Liberty Bagels franchise
2025 filing · March 20, 2025Shares sales figures
Liberty Bagels at a glance
A bagel shop serving bagels, spreads and other menu items for dine-in, take-out and delivery. At the end of 2024 there were 4 Liberty Bagels locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $804K–$1.3M
- 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% to the brand fund
- Brand fund
- None now
- No brand fund
- 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
- States
- 1
- Most in New York
From Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Liberty Bagels among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Liberty Bagels | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $1,054,416 | Costs more than 84% 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 | 4 | Fewer than 74% of franchises |
How much a Liberty Bagels franchise costs
Opening one Liberty Bagels costs an estimated $804,355 to $1,304,477. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 1
Liberty Bagels franchise fee
The franchise fee is $40,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 12
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 5% of gross revenues, paid weekly, plus 1% to the brand fund. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | No brand fund |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, pages 12 and 35
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Liberty Bagels publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 59
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $1M–$1.9M
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How Liberty Bagels compares
Of the 58 breakfast franchises on this site, Liberty Bagels is the 40th cheapest to open and the 46th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Liberty Bagels | Typical breakfast brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $804K | $640K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $1.3M | $1.2M | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $40K | $40K | $40K |
| Royalty | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| US locations | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 46 of 58 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 58 brands in breakfast 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.
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More in the guides: franchise failure rates.
Source: Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 64
Where Liberty Bagels locations are
At the end of 2024, Liberty Bagels had locations in 1 state. The most are in New York.
- New York4
| State | Franchised | Company-owned | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Source: Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 65
Who owns Liberty Bagels?
Liberty Bagels franchises are sold by Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC.
From Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC’s 2025 filing.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | Yes. The filing describes past or pending cases involving the franchisor, its affiliates or its executives on page 6. |
|---|---|
| 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: Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, litigation on page 6, bankruptcy on page 11
Liberty Bagels filings
The figures on this page come from Liberty Bagels Franchise LLC’s 2025 filing, issued March 20, 2025, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | March 20, 2025 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
Each link opens the filing as a PDF. See the newest filings across all brands.
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