Mathnasium Signs 60 Franchise Deals, Opens 40 Centers in H1 2026

Mathnasium signed 60 franchise agreements and opened 40 new centers in the first half of 2026, the company announced in a report carried by Franchising.com.

The figures mark a strong opening six months for the math-tutoring franchisor. A pace of 60 signed agreements against 40 opened locations signals a development pipeline in excess of what has already converted to operating centers. In franchise systems, that gap typically reflects deals signed but still working through site selection, buildout and staffing before launch.

The company characterized the half-year performance as strong, per the Franchising.com report. Mathnasium did not break out comparable figures for the first half of 2025 in the announcement, so the year-over-year growth rate of agreement signings and center openings remains unstated.

Each new franchise agreement represents a committed franchisee entering the Mathnasium system. Each opened center adds a revenue-generating unit to the network and expands the brand's physical footprint in its core market: supplemental math education for school-age students.

The dual metric — agreements signed versus centers opened — is the standard scorecard for franchised brands. Signing activity measures demand from prospective franchisees; openings measure execution on real estate and operations. Mathnasium's H1 2026 numbers show strength on both counts.

Sustained unit growth matters for franchisors because system-wide royalties scale with the number of operating locations. Forty openings in six months implies an annualized run rate of roughly 80 new centers if the second half matches the first.

The report did not disclose which markets the new agreements cover or the investment terms attached to them. Franchising.com listed no additional deal detail beyond the headline figures.

Mathnasium will look to convert the 20-agreement backlog between signings and openings during the second half of 2026, a figure that points to continued launch activity through the remainder of the year.