2026 FDD Item 19, p. 49 Checked Nov 2, 2026
Scooter's Coffee Franchise Revenue and EBITDA (2026 FDD)
In Item 19 of its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, Scooter's Coffee reports average Net Sales, all Reporting Kiosk Stores of $923,805 (2025 calendar year, 621 franchised Kiosk Stores open all of 2025 that provided cost and expense data (of 697 open all year)). The figures below are selected disclosures, not a substitute for reading the full Item 19.
Startup cost: a Scooter's Coffee franchise costs an estimated $1,163,650 – $1,345,750 to open (Item 7). See the full Scooter's Coffee franchise cost breakdown.
Does Scooter's Coffee’s Item 19 show profit or owner pay?
Partly. Besides sales, Scooter's Coffee’s Item 19 reports “Average EBITDA (estimated), all Reporting Kiosk Stores”, “Median EBITDA (estimated), all Reporting Kiosk Stores” and “Average EBITDA (estimated), all Reporting End Cap Stores”. Each figure follows the franchisor’s own definition in Item 19, which decides which costs are deducted and whether an owner’s salary is one of them. None of them is necessarily an owner’s take-home pay.
What Scooter's Coffee discloses (Item 19)
Source: Scooter's Coffee 2026 FDD, Item 19, PDF p. 49.
| Figure | Value | Period | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Net Sales, all Reporting Kiosk Stores | $923,805 | 2025 calendar year | 621 franchised Kiosk Stores open all of 2025 that provided cost and expense data (of 697 open all year) (Item 19, PDF p. 54) |
| Median Gross Sales, all Reporting Kiosk Stores | $966,739 | 2025 calendar year | 621 Reporting Kiosk Stores; Gross Sales are Net Sales plus Discounts (Item 19, PDF p. 54) |
| Average EBITDA (estimated), all Reporting Kiosk Stores | $134,457 | 2025 calendar year | 621 Reporting Kiosk Stores; reported sales, discounts, cost of goods, labor and rent, with imputed royalty, marketing and technology fees and estimated card processing and overhead (Item 19, PDF p. 54) |
| Median EBITDA (estimated), all Reporting Kiosk Stores | $138,332 | 2025 calendar year | 621 Reporting Kiosk Stores (Item 19, PDF p. 54) |
| Average Net Sales, all Reporting End Cap Stores | $994,655 | 2025 calendar year | 45 franchised End Cap Stores open all of 2025 that provided complete data (of 52 open all year) (Item 19, PDF p. 55) |
| Average EBITDA (estimated), all Reporting End Cap Stores | $155,439 | 2025 calendar year | 45 Reporting End Cap Stores; same method as the kiosk figures (Item 19, PDF p. 55) |
Item 19 sample and definitions
Item 19 (PDF pages 49-60) covers franchised Kiosk and End Cap Stores only. Section C reports 2025 sales, costs and estimated EBITDA for 621 Reporting Kiosk Stores and 45 Reporting End Cap Stores. Royalty, the 2% marketing contribution and the $350 technology fee are imputed, and card processing and overhead are estimates. By sales quartile, kiosk EBITDA averaged $273,683 for the top quarter and $4,524 for the bottom quarter. Section A prints the 2025 average Gross Sales of participating kiosks as $999,869. Section C prints $998,869 for a group with the same median, range and count above average, and its Net Sales plus Discounts equals $998,869. Section A also lists 761 participating kiosks, where Section C says 697 operated all year, and the two sections give different counts of end-cap stores above average. This record therefore uses Section C's Net Sales, which is also the royalty base, and leaves out the Gross Sales averages. Section D reports same-store net sales growth of 8.90% for 525 comparable kiosks in 2024-2025.
How to interpret Scooter's Coffee’s Item 19 figures and sample limits · What Item 19 does and does not show about owner pay.
Fee illustration using reported sales
Calculated fee illustration using Item 6 and Item 19, not an FDD profit disclosure or owner-income estimate.
Source: Scooter's Coffee 2026 FDD, Item 6 (fee inputs), PDF p. 15.
The selected annual sales metric supports the illustration below. Other Item 19 rows can cover different periods or samples and are not interchangeable inputs. Sales remaining after these fees still have to cover operating costs.
| Sales figure | Sales | Fees to franchisor & marketing | Left for all other costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Net Sales, all Reporting Kiosk Stores2025 calendar year · 621 franchised Kiosk Stores open all of 2025 that provided cost and expense data (of 697 open all year) | $923,805 | $78,104 | $845,701 |
The range uses the recorded recurring fee ranges. Rent, payroll, cost of goods, loan payments and taxes still come out of the last column. The sales sample’s results do not predict a new outlet’s results.
Scope of these figures: The selected Scooter's Coffee disclosures above retain their recorded periods and samples. The lead figure covers 621 franchised Kiosk Stores open all of 2025 that provided cost and expense data (of 697 open all year). They do not establish take-home owner income or the results of a new outlet. Read the linked Item 19 for the franchisor's definitions and exclusions.
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Sources
Scooter's Coffee Franchisor, LLC Franchise Disclosure Document, issued July 14, 2026, as amended October 5, 2026, as filed with the Minnesota Commerce (CARDS). Read the source FDD PDF. How to get this FDD yourself.
- Item 5: cited PDF p. 13
- Item 6: cited PDF p. 15
- Item 7: cited PDF p. 19
- Item 19: cited PDF p. 49
- Item 20: cited PDF p. 64
- Agreement term (Item 17): cited PDF p. 45
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Document & verification changelog
- November 2, 2026: Source check completed against the recorded FDD.
- November 2, 2026: Initial cost profile published from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (issued July 14, 2026).
- November 2, 2026: Independently checked against the July 14, 2026 Minnesota FDD, as amended October 5, 2026: cover, Items 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 17, 19 and 20. Item 6 now lists all 30 rows (the draft had 5); renewal and transfer fees are recorded as formulas. Item 19 now uses Section C's net sales and estimated EBITDA, because the FDD prints conflicting gross sales averages and store counts in Sections A and C; the draft's 614-store sample did not appear in the FDD. Moved franchisor details into standard fields, and added the opening time and source notes. Rewrote the analysis.
- October 5, 2026: Amendment date recorded for the source FDD.