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Best Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts franchises

60 brands tracked in this category, ordered by rating and revenue. 21 carry our STRONG rating.

Brands
60
Avg investment
$257K–$710K
Avg revenue
$684K
STRONG-rated
21
With SBA data
43
FV-00138
ANDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD logo

Andy's Frozen Custard

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$1.1M–$2.9M
Avg revenue
$1.4M
Units
147
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '24
FV-00131
Amorino logo

Amorino

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$107K–$981K
Avg revenue
$1.1M
Units
22
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01147
Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream logo

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$461K–$997K
Avg revenue
$1.1M
Units
153
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01336
Jayasri Sweets logo

Jayasri Sweets

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$243K–$497K
Avg revenue
$1.0M
Units
1
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-01410
Kilwins logo

Kilwins

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$295K–$880K
Avg revenue
$933K
Units
172
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02416
Spiked Rich logo

Spiked Rich

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$325K–$647K
Avg revenue
$904K
Units
2
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-03025
Yogurtland logo

Yogurtland

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$232K–$637K
Avg revenue
$875K
Units
202
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-00019
16 Handles logo

16 Handles

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$250K–$657K
Avg revenue
$805K
Units
31
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '26
FV-00401
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream logo

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$409K–$2.6M
Avg revenue
$745K
Units
206
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02598
The Baked Bear logo

The Baked Bear

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$280K–$871K
Avg revenue
$743K
Units
34
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '26
FV-01265
Häagen-Dazs logo

Häagen-Dazs

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$213K–$592K
Avg revenue
$721K
Units
215
SBA default
—
FDD '26
FV-01266
Häagen-Dazs Shop logo

Häagen-Dazs Shop

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$215K–$568K
Avg revenue
$704K
Units
207
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-00112
Always Ice Cream logo

Always Ice Cream

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$249K–$600K
Avg revenue
$667K
Units
5
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-00251
Baskin-Robbins logo

Baskin-Robbins

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$307K–$623K
Avg revenue
$533K
Units
976
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02168
Rocket Fizz logo

Rocket Fizz

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$130K–$288K
Avg revenue
$488K
Units
103
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '26
FV-01347
Jeremiah’s Italian Ice logo

Jeremiah’s Italian Ice

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$295K–$744K
Avg revenue
$469K
Units
163
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02480
Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream logo

Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$217K–$356K
Avg revenue
$228K
Units
40
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-00754
Dippin’ Dots® logo

Dippin’ Dots®

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$79K–$399K
Avg revenue
—
Units
260
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01429
Kona Ice logo

Kona Ice

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$179K–$227K
Avg revenue
—
Units
1,820
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-00527
Chocolate Bash logo

Chocolate Bash

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$203K–$385K
Avg revenue
—
Units
16
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-00666
Crispy Cones logo

Crispy Cones

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

STRONG
Investment
$374K–$582K
Avg revenue
—
Units
21
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '26
FV-02703
The Scoop N Scootery logo

The Scoop N Scootery

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$156K–$305K
Avg revenue
$1.5M
Units
3
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02530
Swig logo

Swig

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$535K–$1.1M
Avg revenue
$950K
Units
45
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '23
FV-00396
Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream logo

Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$311K–$699K
Avg revenue
$667K
Units
4
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-00524
Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream logo

Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$462K–$679K
Avg revenue
$658K
Units
5
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '22
FV-02170
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory logo

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$176K–$872K
Avg revenue
$614K
Units
140
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01090
Gordo’s Bubble Waffles logo

Gordo’s Bubble Waffles

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$189K–$454K
Avg revenue
$501K
Units
2
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-01614
Menchie's logo

Menchie's

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$165K–$425K
Avg revenue
$499K
Units
297
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '24
FV-01814
OddFellows logo

OddFellows

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$234K–$591K
Avg revenue
$490K
Units
5
SBA default
—
FDD '24
FV-01626
MidnighTreats logo

MidnighTreats

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$133K–$296K
Avg revenue
$485K
Units
4
SBA default
—
FDD '26
FV-00475
Carvel logo

Carvel

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$392K–$786K
Avg revenue
$484K
Units
336
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01569
Marble Slab Creamery logo

Marble Slab Creamery

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$355K–$477K
Avg revenue
$481K
Units
249
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02058
Puffy Cotton Candy logo

Puffy Cotton Candy

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$130K–$323K
Avg revenue
$464K
Units
2
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-02567
TCBY logo

Tcby

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$135K–$699K
Avg revenue
$429K
Units
125
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02749
Tipsy Scoop logo

Tipsy Scoop

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$224K–$348K
Avg revenue
$410K
Units
4
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-03021
Yoga-urt logo

Yoga-urt

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$292K–$455K
Avg revenue
$381K
Units
4
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02157
RITA’S ICE-CUSTARD-HAPPINESS logo

Rita’s Ice-Custard-Happiness

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$315K–$916K
Avg revenue
$376K
Units
578
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '26
FV-00106
Alsies logo

Alsies

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$129K–$190K
Avg revenue
$304K
Units
5
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02470
Stricklands logo

Stricklands

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$340K–$596K
Avg revenue
—
Units
4
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-01863
Paciugo Gelato Caffè logo

Paciugo Gelato Caffè

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$110K–$612K
Avg revenue
—
Units
22
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02627
The Dolly Llama logo

The Dolly Llama

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$162K–$473K
Avg revenue
—
Units
6
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '23
FV-01536
Machi Machi logo

Machi Machi

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$350K–$1.1M
Avg revenue
—
Units
4
SBA default
—
FDD '24
FV-02096
Ralph's Famous Italian Ices logo

Ralph's Famous Italian Ices

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$112K–$318K
Avg revenue
—
Units
83
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01844
Original Rainbow Cone logo

Original Rainbow Cone

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$205K–$3.2M
Avg revenue
—
Units
25
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02842
Uncle Louie G logo

Uncle Louie G

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$41K–$175K
Avg revenue
—
Units
30
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01606
Meet Fresh logo

Meet Fresh

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$508K–$795K
Avg revenue
—
Units
38
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01599
Meadows Original Frozen Custard logo

Meadows Original Frozen Custard

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$134K–$512K
Avg revenue
—
Units
29
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01045
Gelatissimo logo

Gelatissimo

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$373K–$886K
Avg revenue
—
Units
5
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-01648
Mister Softee logo

Mister Softee

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

MODERATE
Investment
$264K–$314K
Avg revenue
—
Units
601
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01272
Icy-N-Spicy logo

Icy-N-Spicy

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$262K–$395K
Avg revenue
$787K
Units
2
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-03022
Yogen Früz logo

Yogen Früz

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$285K–$755K
Avg revenue
—
Units
23
SBA default
—
FDD '26
FV-00841
Eiffel Waffle logo

Eiffel Waffle

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$209K–$338K
Avg revenue
—
Units
6
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-02685
THE OUTSIDE SCOOP logo

The Outside Scoop

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$222K–$2.2M
Avg revenue
—
Units
0
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01481
LeKream logo

LeKream

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$200K–$465K
Avg revenue
—
Units
1
SBA default
—
FDD '25
FV-01784
Nite Creamery logo

Nite Creamery

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$113K–$713K
Avg revenue
—
Units
2
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01636

Milky

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$208K–$400K
Avg revenue
—
Units
0
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-02003
Popbar logo

Popbar

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$217K–$461K
Avg revenue
—
Units
16
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '23
FV-02221
Salty Paws Ice Cream Truck logo

Salty Paws Ice Cream Truck

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$72K–$256K
Avg revenue
—
Units
9
SBA default
0.0%
FDD '25
FV-01447
La Michoacana Plus logo

La Michoacana Plus

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$415K–$694K
Avg revenue
—
Units
8
SBA default
—
FDD '26
FV-02926
Warabimochi Kamakura logo

Warabimochi Kamakura

Food & Beverage - Ice Cream & Desserts

CAUTION
Investment
$89K–$227K
Avg revenue
—
Units
0
SBA default
—
FDD '25
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