Puffy Cotton Candy franchise
2025 filing · April 29, 2025Shares sales figures
Puffy Cotton Candy at a glance
A storefront shop making cotton candy, cotton candy sculptures and cakes and cotton candy crystals. At the end of 2024 there were 2 Puffy Cotton Candy locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Puffy Franchise LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $178K–$323K
- A storefront
- Franchise fee
- $40,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 6%
- 6% of gross revenues, paid monthly; a 2% national advertising contribution may be added, plus about $500 a month on local marketing
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 2
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 0
- Company-owned
- 2
Support and records
- Latest filing
- Apr 29, 2025
- 2025 filing
From Puffy Franchise LLC’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Puffy Cotton Candy among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Puffy Cotton Candy | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $250,350 | Costs less than 62% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $40,000 | Lower than 46% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 6% | Higher than 35% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 2 | Fewer than 82% of franchises |
How much a Puffy Cotton Candy franchise costs
Opening a storefront costs an estimated $177,800 to $322,900. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Puffy Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 18
Puffy Cotton Candy franchise fee
The franchise fee is $40,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Puffy Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 10
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 6% of gross revenues, paid monthly; a 2% national advertising contribution may be added, plus about $500 a month on local marketing. |
|---|
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Puffy Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 10
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Puffy Cotton Candy publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Puffy Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, page 58
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $380K–$670K
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How Puffy Cotton Candy compares
Of the 302 retail franchises on this site, Puffy Cotton Candy is the 130th cheapest to open and the 251st largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Puffy Cotton Candy | Typical retail brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $178K | $198K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $323K | $425K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $40K | $35K | $40K |
| Royalty | 6% | 5.7% | 6% |
| US locations | 2 | 38 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 187 of 302 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 302 brands in retail franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (0) | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 (0) | 2 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
See which brands grew most in the fastest-growing franchises rankings.
More in the guides: franchise failure rates.
Source: Puffy Franchise LLC, 2025 filing, pages 59–60
Who owns Puffy Cotton Candy?
Puffy Cotton Candy franchises are sold by Puffy Franchise LLC. Its filing names no parent company.
From Puffy Franchise LLC’s 2025 filing, page 7.
Puffy Cotton Candy filings
The figures on this page come from Puffy Franchise LLC’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 |
Each link opens the filing as a PDF. See the newest filings across all brands.
Other retail franchises
All retail franchises
Puffy Cotton Candy is also on these lists: food franchises.