Pressed RootsFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Pressed Roots franchise requires a total initial investment of $476K – $800K, including a $50K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $1.2M[2]. Verdict grade: C. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 18, 2026 · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $476K – $800K
- 39th pct Personal Care…
- Avg gross sales
- $1.2M
- 31st pct Personal Care…
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 4th pct Personal Care…
- Units
- 4
- 11th pct Personal Care…
- SBA default
- N/A
Quick verdict · Personal Care & Beauty · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Personal Care & Beauty avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Started franchising in 2025. Newer systems carry more uncertainty but may offer better territories.
Bottom line
- Total investment $476K – $800K including a $50K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.2M/year.
- Verdict C (Average) with a risk score of 69/100.
- Bankruptcy history disclosed in the FDD. Review Item 4 for details before proceeding.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- Pressed Roots Franchise Co.
- Parent company
- Pressed Roots Holdings Inc.
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 5600 West Lovers Lane, Suite 116-195, Dallas, Texas 75209
- Auditor
- Metwally CPA PLLC
- Unaudited
- Franchisor revenue
- $0
- Most recent fiscal year
Affiliated brands
- has not in the past and does not now offer franchises in any lines of business
- Pressed Roots
- operates a Pressed Roots Studio similar to the Franchised Business in Plano
- maintains a pr
- Is the parent company of Pressed Roots
- Pressed Roots Dallas
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
Pressed Roots franchisees operate cold-pressed juice and smoothie retail locations, managing daily operations including product preparation, inventory management, POS systems, staffing, and customer service. Day-to-day activities involve producing fresh juice blends, managing perishable inventory with short shelf lives, handling retail foot traffic or delivery orders, and maintaining food safety compliance.
- CEO
- Piersten Gaines
- Headquarters
- TX
- Founded
- 2025
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 1
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing · 16 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $50K | $50K | |
| Initial Training Feenot refundable | $10K | $10K | |
| Travel for Initial Training | $0 | $4K | |
| Lease and Utility Deposits | $5K | $15K | |
| Rent - Three Months | $12K | $32K | |
| Design, Architecture, and Engineering | $8K | $13K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $203K | $393K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment | $105K | $155K | |
| Permits and Permit Management | $5K | $9K | |
| Signage | $13K | $18K | |
| Initial Inventory | $10K | $18K | |
| Computer, Software, and Point of Sale System | $5K | $8K | |
| Insurance Deposits - Three Months | $2K | $2K | |
| Grand Opening Marketing | $15K | $20K | |
| Professional Fees and Business Permits | $4K | $6K | |
| Additional Funds - Three Months | $40K | $60K | |
| Total initial investment | $486K | $810K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$277K
23.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
40%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
30 mo
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $476K – $800K
- Better than avg vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $40K – $60K
- Better than avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $50K
- Better than avg vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- percentage_of_gross · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $500 |
| Training fee | $500 |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Total fee load | 7.0% of rev |
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $1.2M
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- N/A
- Item 19 type
- Actual (Company-owned outlets)
- Sample size
- 3 units
- vs category median 35 · small
- Range (low → high)
- $1.0M→$1.4M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Transparency
- 4 / 5
- vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Compared against 186 Personal Care & Beauty brands
vs Personal Care & Beauty averages
How Pressed Roots Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 4
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Turnover rate
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 4
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 0
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 0
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Extremely early-stage juice/smoothie franchise with minimal unit count, undisclosed profitability, financial stability concerns, and unproven unit economics—suitable only for investors with high risk tolerance and due diligence access to current owners.
Litigation (Item 3)
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Largest disclosed settlement: $50,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
Disclosed in last 7 years
Bankruptcy,” is supplemented by the addition of the following: No entity or person listed in Items 1 and 2 of this Disclosure Document has, at any time during the previous 10 fiscal years (a) filed for bankruptcy protection, (b) been adjudged bankrupt, (c) been reorganized due to insolvency, or (d)
Audited financials (Item 21)
No audited financials on file
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 69 / 100 rating
- 01MEDOnly 4 franchise units with unknown growth trajectory indicates extremely limited system maturity and unproven scalability
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 makes ROI impossible to validate; average $1.19M revenue means little without profitability data
- 03HIGHGoing Concern = False suggests potential franchisor financial instability or undisclosed operational challenges
- 04MINORHigh investment range ($475K-$800K) paired with only 4 existing units creates high risk of inadequate support infrastructure
- 05MINORRoyalty escalation from 5% to 7% in Year 2 reduces franchisee profitability without demonstrated system success
- 06HIGHNo disclosed litigation but micro-system size limits statistical significance; small sample makes disputes more impactful
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Radius/Geographic |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 3 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Texas |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 42 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 58 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- POS system
- Zenoti
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Zenoti
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
4 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Pressed Roots · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Pressed Roots franchise?
The total investment to open a Pressed Roots franchise ranges from $476K – $800K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Pressed Roots franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Pressed Roots FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $1.2M. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Pressed Roots's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Pressed Roots (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Pressed Roots franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Pressed Roots has 4 total units in the United States, including 0 franchised units and 4 company-owned units.
Is Pressed Roots a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Pressed Roots as a C-grade franchise with a risk score of 69 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.