Oromo Cafe franchise
2025 filing · April 29, 2025
Oromo Cafe at a glance
A coffee cafe serving coffee and tea drinks, food and freshly baked goods. At the end of 2024 there were 2 Oromo Cafe locations in the US, all franchised.
The business
- Franchisor
- Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $204K–$385K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $35,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 5%
- 5% of gross revenues, paid weekly, plus 2% to the national advertising fund once collected
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 2
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 2
- Company-owned
- 0
Support and records
- Latest filing
- Apr 29, 2025
- 2025 filing
From Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Oromo Cafe among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Oromo Cafe | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $294,125 | Costs less than 57% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $35,000 | Lower than 61% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 5% | Lower than 69% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 2 | Fewer than 82% of franchises |
How much a Oromo Cafe franchise costs
Opening one Oromo Cafe costs an estimated $203,750 to $384,500. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc, 2025 filing, page 18
Oromo Cafe franchise fee
The franchise fee is $35,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc, 2025 filing, page 9
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 5% of gross revenues, paid weekly, plus 2% to the national advertising fund once collected. |
|---|
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc, 2025 filing, page 10
Sales and earnings
No figures Oromo Cafe does not share sales or profit figures for its locations. Talking to current and former franchise owners is the usual way to learn what a location earns.
Source: Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc, 2025 filing, page 55
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $420K–$740K
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How Oromo Cafe compares
Of the 112 bakery franchises on this site, Oromo Cafe is the 26th cheapest to open and the 96th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Oromo Cafe | Typical bakery brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $204K | $341K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $385K | $720K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $35K | $40K | $40K |
| Royalty | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| US locations | 2 | 16 | 21 |
| Change in franchised locations, 0 yrs | 0% | +4.3% | – |
| Shares earnings figures | No | 74 of 112 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 112 brands in bakery franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 (0) | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 (0) | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 (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: coffee franchise costs and franchise failure rates.
Source: Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc, 2025 filing, page 56
Who owns Oromo Cafe?
Oromo Cafe franchises are sold by Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc. Its filing names no parent company.
From Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc’s 2025 filing, page 6.
Oromo Cafe filings
The figures on this page come from Oromo Cafe Franchising Inc’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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