Pure Green franchise
2025 filing · April 14, 2025Shares sales figures
Pure Green at a glance
A juice bar serving cold-pressed juices, smoothies, acai bowls and superfood toasts. At the end of 2024 there were 51 Pure Green locations in the US, 42 franchised and 9 company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Pure Green Franchise Corp
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $177K–$494K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $40,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 6% + minimum
- 6% of gross revenues, paid monthly; after six full months open, the greater of 6% or $1,000 a month
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 51
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 42
- Company-owned
- 9
From Pure Green Franchise Corp’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Pure Green among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Pure Green | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $335,675 | Costs less than 52% 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 | 51 | More than 65% of franchises |
| Sales per locationYearly, as the brand reports it | $626,860 | Lower than 61% of brands that share sales figures |
| Sales against cost to openYearly sales over the cost midpoint | 1.9× | Higher than 60% of brands that share sales figures |
How much a Pure Green franchise costs
Opening one Pure Green costs an estimated $177,450 to $493,900. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Pure Green Franchise Corp, 2025 filing, page 19
Pure Green franchise fee
The franchise fee is $40,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Pure Green Franchise Corp, 2025 filing, page 10
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 6% of gross revenues, paid monthly; after six full months open, the greater of 6% or $1,000 a month. |
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The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Pure Green Franchise Corp, 2025 filing, page 11
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Pure Green publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
- Average sales
- $626,860
Yearly figures for 2024, covering franchise outlets open all of 2024 (23 locations). The filing gives an average for each quartile rather than one overall figure; this is the overall average worked out from those and each one's number of locations. The average is about 1.9 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: Pure Green Franchise Corp, 2025 filing, pages 55–56
SBA loans to Pure Green franchisees
Lenders approved 58 SBA 7(a) loans for Pure Green franchisees from 2022 to 2026, $23.9M in all. All 4 that have ended were paid in full; none was charged off. The other 54 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 Pure Green compares
Of the 60 smoothie franchises on this site, Pure Green is the 14th cheapest to open and the 20th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Pure Green | Typical smoothie brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $177K | $227K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $494K | $519K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $40K | $35K | $40K |
| Royalty | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Sales per location | $627K | $586K | $794K |
| US locations | 51 | 20 | 21 |
| Change in franchised locations, 0 yrs | +500% | +65.4% | – |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 45 of 60 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 60 brands in smoothie franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15 (+8) | 8 |
| 2023 | 23 (+8) | 9 |
| 2024 | 42 (+19) | 9 |
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: smoothie and juice franchise costs, acai bowl franchises and franchise failure rates.
Source: Pure Green Franchise Corp, 2025 filing, page 57
Who owns Pure Green?
Pure Green franchises are sold by Pure Green Franchise Corp. Its filing names no parent company.
From Pure Green Franchise Corp’s 2025 filing, page 6.
Pure Green filings
The figures on this page come from Pure Green Franchise Corp’s 2025 filing, issued April 14, 2025, on record with the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | April 14, 2025 | Minnesota | 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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