Just Love Coffee Cafe franchise
2025 filing · June 26, 2025GrowingShares sales figures
Just Love Coffee Cafe at a glance
A coffee cafe serving specialty coffee, breakfast and lunch all day. At the end of 2024 there were 53 Just Love Coffee Cafe locations in the US, 51 franchised and 2 company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
- Franchising since
- 2014
- 11 years of selling franchises
- Franchisor based in
- Brentwood, Tennessee
- Typical size
- 1,400–1,800 sq ft
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $495K–$760K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $39,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 6%
- 6% of gross sales, paid monthly
- Agreement length
- 10 years
- Territory
- Limited
- Limited protection
- Franchisor financing
- None offered
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 53
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 51
- Company-owned
- 2
- Change in 2 years
- +29
- Franchised locations, 2022–2024
- States
- 17
- Most in Tennessee, Texas and Alabama
From JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC’s 2025 filing; revenue and net loss from its audited financial statements, page 82; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Franchisor revenue is the company that sells the franchises (royalties, fees and anything else it earns), not what a location makes.
Where it ranks
Just Love Coffee Cafe among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Just Love Coffee Cafe | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $627,000 | Costs more than 72% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $39,000 | Lower than 58% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 6% | Higher than 35% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 53 | More than 66% of franchises |
| Sales per locationYearly, as the brand reports it | $521,270 | Lower than 70% of brands that share sales figures |
| Sales against cost to openYearly sales over the cost midpoint | 0.8× | Lower than 87% of brands that share sales figures |
How much a Just Love Coffee Cafe franchise costs
Opening one Just Love Coffee Cafe costs an estimated $494,500 to $759,500. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
The biggest costs are leasehold improvements ($250,000 to $400,000) and furniture, fixtures, equipment and supplies ($110,000 to $170,000). Here is every line of the estimate as filed:
| What it pays for | Range | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise Fee | $39,000 | ||
| Grand Opening Program | $10,000 | ||
| Travel & Living Expenses for Training | $4,000 | $8,000 | |
| 1 to 2 Months’ Rent Payment | $5,000 | $13,000 | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $250,000 | $400,000 | |
| Project Manager | $5,000 | ||
| Architectural and Engineering | $16,000 | $20,000 | |
| Furniture, Fixtures, Equipment and Supplies | $110,000 | $170,000 | |
| Menu Boards | $6,000 | $7,000 | |
| Exterior Signage | $4,000 | $12,000 | |
| Point-of-Sale System | $3,500 | $4,500 | |
| Pre-Opening Inventory & Supplies | $9,000 | $15,000 | |
| Security Deposits (Utilities) | $1,000 | $2,000 | |
| Legal, Accounting & Licenses | $1,000 | $4,000 | |
| Insurance | $4,000 | $6,000 | |
| Employees’ Salaries - 2 Months | $7,000 | $14,000 | |
| Additional Funds (3 months, Note 14) | $20,000 | $30,000 | |
| Total | $494,500 | $759,500 | |
Source: JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC, 2025 filing, page 19
Just Love Coffee Cafe franchise fee
The franchise fee is $39,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC, 2025 filing, page 13
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 6% of gross sales, paid monthly. |
|---|---|
| Technology Fee | $250 to $1,000 |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC, 2025 filing, page 13
Other fees as filed, from page 16. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Just Love Coffee Cafe publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
- Average sales
- $521,270
- Median sales
- $488,202
Yearly figures for 2024, covering cafes open all of 2024 (41 franchised, 1 company-owned) (42 locations). The average is about 0.8 times the midpoint of the cost to open.
Sales are what a location takes in before rent, payroll, royalties and other costs, not what its owner keeps.
Source: JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC, 2025 filing, pages 57–58
SBA loans to Just Love Coffee Cafe franchisees
Lenders approved 34 SBA 7(a) loans for Just Love Coffee Cafe franchisees from 2018 to 2025, $12.6M in all. Of the 4 that have ended, 3 were paid in full and 1 was charged off. The other 30 haven’t ended 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 Just Love Coffee Cafe compares
Of the 117 coffee franchises on this site, Just Love Coffee Cafe is the 80th cheapest to open and the 26th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Just Love Coffee Cafe | Typical coffee brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $495K | $350K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $760K | $741K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $39K | $35K | $40K |
| Royalty | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Sales per location | $521K | $913K | $794K |
| US locations | 53 | 8 | 21 |
| Closed or left per year | 0% | 2.6% | – |
| Change in franchised locations, 2 yrs | +131.8% | +32.8% | – |
| 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 | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 (+5) | 1 | – | – |
| 2022 | 29 (+7) | 1 | +7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 43 (+14) | 1 | +14 | 0 |
| 2024 | 51 (+8) | 2 | – | – |
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.
Over 4 years, from the start of 2021 to the end of 2024, franchised locations went from 17 to 51 (+34, +200%). The earlier years come from the brand's 2024 filing.
Source: JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC, 2025 filing, page 59
2021: JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC, 2024 filing, page 58
Where Just Love Coffee Cafe locations are
At the end of 2024, Just Love Coffee Cafe had locations in 17 states. The most are in Tennessee, Texas and Alabama.
- Tennessee19
- Texas6
- Alabama4
- Georgia4
- Wisconsin3
- Colorado2
| State | Franchised | Company-owned | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| Texas | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Alabama | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Georgia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Colorado | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Florida | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Missouri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 2 |
All 17 states
| Indiana | 1 |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Mississippi | 1 |
| New Jersey | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Utah | 1 |
Source: JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC, 2025 filing, page 60
Who owns Just Love Coffee Cafe?
Just Love Coffee Cafe franchises are sold by JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC. It is a subsidiary of Just Love Enterprises, LLC.
From JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC’s 2025 filing, page 9.
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: JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC, 2025 filing, litigation on page 12, bankruptcy on page 12
Just Love Coffee Cafe filings
A franchisor files a new disclosure each year it sells franchises. The figures on this page come from JUST LOVE FRANCHISE GROUP, LLC’s 2025 filing, issued June 26, 2025; the earlier ones below are on record with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and fill in older location counts.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | June 26, 2025 | Minnesota | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
| 2024 filing | – | Minnesota | Locations, 2021 |
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