Quick answer
The Scooter's Coffee Item 7 total initial investment is $692,150 to $1,523,400, as disclosed in the 2025 FDD, with an initial franchise fee of $40k. That total excludes real estate, so land and building costs come on top.
Format breakdown
Scooter's Coffee discloses 2 store formats in its 2025 FDD. Each is tracked separately below and never blended into a single figure.
Endcap $692,150 to $1,053,675; kiosk format tracked separately. Excludes land.
Kiosk $954,650 to $1,523,400; endcap format tracked separately. Excludes land.
Where Scooter's Coffee sits in Food/QSR
Within the Food/QSR category (11 format rows in this benchmark, $275,500 to $2,632,500, median midpoint $799,202), the $692,150 to $1,523,400 range for Scooter's Coffee sits above the category's median midpoint. 91% of Food/QSR formats in this benchmark exclude real estate from the headline total, so always check the real-estate column before comparing two brands in this category.
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This page is the pattern read from the filed FDD. On your actual Scooter's Coffee document, an Inkvex review reads the real filing and tells you what the numbers mean before you sign: a risk score from 1 to 10, the exact Item 7 clauses quoted, the real-estate-exclusion and working-capital traps flagged, and an attorney-handoff summary.
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Every figure below is as-disclosed in the Scooter's Coffee filed FDD; the format breakdown above carries the line-item detail and footnotes.
How much does a Scooter's Coffee franchise cost?
As disclosed in its 2025 FDD, the Scooter's Coffee Item 7 total initial investment is $692,150 to $1,523,400, with an initial franchise fee of $40k. That total excludes real estate, so land and building costs come on top. The format breakdown below carries the full detail, verbatim from the filing.
Does the Scooter's Coffee franchise cost include real estate?
That total excludes real estate, so land and building costs come on top.
What is the Scooter's Coffee franchise fee?
The disclosed initial franchise fee for Scooter's Coffee is $40k, as stated in the 2025 FDD. This is separate from the $692,150 to $1,523,400 total initial investment figure, which covers build-out, equipment, and other opening costs.
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This page is legal information, not legal advice. It is a first pass for your attorney or franchise counsel, not a substitute for one. Item 7 is a franchisor estimate, and every figure here is as-disclosed in the filed FDD as of its listed year. Verify any number against the current FDD before you rely on it.