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Merle Norman Cosmetics

Health Beauty & FitnessRetail Product & Service

Merle Norman Cosmetics franchisees own and operate retail beauty studios where customers receive personalized skincare consultations and can sample a full line of cosmetics and skincare products before purchasing — a try-before-you-buy model that sets the brand apart from conventional mass-market beauty retailers.

Just the Facts

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In Business Since1931
Number of Units757
Total Investment$48K – $263Ktracked across 5 filings below

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDDs and Analysis Reports

These Merle Norman Cosmetics FDDs, as filed, contain 23 sections of federally mandated disclosures such as franchisee obligations, franchisor litigation, and financial performance. FDD's are typically 100+ pages long and are critical to evaluate when researching a franchise. Multi-year analysis reports track how these disclosures change across consecutive FDD filings.

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Individual FDD Filings

Complete filings as submitted, including exhibits and financial statements.

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2026

May 2026

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2025

April 2025

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2024

April 2024

$99.00
Show 9 more filings, 2015–2023

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2023

April 2023

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2022

April 2022

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2021

April 2021

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2020

April 2020

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2019

April 2019

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2018

April 2018

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2017

April 2017

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2016

April 2016

$99.00

Merle Norman Cosmetics FDD 2015

April 2015

$99.00

Multi-Year Analysis Packages

Year-over-year comparison of consecutive filings. Every figure cited to its filing, Item, and PDF page. Source FDDs included.

Merle Norman Cosmetics 5-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2021–FY2025)

20 page analysis report · 4 year-over-year transitions · 5 source FDDs (2022–2026 filings) included

$599.005 filings alone: $495.00
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)

The report covers, in order:

  1. Executive summary
  2. Change index
  3. Consolidated unit summary
  4. Geographic summary
  5. Turnover, transfers & closure rates
  6. Franchisee investment and fees
  7. Financial performance representation
  8. Franchisor financial condition
  9. Franchisor entity & leadership
  10. Litigation & bankruptcy
  11. Method, limits and disclaimer
  12. What this report does not include
  • You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 5 source FDD PDFs, 6 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
  • Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
  • Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
  • Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
  • Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Note:The multi-year FDD Analysis Reports compare a brand's consecutive annual FDD filings with year-over-year changes. Every figure is machine-read from source FDDs with a cited page from the source FDD. Machine reading can misread, so verify any figure you intend to rely on against the cited page. These reports are not legal, financial or investment advice, are not a recommendation to enter into, decline, finance or exit any franchise relationship, and are not a substitute for reading the FDDs or consulting qualified advisors.

Merle Norman Cosmetics 3-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2023–FY2025)

17 page analysis report · 2 year-over-year transitions · 3 source FDDs (2024–2026 filings) included

$399.003 filings alone: $297.00
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)

The report covers, in order:

  1. Executive summary
  2. Change index
  3. Consolidated unit summary
  4. Geographic summary
  5. Turnover, transfers & closure rates
  6. Franchisee investment and fees
  7. Financial performance representation
  8. Franchisor financial condition
  9. Franchisor entity & leadership
  10. Litigation & bankruptcy
  11. Method, limits and disclaimer
  12. What this report does not include
  • You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 3 source FDD PDFs, 4 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
  • Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
  • Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
  • Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
  • Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Note:The multi-year FDD Analysis Reports compare a brand's consecutive annual FDD filings with year-over-year changes. Every figure is machine-read from source FDDs with a cited page from the source FDD. Machine reading can misread, so verify any figure you intend to rely on against the cited page. These reports are not legal, financial or investment advice, are not a recommendation to enter into, decline, finance or exit any franchise relationship, and are not a substitute for reading the FDDs or consulting qualified advisors.

Merle Norman Cosmetics 2-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2024–FY2025)

17 page analysis report · 1 year-over-year transition · 2 source FDDs (2025–2026 filings) included

$249.002 filings alone: $198.00
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)

The report covers, in order:

  1. Executive summary
  2. Change index
  3. Consolidated unit summary
  4. Geographic summary
  5. Turnover, transfers & closure rates
  6. Franchisee investment and fees
  7. Financial performance representation
  8. Franchisor financial condition
  9. Franchisor entity & leadership
  10. Litigation & bankruptcy
  11. Method, limits and disclaimer
  12. What this report does not include
  • You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 2 source FDD PDFs, 3 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
  • Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
  • Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
  • Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
  • Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Note:The multi-year FDD Analysis Reports compare a brand's consecutive annual FDD filings with year-over-year changes. Every figure is machine-read from source FDDs with a cited page from the source FDD. Machine reading can misread, so verify any figure you intend to rely on against the cited page. These reports are not legal, financial or investment advice, are not a recommendation to enter into, decline, finance or exit any franchise relationship, and are not a substitute for reading the FDDs or consulting qualified advisors.
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