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2024Opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2023Opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2022Opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2021Opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2020Opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2019Opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2018Opens in a new tab PDFFreedom Boat Club FDD 2017Opens in a new tab

Units by Year

The Investment

Leadership

On File

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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