Entrepreneur USA - January 2018

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Dunn Brothers Coffee

Specialty coffee, tea, baked goods, sandwiches,

soups, salads

Minneapolis

1987/1994 MW,

S,SE

NO 79/5 82/4 78/4 $388.2K-$616.4K /

$37K

5% NO NO NO

NR

AraVita

Coffee, bubble tea, smoothies

Miami

2013/2016 ALL C,I 0/1 0/1 0/1 $113.4K-$181.2K/

$19.9K

4.5% YES NO NO

Aroma Joe’s Coffee

Specialty coffee

Portland, Maine

2000/2013 NE NO 33/0 42/0 51/0 $183.7K-$578K/

$15K

8% YES NO NO

The Coffee Beanery

Coffee, tea, sandwiches, salads

Flushing, Mich.

1976/1985 ALL NO 71/2 72/2 67/2 $185K-$466.5K/

$15K

4% NO NO YES

Drnk coffee + tea and Qwench juice bar

Espresso, coffee, tea, smoothies, juices,

sandwiches

Los Angeles

2013/2015 ALL C,I** 8/2 11/2 14/2 $301.2K-$728.9K/

$40K

6% YES NO YES

It’s A Grind Coffee House

Specialty coffee

Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

1995/2000 ALL C,I 28/0 25/0 25/0 $181.2K-$488.8K/

$15K-$25K

6% YES NO YES

Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea

Coffee, tea, food

Ann Arbor, Mich.

1993/2004 ALL NO 3/2 3/2 4/2 $260.1K-$393.2K/

$49.5K

6% YES NO NO

13

Culver Franchising System

Frozen custard, specialty burgers

Prairie du Sac, Wis.

1984/1988 MW,S,SE,

SW,W

NO 549/7 566/8 623/8 $1.8M-$4.3M/

$55K

4% YES NO NO

44

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Frozen custard, steakburgers, hot dogs

Wichita, Kan.

2002/2004 ALL* C,I** 146/14 192/15 249/18 $592.8K-$2M/

$25K

4.5% NO NO NO

N R

Stricklands Frozen Custard

Frozen custard, ice cream, yogurt, sorbet

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

1936/2002 ALL C,I** 5/0 4/0 4/0 $188.5K-$315K/

$25K

6% YES NO NO

I

41

Baskin-Robbins

Ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen beverages

Canton, Mass.

1945/1948 ALL C,I 7,627/8 7,722/6 7,892/0 $93.6K-$401.8K/

$25K

5.9% YES NO YES

67

Dairy Queen

Ice cream, burgers, chicken

Minneapolis

1940/1944 ALL C,I** 6,529/2 6,709/2 6,753/2 $1.1M-$1.9M/

$35K

4% YES NO NO

RANK

KEY

KThousands ($), M Millions ($), $ U.S. dollars,

*Selling multiple units/master licenses only,

** Selling int’l. master licenses only

REGIONS

MW Midwest, NE Northeast, S South, SE Southeast,

SW Southwest, W West, C Canada, I Other International

Year Began/

Franchising

Since

Available

U.S.

Regions

Seeking

Int’l?

2015

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

2016

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

2017

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

Royalty

Fee

Home-

Based/

Mobile

Opportunity

Kiosk/

Express

Unit

Available?

Financing

Available?

Startup Costs/

Franchise Fee

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