How much does a Clean Juice franchise cost?
Opening a Clean Juice franchise takes a total initial investment of $241,000 to $417,500, according to the brand's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median unit volume of $486,053 across 13 outlets.
Clean Juice franchises retail stores offering primarily fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies, coffees, teas (including matcha), acai bowls, and other related supplemental products and services for dine-in consumption and take-out service. Category: Food & Beverage.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Clean Juice franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2026 FDD. The total is $241,000 to $417,500. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Interior Improvements, General Contractor; Electrical; Millwork; Tile, Plumbing, HVAC ($108,000 to $180,000), Smallwares; Furniture; Interior Graphics; Fixtures; Digital Menu Boards; Equipment ($53,000 to $110,000), and Additional Funds (3 months) ($10,000 to $20,000). Together they make up about 74% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $30,000, about 12% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $30,000 | $30,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Lease Deposits & Rent2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $4,000 | $9,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Design and Construction Fee2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $0 | $3,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Architect; Engineer; Drawings2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $8,000 | $15,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Permits2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $1,500 | $3,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Interior Improvements, General Contractor; Electrical; Millwork; Tile, Plumbing, HVAC2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $108,000 | $180,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Signage Package2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $7,500 | $12,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Smallwares; Furniture; Interior Graphics; Fixtures; Digital Menu Boards; Equipment2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $53,000 | $110,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| POS System2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $4,500 | $5,500 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Inventory; Uniforms2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $3,500 | $10,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Pre-opening training expenses2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $3,000 | $6,500 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| New Store Marketing Plan Fee2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $5,000 | $5,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Insurance - Liability & Workers compensation (initial deposit)2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $1,000 | $2,500 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Professional Fees2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $2,000 | $6,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Additional Funds (3 months)2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $10,000 | $20,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Total estimated initial investment2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13 | $241,000 | $417,500 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13 |
Source Clean Juice, 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-14.
Item 19
What Clean Juice franchisees actually report earning
median unit volume
$486,053
Clean Juice's 2026 FDD, Item 19, for the 2025. Basis: The top 25% of Stores (13 out of 54 Stores).
Sample size: 13 outlets. The FDD also reports average unit volume of $506,313. We lead with the median because an average is pulled upward by the strongest outlets; the median is the middle outlet.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- One store was excluded as it began operations in June 2025 and was not operating for at least 11 months.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Clean Juice outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Clean Juice, 2026 FDD, Item 19, p. 47, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-14.
Item 20
How many Clean Juice outlets there are, and how many closed
Clean Juice ended 2025 with 55 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 1 franchised outlet opened and 15 left the system.
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Non-renewed | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 55 | 2026 FDD, Item 20, p. 52 |
| 2024 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 69 | 2026 FDD, Item 20, p. 52 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2026 FDD, Item 20, p. 52 |
Source Clean Juice, 2026 FDD, Item 20, p. 52, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-14.
Compare
How Clean Juice compares with other Food & Beverage franchises
Measured against the 256 Food & Beverage franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of Clean Juice's estimated range is $329,250. It costs less to open than 83% of Food & Beverage franchises here.
- Earnings disclosure. 152 of the 256 Food & Beverage franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Clean Juice is one of them.
Our arithmetic from each brand's Item 7 and Item 20. Growth and departure comparisons leave out brands with fewer than 10 outlets, where one opening or closure distorts the figures. See every Food & Beverage franchise side by side.
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