Lemon Love franchise
2025 filing · March 3, 2025Shares sales figures
Lemon Love at a glance
A mobile cart and trailer business serving lemonades and snacks, mainly at public and private events. At the end of 2024 there were 1 Lemon Love locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Lemon Love Franchising, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
- Franchising since
- 2025
- Franchisor based in
- Kingston, New York
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $57K–$128K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $30,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 6%
- 6% of gross sales, paid monthly, plus 1% to the brand fund
- Brand fund
- 1%
- 1% of gross sales, paid monthly
- Agreement length
- 5 years
- Territory
- Protected
- Protected territory
- Franchisor financing
- None offered
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 1
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 0
- Company-owned
- 1
- Change in 3 years
- 0
- Franchised locations, 2022–2024
From Lemon Love Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Lemon Love among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Lemon Love | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $92,450 | Costs less than 89% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $30,000 | Lower than 72% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 6% | Higher than 35% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 1 | Fewer than 88% of franchises |
How much a Lemon Love franchise costs
Opening one Lemon Love costs an estimated $57,000 to $127,900. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital. It is one of the low-cost franchises.
Source: Lemon Love Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 16
Lemon Love franchise fee
The franchise fee is $30,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Lemon Love Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 10
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 6% of gross sales, paid monthly, plus 1% to the brand fund. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | 1% of gross sales, paid monthly. |
| Computer Systems | $600 |
| Transfer fee | $10,000 plus any broker fees and other out-of-pocket costs we incur |
| Local Marketing/Required Spending | 1% of your gross sales |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Lemon Love Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 11
Other fees as filed, from pages 12–15. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Lemon Love publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Lemon Love Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 42
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $230K–$410K
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How Lemon Love compares
Of the 139 mobile franchises on this site, Lemon Love is the 37th cheapest to open and the 112th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Lemon Love | Typical mobile brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $57K | $96K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $128K | $167K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $30K | $35K | $40K |
| Royalty | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Brand fund | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| US locations | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 91 of 139 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 139 brands in mobile franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
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Source: Lemon Love Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, page 45
Who owns Lemon Love?
Lemon Love franchises are sold by Lemon Love Franchising, LLC. Its filing names no parent company.
From Lemon Love Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing, page 8.
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: Lemon Love Franchising, LLC, 2025 filing, litigation on page 10, bankruptcy on page 10
Lemon Love filings
The figures on this page come from Lemon Love Franchising, LLC’s 2025 filing, issued March 3, 2025, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | March 3, 2025 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
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