Young Rembrandts Franchise

What Young Rembrandts Franchise does

Young Rembrandts Franchise, Inc. is a privately held franchisor founded in 1988 by Bette Fetter and headquartered in Elgin, Illinois. The company licenses a step-by-step drawing curriculum to independent franchisees who deliver after-school art classes to children ages 3.5-12 in elementary schools, community centers, daycare facilities, and summer camps. The core curriculum is built on more than 2,000 custom lessons structured around a brain-based learning methodology that emphasizes visual-spatial organization, fine motor skills, and structured artistic output, with a strict no-repeat lesson policy and proprietary no-mess supplies. The program portfolio comprises four primary offerings: an Early Learner Drawing program for ages 3.5-5, an Elementary Drawing program for ages 5-12, a Cartoon Drawing program for ages 8-12, and Themed Art Workshops for ages 4-12 delivered at community sites.

The underlying platform is largely human-delivered rather than technology-delivered: instruction is performed in person by franchisee instructors using standardized lesson plans and bundled supplies, supported by a YouTube channel (47K subscribers, 17M views) for awareness and a postal-code-based Find a Class website tool for enrollment. The technology stack consists of conventional marketing and commerce tooling — Constant Contact for the Drawing Points newsletter, Ecwid for embedded e-commerce (Artoozie shop and gift certificates), and YouTube for video distribution — with no proprietary AI/ML components disclosed.

The business model is a classic education franchisor: corporate revenue derives from initial franchise fees, ongoing royalties (typically a percentage of franchisee tuition revenue), and ancillary product and merchandise sales; the bulk of tuition revenue accrues to individual franchisees who set local pricing. Customer segments span parents (consumer/after-school enrichment), schools and educational institutions (B2B/district and parent-night programming), and community centers/summer camps. Geographic reach is primarily the United States and Canada, with a Seoul, South Korea franchise representing the first international unit in 2007. The company operates with a small corporate staff of 11-50 employees, has been named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 500 Franchises for 8+ consecutive years (through 2013), and has been profiled in Kiplinger, ABC, WGN, and Parents Magazine.

Name

Young Rembrandts Franchise

Legal name

Young Rembrandts Franchise, Inc.

Website

https://youngrembrandts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Young Rembrandts Franchise licenses a step-by-step drawing curriculum to independent franchisees who deliver after-school art classes to children ages 3.5-12 in schools, community centers, and daycare facilities across the United States, Canada, and South Korea.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Art Education Franchise

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161)

SIC

Pens, Pencils & Other Artists' Materials (3950)

akta.pro primary industry

Early Learning & Preschool Trade (Ages 0–5) (EDAGAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Kids Crafts & Educational Craft Kits Retail (CRALACAG)

Keywords

• Children's art education
• Drawing classes franchise
• After-school enrichment
• Art education franchise
• Kids drawing programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Elgin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Franchise Fees and Royalties: Young Rembrandts generates revenue through a franchise model where independent business owners purchase the right to operate Young Rembrandts classes in their local markets. Individual franchise owners handle class registration, pricing, and collection of tuition fees from parents.
2. Class Tuition and Enrollment Fees: Parents pay for their children to attend Young Rembrandts drawing classes. Each location is individually owned, so pricing and enrollment are managed by local franchise owners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Young Rembrandts Franchise, Inc. is the corporate franchisor of a children's art education program that teaches children ages 3.5-12 how to draw using a step-by-step instructional methodology with a proprietary no-repeat curriculum of 2,000+ lessons. The company licenses its brand, curriculum, training, and supplies to independent franchise owners who deliver drawing classes at schools, community centers, and daycare facilities across the United States, Canada, and internationally. Parents enroll their children through local franchisees, while aspiring business owners can purchase franchise rights to operate in their local markets.

Product overview

Young Rembrandts is an after-school art education franchise offering structured drawing classes for children ages 3.5-12 through a franchisee-operated model. The core product portfolio includes four main programs: Early Learner Drawing (ages 3.5-5), Elementary Drawing (ages 5-12), Cartoon Drawing (ages 8-12), and Themed Art Workshops (ages 4-12). All programs use a step-by-step teaching methodology with a no-repeat curriculum of over 2,000 custom-created lessons, serving 20,000+ students weekly. The business operates as a franchise model where individual franchisees operate local classes at schools and community centers. Supplementary offerings include gift certificates for class enrollment and an online merchandise shop (Artoozie) selling art supplies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early Learner Drawing Program Drawing classes for children ages 3.5-5 that develop fine motor skills, increase visual vocabulary, and provide engaging early education activities through step-by-step instruction.
• Elementary Drawing Program Drawing classes for children ages 5-12 that teach deconstructing complex objects into foundational shapes, enhancing core art skills and social skills, with students completing a new drawing each week from the no-repeat curriculum.
• Cartoon Drawing Program Fast-paced cartooning classes for children ages 8-12 following a step-by-step approach, featuring joke telling and producing 3-5 drawings per class while building a unique drawing style and core learning skills.
• Themed Art Workshop Art workshops for children ages 4-12 held at community centers, summer schools, and camps with creative themes ranging from 3-5 days in duration, designed to sharpen core learning abilities.
• Young Rembrandts Franchise Opportunity Franchise opportunity for individuals to own and operate a local Young Rembrandts art education business, providing step-by-step curriculum, training, supplies, and brand support in exchange for franchise fees and royalties.
• Artoozie Merchandise Shop Online shop offering art supplies and Young Rembrandts branded products for students and families, operated through an Ecwid-powered eCommerce store.

Quantifiable outcome

• Children develop improved fine motor skills, attention to detail, and visual-spatial organization
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mad Science: Mad Science is a franchise delivering in-school and after-school science enrichment to K-8 children, sharing Young Rembrandts' school- and community-center-based delivery model and franchisee operator structure.
• Abrakadoodle: Abrakadoodle is the most directly comparable children's art education franchise in the US, delivering creative art classes to kids through school-based and community programs using a similar franchise model with licensed curriculum and supplies.
• School of Rock: School of Rock is a children's enrichment franchise operating a near-identical multi-unit franchise model with proprietary curriculum, location-based classes, and recurring tuition revenue — directly analogous in go-to-market and unit economics.
• Code Ninjas: Code Ninjas is a kids' after-school enrichment franchise delivering structured curriculum through franchisee-operated centers to school-age children, mirroring Young Rembrandts' franchise unit model and parent-pays-tuition structure.
• Snapology: Snapology operates a children's enrichment franchise that includes art, design, and creative S.T.E.A.M. activities for ages 3-14, overlapping Young Rembrandts' early-childhood art focus and franchise/unit economics.
• Engineering For Kids: Engineering For Kids is a franchise bringing STEM enrichment programs to elementary-age children via after-school classes at schools and community centers — same customer, same delivery mechanism, same franchise shape as Young Rembrandts.
• Mathnasium: Mathnasium is a supplemental education franchise operating after-school learning centers for school-age children using licensed methodology and franchise network — analogous in customer segment, distribution model, and franchise economics.

Emerging players

• KiwiCo: KiwiCo delivers curated creative and art activity kits to children and families via subscription, an emerging direct-to-consumer alternative competing for the same parent enrichment spend and after-school engagement that Young Rembrandts targets.

Broad incumbents

• Kumon: Kumon is a much larger and more established supplemental education franchise operating supplemental after-school learning centers for children globally — it competes broadly for the same parent discretionary enrichment dollars but at much greater scale and breadth.
• Sylvan Learning: Sylvan Learning is an established supplemental education brand operating tutoring centers for school-age children, competing for the same parental enrichment wallet share as Young Rembrandts but across a broader curriculum and corporate-owned footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/YoungRembrandts
• YouTubeyoutube.com/youngrembrandts
• Facebookfacebook.com/YoungRembrandts1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/young-rembrandts
• Instagraminstagram.com/youngrembrandts

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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