Scooter's Coffee franchise: what it costs
You'll spend $1,163,650 to $1,345,750 opening a Scooter's Coffee drive-thru kiosk, based on its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD). That FDD is the packet a brand must give you ahead of any purchase.
Cost of a Scooter's Coffee franchise, line by line
- Cost to open in total
- $1,163,650 to $1,345,750 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $40,000 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- 6% out of net sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 2% drawn from net sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $999,869 a year on average across 761 locations it counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Location count as of the end of 2025
- Franchise owners run 882 of them and the company runs 24 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Each figure above comes from the 2026 Scooter's Coffee Franchise Disclosure Document, which Scooter's Coffee Franchisor, LLC filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, dated July 14, 2026 and amended October 5, 2026. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Scooter's Coffee FDD: sales and earnings
Item 19 is where a brand may report what its locations sell or earn, and Scooter's Coffee shares figures there in its FDD. Average yearly sales of $999,869 are the main figure, based on 761 franchised kiosk stores open for all of 2025. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Before relying on any figure in it, see our guide on reading an Item 19.
Scooter's Coffee compared with other coffee franchises
Opening a Scooter's Coffee costs more than any other coffee franchise on this site.
| Brand | Total cost to opentotal, lowest to highest | Upfront feeone-time fee | Royaltyongoing, usually a % of sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Brothers Coffee | $449K to $728K | $30,000 | 5% |
| PJ's Coffee | $523K to $899K | $15,000 to $40,000 | 5% |
| Dunkin' | $532K to $1.83M | $40,000 to $90,000 | 5.9% |
| Ziggi's Coffee | $587K to $1.76M | $40,000 | 6% |
| The Human Bean | $672K to $1.53M | $35,000 | None |
| Caribou Coffee | $898K to $1.51M | $30,000 | 5% |
| 7 Brew | $941K to $2.28M | $35,000 | 4.5% to 7% |
| Tim Hortons | $988K to $3.31M | $50,000 | 4.5% to 6% |
| Scooter's Coffee | $1.16M to $1.35M | $40,000 | 6% |
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 what you pay the brand on an ongoing basis after opening, either a share of sales or a set amount. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. Sales or earnings figures appear in the FDD of all 9 brands (open a brand to see them). Each FDD here was filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce in 2026.
All coffee franchises, side by side
Scooter's Coffee location count
At the end of 2025 the United States had 906 Scooter's Coffee locations, with franchise owners running 97% of them (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.
Get the Scooter's Coffee FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Scooter's Coffee FDD and franchise agreement with you.