DAME Fine Coffee franchise
2025 filing · June 16, 2025Shares sales figures
DAME Fine Coffee at a glance
A drive-through coffee shop serving coffees, lattes, energy drinks and teas. At the end of 2024 there were 5 DAME Fine Coffee locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Dame Franchising, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $371K–$822K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $40,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 5%
- 5% of gross revenues, paid weekly, plus 1.5% to the national advertising fund
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 5
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 0
- Company-owned
- 5
Support and records
- Latest filing
- Jun 16, 2025
- 2025 filing
From Dame Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
DAME Fine Coffee among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | DAME Fine Coffee | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $596,550 | Costs more than 70% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $40,000 | Lower than 46% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 5% | Lower than 69% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 5 | Fewer than 71% of franchises |
How much a DAME Fine Coffee franchise costs
Opening one DAME Fine Coffee costs an estimated $370,800 to $822,300. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Dame Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 1
DAME Fine Coffee franchise fee
The franchise fee is $40,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Dame Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 8
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 5% of gross revenues, paid weekly, plus 1.5% to the national advertising fund. |
|---|
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Dame Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 10
Sales and earnings
Shares figures DAME Fine Coffee publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Dame Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 55
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $890K–$1.6M
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How DAME Fine Coffee compares
Of the 117 coffee franchises on this site, DAME Fine Coffee is the 62nd cheapest to open and the 67th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | DAME Fine Coffee | Typical coffee brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $371K | $350K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $822K | $741K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $40K | $35K | $40K |
| Royalty | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| US locations | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 69 of 117 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 117 brands in coffee franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (0) | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 (0) | 5 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
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More in the guides: coffee franchise costs and franchise failure rates.
Source: Dame Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 56
Who owns DAME Fine Coffee?
DAME Fine Coffee franchises are sold by Dame Franchising, LLC. Its filing names no parent company.
From Dame Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing, page 6.
DAME Fine Coffee filings
The figures on this page come from Dame Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing, issued June 16, 2025, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | June 16, 2025 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
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