Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchise
2025 filing · April 29, 2025Shares sales figures
Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream at a glance
An ice cream shop serving super-premium ice cream, milkshakes, sundaes and Early American hot drinking chocolate. At the end of 2024 there were 4 Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Brooker's Franchising, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
- Typical size
- 1,600–1,800 sq ft
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $311K–$699K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $45,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 6%
- 6% of gross revenue, paid weekly, plus 2% to the brand fund and at least 2% on local marketing
- Brand fund
- 2%
- 2% of gross revenue, paid weekly; it can rise to 3%
- Agreement length
- 10 years
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 4
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 0
- Company-owned
- 4
- Change in 3 years
- 0
- Franchised locations, 2022–2024
From Brooker's Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $504,517 | Costs more than 64% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $45,000 | Higher than 55% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 6% | Higher than 35% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 4 | Fewer than 74% of franchises |
How much a Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchise costs
Opening one Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream costs an estimated $310,508 to $698,525. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
The biggest costs are leasehold improvements ($132,616 to $334,338) and furniture, fixtures & security cameras ($42,179 to $92,934). Here is every line of the estimate as filed:
| What it pays for | Range | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $45,000 | ||
| Your Training Expenses | $1,000 | $2,822 | |
| Premises Deposits | $5,815 | $10,457 | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $132,616 | $334,338 | |
| Signage | $9,271 | $27,353 | |
| Furniture, Fixtures & Security Cameras | $42,179 | $92,934 | |
| Equipment | $25,378 | $69,852 | |
| Computer Systems | $2,068 | $5,387 | |
| Office Supplies | $971 | $2,309 | |
| Initial Inventory – Ice Cream | $18,487 | $40,730 | |
| Initial Inventory - Other | $5,101 | $8,199 | |
| Grand Opening Marketing | $5,000 | $6,828 | |
| Professional Fees | $10,019 | $20,020 | |
| Licenses and Permits | $2,447 | $5,363 | |
| Insurance | $153 | $419 | |
| Additional Funds – 3 months | $5,003 | $26,514 | |
| Total | $310,508 | $698,525 | |
Source: Brooker's Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 15
Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchise fee
The franchise fee is $45,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Brooker's Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 8
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 6% of gross revenue, paid weekly, plus 2% to the brand fund and at least 2% on local marketing. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | 2% of gross revenue, paid weekly; it can rise to 3%. |
| Computer Systems | $2,068 - $5,387 |
| Required Minimum Expenditure for Local Marketing and Advertising | 2% of Gross Revenue |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Brooker's Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 9
Other fees as filed, from pages 9–15. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Brooker's Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 40
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $470K–$830K
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
SBA loans to Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchisees
Lenders approved 8 SBA 7(a) loans for Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchisees from 2025 to 2026, $4.25M in all. None has been paid off or charged off yet.
A charged-off loan is one written off as uncollectible. See SBA franchise loans for how 7(a) and 504 loans work.
Source: SBA 7(a) and 504 loan data, as of September 30, 2026
How Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream compares
Of the 101 ice cream franchises on this site, Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream is the 61st cheapest to open and the 77th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream | Typical ice cream brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $311K | $285K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $699K | $597K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $45K | $35K | $40K |
| Royalty | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Brand fund | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| US locations | 4 | 18 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 76 of 101 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 101 brands in ice cream franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (0) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 (0) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
See which brands grew most in the fastest-growing franchises rankings.
More in the guides: ice cream franchise costs and franchise failure rates.
Source: Brooker's Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 42
Who owns Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream?
Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchises are sold by Brooker's Franchising, LLC.
From Brooker's Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | None. The filing says no litigation has to be disclosed. |
|---|---|
| Bankruptcy | None. The filing says no bankruptcy has to be disclosed. |
Franchisors must disclose lawsuits and bankruptcies involving the company, its parents and affiliates, and its executives. Many cases are routine disputes with franchisees over fees or contracts; read the descriptions in the filing and ask current owners about anything that worries you.
Source: Brooker's Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, litigation on page 8, bankruptcy on page 8
Brooker's Founding Flavors Ice Cream filings
The figures on this page come from Brooker's Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing, issued April 29, 2025, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | April 29, 2025 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
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