Paris Baguette, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Crumbl, Kolache Factory, 85°C and BreadHaus, side by side, using each brand's own disclosed numbers.
If you are pricing a bakery franchise, you are probably typing brand names into Google one at a time and trying to build a spreadsheet in your head. This page is that spreadsheet. It puts the six bakery franchises people most often ask us about side by side, using each brand's own disclosed numbers, and then explains why the numbers differ, because the differences are not random. They come from what each concept sells and how it is made.
I run BreadHaus, so I have an interest here. I have tried to keep that interest out of the table and confined to the section at the end, where it is labeled.
| Brand | Total investment | Franchise fee | Royalty | Marketing | Financial requirements | Item 19? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Baguette | $727,440 to $1,825,100 | $50,000 | 5% | 2% + 1% local | $500K liquid / $1.5M net worth | Yes |
| Nothing Bundt Cakes | $667,100 to $1,032,500 | $45,000 | 6% | 5% | $250K liquid / $750K net worth | Yes |
| Crumbl | $816,066 to $1,442,533 | $50,000 | 8% | 2% (+ co-op) | $200K liquid | Yes |
| Kolache Factory | $641,900 to $937,400 | $44,900 | 6% | 3% | $150K liquid / $500K net worth | Not confirmed |
| 85°C Bakery Cafe | $1,095,305 to $2,500,130 | $50,000 | 6.5% | 1% | $150K liquid | No |
| BreadHaus | $227,500 to $580,000 | $45,000 | 6% | 1% + 2% local | None stated | Yes |
About the numbers on this page. BreadHaus figures come from our 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Figures for other brands come from their own franchise websites and from published summaries of their FDDs, with the source and date noted. Franchisors update their FDDs every spring, so verify any figure against the brand's current FDD before you rely on it. BreadHaus is not affiliated with any brand named here. Where a brand's FDD includes an Item 19, we report what it says; we make no claim about what you would earn with any brand, including ours. Some BreadHaus outlets have earned the amount shown. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance that you'll earn as much.
The spread runs from about $228,000 at the bottom of BreadHaus's range to $2.5 million at the top of 85°C's. Four things drive it.
Paris Baguette cafes run around 3,000 square feet with seating. 85°C stores are large-format with hourly bake schedules and a full drink program. Crumbl fits in 1,200 to 1,800 square feet. Nothing Bundt Cakes prototypes are under 1,800. BreadHaus plans for 2,500 to 3,000, but our leasehold range starts at $25,000 because we assume you will find a former restaurant space with the hood, grease trap and walk-in already in place. Build-out is the single most controllable line in any of these budgets.
A cookie shop needs convection ovens and mixers. A bundt cake bakery needs ovens, mixers and a lot of refrigeration. A bread bakery needs deck ovens, spiral mixers, proofers, a retarder and a slicer, and those cost more. Our furniture, fixtures and equipment line is $100,000 to $175,000, which is the largest single item in our Item 7. That is the price of making real bread instead of finishing shipped product.
Crumbl has more than 1,100 locations and charges an 8% royalty. Nothing Bundt Cakes has 800 and charges 6% plus a 5% marketing fund, so 11% of sales leaves the building. Paris Baguette charges 5% plus 3% in marketing. BreadHaus charges 6% plus 1% to the brand fund, and asks you to spend 2% locally, in your own town, on your own customers. What you get for the fee is different at each brand, and a bigger system is not automatically a better deal for a single-unit owner.
Paris Baguette wants $500,000 liquid and $1.5 million net worth. Nothing Bundt Cakes wants $250,000 and $750,000. Those numbers are set to match the investment and to filter for multi-unit operators. BreadHaus does not set a minimum. We look at the whole picture, including SBA financing, retirement rollovers and partners, because our model is built for a first-time owner in a suburb or small town, not an experienced multi-unit group.
Costs only make sense next to the concept. Here is the one-paragraph version of each, with a link to a fuller page.
French-inspired bakery cafe owned by Korea's SPC Group. About 300 US locations, 1,000 targeted by 2030. Highest average unit sales of any brand here, and the highest financial requirements to match.
Paris Baguette franchise cost →Single-product bundt cake bakery, 800+ locations, sold to KKR in March 2026 for about $2 billion. Simple operation, strong Item 19, and 11% of sales in combined royalty and marketing.
Nothing Bundt Cakes franchise cost →Rotating-menu cookie shop with 1,100+ locations. Fastest-growing bakery franchise of the decade, and the only one on this list whose average unit sales fell in 2025. 8% royalty, the highest here.
Crumbl franchise cost →Houston-born kolache bakery, about 60 locations, franchising since 2000. The closest Texas comparison to BreadHaus in size and price, with a very different product.
Kolache Factory franchise cost →Taiwanese bakery cafe chain with 81 US stores, only 3 of them franchised. Franchising exists on paper for experienced multi-unit operators. Highest investment on this list and no Item 19.
85°C franchise cost →Great Harvest is the closest concept to ours (real bread, small towns) at $70K to $705K with a $35K fee and 5% royalty. Magnolia, Corner Bakery and Pinecrest are regional or slow-growth. Pages coming.
Back to the cost guide →This is the part I said I would label. BreadHaus is the lowest total investment on this list by a wide margin, has no financial screening minimum, and is one of only four brands here that publish an Item 19. Our Grapevine bakery did $739,533 in 2025. That is a fraction of Paris Baguette's $2.86 million average, and I would rather you know that from me than from their website.
The honest way to read it: Paris Baguette sells a $1 million to $1.8 million cafe with $2.9 million in average sales. We sell a $228,000 to $580,000 bakery in a town those brands will never open in, with $740,000 in disclosed sales at a location that has been there since 1996. Different business, different buyer, different town. If you have $500,000 liquid and want to run three cafes in a major metro, Paris Baguette is a serious option and you should look at it. If you have a fraction of that, live in a suburb or a small town, and want to own one bakery that your neighbors walk to on Saturday morning, that is what we built.
The full breakdown of our numbers is on the bakery franchise cost page. Every line of Item 7, every ongoing fee, and the 2025 Item 19 with the required caveats.
Of the brands compared here, BreadHaus has the lowest total investment at $227,500 to $580,000. Kolache Factory is next at roughly $642,000 to $937,000. Great Harvest's spoke format can start under $100,000 but that is a satellite of an existing hub bakery, not a standalone store. Bakery franchises advertised under $100,000 are usually kiosks, cottage-style or delivery-only formats without their own ovens.
Paris Baguette, with an average unit volume of $2,861,550 for 2024 per its 2025 FDD, and $3,031,887 for 2025 per its 2026 FDD as reported by 1851 Franchise. It also has the highest investment and the highest financial requirements of the brands compared here.
Between 5% and 8% of gross sales among the brands here: Paris Baguette 5%, Nothing Bundt Cakes 6%, Kolache Factory 6%, BreadHaus 6%, 85°C 6.5%, Crumbl 8%. Marketing fund contributions add another 1% to 5% on top.
No. Paris Baguette, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Crumbl and BreadHaus do. 85°C does not. Kolache Factory's could not be confirmed from public sources. A franchisor is not required to include one, but if a brand will not tell you what its stores make, that is worth asking about directly.
It depends on the concept, the town and you. Bakeries have low cost of goods (17.7% at our Grapevine location in 2025) and meaningful labor (27.4%), because someone has to bake. The brands here differ mainly in scale, real estate and how much of the product is made on site. Request each brand's FDD and compare Items 7, 6 and 19 directly.
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