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Franchise opportunity to introduce abacus courses to cram schools | Create an entry point for lower elementary school students using your current classroom and staff | Franchise fee: 50,000 yen (first 3 schools)
Create an "entry point" for kindergarteners to 3rd graders using empty classes and classrooms. This is a franchise for abacus courses that can be opened using empty classes and classrooms in existing cram schools. Since you can meet kindergarteners to 3rd graders before they even join the cram school, it creates a flow that will lead to the main course in the upper grades. You can use your existing classroom, so there are no new rent costs, and even staff with no prior abacus experience can teach with training and manuals. Classes are held 2-3 days a week. We will share the know-how of a company licensed in Osaka Prefecture with over 90 years of experience and an average enrollment rate of over 85% from trial lessons.
Estimated Startup Cost:Up to ¥1,000,000
Industry:Cram School/School
Typical cram schools only begin meeting students in the upper grades and have to recruit new students from scratch every year. Cram schools with abacus courses, however, accept students from kindergarten to third grade, allowing them to get to know each child's personality, strengths, and weaknesses through weekly instruction, and build trust with parents. This creates a flow where parents feel confident entrusting their child's education to the teacher, leading them to advance to the main course in the upper grades. Having an abacus classroom also expands the cram school's brand image.
You can use available time slots and classrooms, such as weekday evenings. Classes are typically held 2-3 days a week (weekdays around 3 PM to 7 PM / weekends for 2-3 hours). We provide training and manuals for trial lessons and beginner instruction, so even staff with no prior abacus experience can teach. The headquarters provides the teaching materials for trial lessons, and since the materials can be procured for around 100-500 yen per book, there is virtually no inventory risk.
The teaching materials are based on "Needs," a system developed and patented by the second principal. It allows students to solve problems using both the abacus and mental arithmetic, from written calculations to horizontal division and division with remainders, making it easy to explain to parents as "abacus skills that lead to school tests." Using psychology (the Enneagram) to categorize personalities into nine types, the group boasts an average enrollment rate of over 85% after trial lessons. We also provide flyer drafts and sample messages for official LINE accounts (the same format used by our directly managed Miyakojima school, which attracted over 100 students in one year).
[Franchise Requirements] Target: Corporations and sole proprietors operating cram schools / Franchise Fee: 50,000 yen (tax included, special introductory price for cram schools, first 3 schools only. From the 4th school onwards, the regular fee is 100,000 yen (tax included)) / Royalty: 20% of monthly tuition revenue for the abacus course (excluding tuition fees for regular courses, enrollment fees, examination fees, and textbook sales) / Contract Period: Minimum 2 years (automatically renewed thereafter) / Service Area: Nationwide (the same course will not be offered within an 800m radius of the classroom where the course is offered) / Class Days: 2-3 days per week
Franchise fee of 50,000 yen (tax included, first 3 schools only. 100,000 yen from the 4th school onwards) + starter set fee of approximately 450 yen per student. Since you will be using your current classroom, there are no new rent or large equipment investment costs. Trial materials will be provided by headquarters. Flyer distribution is estimated at 2-3 times per year (e.g., 10,000 A4 double-sided color flyers cost approximately 22,000 yen as of May 2026).
[Model: Abacus Course, Average Monthly Tuition ¥5,500, No Additional Rent as Current Classroom is Used]
30 Students: Monthly Tuition ¥165,000 - Royalty ¥33,000 + Material Sales ¥5,000 = Net Profit Approx. ¥137,000/Month
50 Students: Monthly Tuition ¥275,000 - Royalty ¥55,000 + Material Sales ¥10,000 = Net Profit Approx. ¥230,000/Month
70 Students: Monthly Tuition ¥385,000 - Royalty ¥77,000 + Material Sales ¥15,000 = Net Profit Approx. ¥323,000/Month
100 Students: Monthly Tuition ¥550,000 - Royalty ¥110,000 + Material Sales ¥15,000 = Net Profit Approx. ¥455,000/Month
*Personnel costs for teaching staff are not included.
*If abacus students advance to the main course, it will also contribute to the school's revenue.
*This will vary depending on location, number of students, monthly tuition, etc. Revenue and profit are not guaranteed.
■Before Implementation: Consultation and proposal of revenue/expense simulation (online available, nationwide) / We will show you how to run a trial lesson / Training and manuals for trial lesson handling and beginner instruction / Flyer drafts and sample messages for official LINE account
■After Implementation: Provision of teaching materials and examination system / Monthly regular meetings and individual consultations (online available)
If you would like to open an abacus class at your home, community center, or store instead of a cram school, please also see the "Ueda Abacus School Group (Small Plan)" and "Ueda Abacus School Group (Classroom Plan)" pages.
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