Agency in GTA Online: which Franklin agency to buy and how to make money with it

Data checked on November 6, 2026, after update 1.73.

The Agency (F. Clinton and Partner) is Franklin's agency from The Contract update, released on December 15, 2021. It gives you three sources of money: short Security Contracts, Payphone Hits assassinations and the story contract with Dr. Dre.

The Agency isn't a passive production business but a base for solo jobs. In our ranking of businesses for solo players we rate it the best purchase at ~2M for players who don't want to assemble a crew. The figures below come from GTA Wiki, GTA Boss, GTA Boom and RockstarINTEL guides; Rockstar doesn't publish its own payout numbers.

You buy the Agency on the Dynasty 8 Executive website. To run it, you need to be a CEO, VIP or MC President.

All four offices work the same way and differ only in price and neighborhood, so go with Little Seoul. The Agency regularly shows up in weekly discounts (for example, 40% off in the week of October 29 to November 4, 2026). Discounts change every Thursday; the current ones are in the weekly update.

None of the upgrades is required to make money. Only buy the Vehicle Workshop when you need Imani Tech, above all the Missile Lock-On Jammer (400,000 according to GTA Boss). Since update 1.73 the Jammer can be fitted to a wider list of vehicles. Which cars support it is on our GTA Online vehicles page. The Agency's daily upkeep is $250 plus $10 for the mechanic.

You take contracts at the computer in the office: there are always three options, and they refresh if you log out of the computer and back in. After your first contract you can also get them by calling Franklin. There are six types: Asset Protection, Gang Termination, Liquidize Assets, Recover Valuables, Rescue Operation and Vehicle Recovery.

You get 30 minutes per contract and only a 5-minute cooldown between contracts. Your first completed contract unlocks The Contract with Dr. Dre, the third unlocks Payphone Hits. Every contract also raises the rate at which the safe fills, so even the cheap Professional ones aren't wasted.

After three Security Contracts, Franklin calls and unlocks Payphone Hits. From then on you get them by calling Franklin or at a payphone that appears on the map. There are eight targets: The Popstar, The Tech Entrepreneur, The Cofounder, The CEO, The Trolls, The Judge, The Hitmen and The Dealers (the last two only for an organization or MC with at least 2 players).

• Host: $15,000 base + a $30,000 Assassination Bonus for the specified kill method = up to $45,000.
• Crew members: $15,000 base + $10,000 for the bonus method = up to $25,000 (according to GTA Wiki and Sportskeeda; GTA Intel lists 10,000 base and 15,000 with the bonus).
• Time limit: 15 minutes per hit; cooldown: 10 minutes.

In 2024 the host bonus was cut from $70,000 to $30,000, but the cooldown dropped from 48 to 10 minutes, so per hour the hits now pay more than before. Without the bonus method, the target often brings 3 wanted stars or enemy reinforcements. The weekly first-completion bonus doesn't apply to Payphone Hits.

The VIP Contract "The Data Leaks" unlocks after your first Security Contract. You need the Agency and CEO, VIP or MC President status. It can be played solo or with a crew of up to 4 players, 13 missions in total:

1. On Course: the prologue at Los Santos Golf Club (1–2 players).
2. Data Recovery: a setup.
3. Three branches in any order: Nightlife Leak (The Nightclub, The Marina, finale), High Society Leak (The Country Club, Guest List, finale), South Central Leak (Davis, The Ballas, finale).
4. Studio Time.
5. The finale, Don’t F*ck With Dre.

The prologue and Data Recovery are played only the first time; replays are launched from the archive on the agency computer.

The weekly rule. With update 1.73 Rockstar added The Data Leaks to the list of finales with a once-a-week bonus: every player in the crew gets the higher payout if the host hasn't completed this finale yet in the current week, and repeats pay less. The week resets every Thursday. Rockstar hasn't published the ≈ $1.1M figure itself: it comes from player measurements. Guides don't give the exact crew member payout after 1.73.

Separately, for the first completion: $100,000 for each of the three recovered copies (according to GTA Wiki and GTA Boss), plus, according to GTA Wiki, $100,000 for Studio Time, $50,000 for On Course and $250,000 for the finale.

The office safe tops up automatically once per in-game day (48 minutes of online play). The amount depends only on how many Security Contracts you've completed; type and tier don't matter. The payment grows in steps: every 5 contracts add $500 to the daily amount (about $100 per contract on average), up to a maximum of $20,000 per in-game day after 201 contracts (according to GTA Wiki and GTA Boom). According to GTA Boom, the first five contracts give $250 per day, and the sixth raises it to $500.

The capacity is $250,000. When the safe is full, no more money is added, so collect it manually in the office. At the maximum rate the safe fills in 12.5 in-game days: 250,000 / 20,000 = 12.5 × 48 min ≈ 10 hours of play (our calculation).

Yes, if you play solo and are willing to run missions. Dr. Dre pays ≈ 1.1M once a week, and in between, Security Contracts and Payphone Hits fill the time without long cooldowns. For passive income, the Acid Lab, the Bunker or the Nightclub are better fits.

Tips

• Re-enter the computer until a Specialist+ contract comes up.
• Between contracts (5 min), do Payphone Hits (10 min) with the bonus method.
• Play Dr. Dre once a week after the Thursday reset, and swap repeats for other finales with a weekly bonus, such as The Kortz Center Heist or the Diamond Casino Heist.
• Empty the safe more often than once every 10 hours of play.

For an overall plan, see the guide on how to make money in GTA Online; all heists are on the GTA Online heists page.