Auntie Anne's franchise: what it costs

Cost of an Auntie Anne's franchise, line by line

Cost to open, in total

$157,795 to $835,500

Item 7, 2026 FDD

Franchise fee you pay one time at the start

$35,500

Item 5, 2026 FDD

Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand

A 7% share of net sales

Item 6, 2026 FDD

Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising

2% of net sales, or 3% at street locations

Item 6, 2026 FDD

Figures on sales or earnings

$792,496 a year on average across 489 locations it counts, before costs

Item 19, 2026 FDD

Location count at the end of 2025

Franchise owners ran 1,236, the company ran 11

Item 20, 2026 FDD

Every figure above comes from the 2026 Auntie Anne's Franchise Disclosure Document. Auntie Anne's Franchisor SPV LLC filed it with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, and it is dated March 27, 2026. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.

Auntie Anne's FDD: sales and earnings

In Item 19, Auntie Anne's gives figures. This is the section of the FDD where a brand may report how much its locations sell or earn. For 489 franchised full shops inside enclosed malls, the main figure is $792,496 in average yearly net sales. All 52 weeks of 2025 were reported by those shops. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.

Before you rely on any figure, see this guide to understanding an Item 19.

Other bakery and snack franchises next to Auntie Anne's

Among the bakery and snack franchises covered here, Auntie Anne's has the lowest opening cost.

Before you buy, a brand has to hand over its Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD); the brand's latest one is where every figure comes from. A royalty is the part of sales, or a fixed amount, that you keep paying the brand once you've opened. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. Each of the 4 brands gives sales or earnings figures in its FDD. Open a brand to see the numbers. Each FDD here was filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce in 2026.

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The Auntie Anne's location count

At the end of 2025, Auntie Anne's had 1,247 locations in the United States, and 99% of them were run by franchise owners (Item 20). In that same part of the FDD, you get phone numbers for owners still running stores and ones who left. Your best way to learn how these costs play out in real life is to call a few of them.