The Kumon did $556,921 on four days a week. It runs two days today. That gap is the opportunity.

FUND IT, AND LET SOMEONE YOU TRUST RUN IT

The franchisor requires an approved, trained Instructor to be present and personally accountable. This is not a laptop business, and we won't pretend otherwise.

But the Instructor and the owner of the capital do not have to be the same person. The franchise can be held by an entity that designates an approved Corporation Instructor. In plain terms: you can fund and own it, and someone you trust can run it — an adult child, a spouse leaving corporate, a sibling or family friend who is excellent with kids and unfinanceable alone, or a mentee you would back with capital but not a blank check.

You hold the equity and provide oversight. They complete the Instructor Development Program, become Instructor of record, and build it. For many buyers that is the actual point: $375,000 buys a proven platform and establishes someone in a durable career.

Planning note: the incoming Instructor must be franchisor-approved and complete the Instructor Development Program (2-3 months, and it can begin during diligence). They generally need a four-year degree and U.S. citizenship or permanent residency. We walk qualified buyers through approval before an offer is written.

This Baltimore County, MD Kumon center has operated from the same storefront since 2015, serving ~175 students across ~210 active subject enrollments — a 240-subject school-year average — from an 1,800 SF suite with dedicated parking.

It ran four days a week for its first ten years. In April 2025 the owner learned she was expecting her first child and cut back to two days. She kept the center at its established standard but stopped marketing, stopped pursuing enrollment, and let attrition go un-backfilled. She is selling to focus on raising her son.

The incoming owner will operate four days per week. That is a condition of transfer — and it is why this listing is worth your time. You are not being asked to believe a projection. This location, this staff, and this curriculum library produced $556,921 in 2023 and $507,930 in 2024 on exactly that schedule. That is operating history.

THE NUMBERS, IN THE OPEN

2023 (4 days): Revenue $556,921 | SDE $159,738
2024 (4 days): Revenue $507,930 | SDE $177,567
2025 (4 to 2): Revenue $446,459 | SDE $165,903
2026 annualized (2 days): Revenue $429,906 | SDE $171,546

Weighted average SDE: $168,169. At $375,000, that is 2.2x — below the 2.5x-3.0x range comparable franchise resales command.

Two things worth sitting with:

SDE has barely moved. Across a 23% revenue decline, SDE held between $159,738 and $177,567. The earnings power did not leave when the schedule did.

The decline has stopped. Revenue fell 8.8% in 2024 and 12.1% in 2025, but only 3.7% annualized in 2026, with net income back positive. The two-day run rate has found its floor near $430,000 — a stabilized business waiting for its schedule back.

One honest caution: halving the schedule cost only about 18% of revenue, because the families stayed. Demand here is durable — but restoring four days does not automatically restore $507,930. Days three and four give you capacity and room to recover attrition. The expansion should be enrollment-led: rebuild the pipeline, then add days to serve it.

GROWTH LEVERS ALREADY ON THE TABLE

Kumon Connect virtual learning. Summer and holiday intensives the current schedule cannot accommodate. School partnerships and PTO sponsorships, never formally worked. Back-to-school campaigns — eleven years of growth on word of mouth, with no paid acquisition. Adult learners, served here to 65+ and ignored by most competitors. Sibling and second-subject enrollment, the cheapest students any center adds.

$375,000 | 2.2x weighted SDE | Asset sale | SBA-eligible | All cash at closing