Turquoise Wine Bar franchise
2025 filing · April 4, 2025Shares sales figures
Turquoise Wine Bar at a glance
A modern wine bar and tasting room with bistro seating and wine for sale by the bottle. At the end of 2024 there were 1 Turquoise Wine Bar locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Turquoise Franchise, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
- Typical size
- 1,200–3,000 sq ft
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $330K–$806K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $40,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 6%
- 6% of gross sales, paid weekly, plus 1% to the marketing fund
- Brand fund
- 1%
- 1% of gross sales, paid weekly
- Agreement length
- 10 years
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 Turquoise Franchise, LLC’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Turquoise Wine Bar among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Turquoise Wine Bar | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $568,000 | Costs more than 69% 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 | 1 | Fewer than 88% of franchises |
How much a Turquoise Wine Bar franchise costs
Opening one Turquoise Wine Bar costs an estimated $330,400 to $805,600. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Turquoise Franchise, LLC, 2025 filing, page 15
Turquoise Wine Bar franchise fee
The franchise fee is $40,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Turquoise Franchise, LLC, 2025 filing, page 10
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 6% of gross sales, paid weekly, plus 1% to the marketing fund. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | 1% of gross sales, paid weekly. |
| Computer Systems | $500 |
| Transfer fee | $10,000 plus any broker fees and other out-of-pocket costs we incur |
| Replacement/Additional Training fee | Currently, $500 per day |
| Local Marketing/Required Spending | 3% of your gross sales |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Turquoise Franchise, LLC, 2025 filing, page 11
Other fees as filed, from pages 11–14. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Turquoise Wine Bar publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Turquoise Franchise, LLC, 2025 filing, page 41
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $760K–$1.4M
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
SBA loans to Turquoise Wine Bar franchisees
Lenders approved 4 SBA 7(a) loans for Turquoise Wine Bar franchisees in 2026, $1.87M in all. None has been paid off or charged off 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 Turquoise Wine Bar compares
Of the 813 restaurant franchises on this site, Turquoise Wine Bar is the 304th cheapest to open and the 723rd largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Turquoise Wine Bar | Typical restaurant brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $330K | $408K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $806K | $866K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $40K | $35K | $40K |
| Royalty | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Brand fund | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| US locations | 1 | 14 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 474 of 813 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 813 brands in restaurant 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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More in the guides: franchise failure rates.
Source: Turquoise Franchise, LLC, 2025 filing, page 43
Who owns Turquoise Wine Bar?
Turquoise Wine Bar franchises are sold by Turquoise Franchise, LLC.
From Turquoise Franchise, LLC’s 2025 filing.
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: Turquoise Franchise, LLC, 2025 filing, litigation on page 10, bankruptcy on page 10
Turquoise Wine Bar filings
The figures on this page come from Turquoise Franchise, LLC’s 2025 filing, issued April 4, 2025, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | April 4, 2025 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
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