Paris Baguette Franchise Cost: Startup & Ongoing Costs

Paris Baguette is a bakery cafe, so the cost table looks like a restaurant build-out with a retail twist. Display cases, ovens, and a front counter all need to be installed, and the space has to be set up for both walk-in customers and production. The brand also lists kiosks in its system, but the numbers on this page are for the standard cafe.

The figures come from Item 7 of the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), the table in which a franchisor estimates what a new owner will spend before opening. Item 5 lists the initial fee, and Item 6 lists continuing fees. This page uses the 2025 edition of the document, and the data was last checked on Oct 13, 2026.

The estimate is $727,440 – $1,825,100. Building costs and leasehold improvements make up the largest part, at $325,000 – $1,000,000. That range depends on the condition of the space you lease and how much interior work the format requires. Equipment and fixtures follow at $167,956 – $315,000, which reflects the baking and display equipment a full cafe needs.

Several smaller lines sit beneath those two:

• Advance rent, security deposit, and other prepaid expenses are $10,000 – $90,000.
• Signs are $7,500 – $25,000.
• Smallwares are $25,000 – $30,000.
• Point-of-sale hardware, software, and surveillance equipment are $8,000 – $14,500.
• Opening inventory is $40,000 – $60,000.

Training and working capital

Travel and living expenses while training are listed at $20,000 – $65,000. That is a large line for what is essentially a travel budget, and it shows how much the cost depends on how far you live from the training site and how long you stay. The table ends with $30,000 – $100,000 in additional funds for the first three months of operation.

The initial franchise fee is listed as $40,000 – $50,000. Item 7 includes a single figure for the fee in its own table, while Item 5 gives a range. The difference can reflect discounts or development agreements, so ask which amount applies to you before you plan around the lower number.

The ongoing fees are charged as a share of weekly gross sales. The royalty is 5%. The marketing fund fee is currently 2%, and a local marketing requirement is currently 1% of gross sales. The word "currently" signals that the marketing figures may be adjusted within what the agreement permits.

Together these fees take a noticeable cut of each week's sales. A bakery cafe has meaningful ingredient and labor costs, so run your projections with all three percentages and a realistic cost of goods.

Many Paris Baguette articles use earlier FDDs, and the totals changed from edition to edition as the brand updated its construction and equipment estimates. Third-party sites also tend to copy each other, so an old number can spread for years. The total below is from the 2025 FDD as presented by Franchise Chatter, on a page last updated in July 2026.

Your own cost may differ because of the lease, the local cost of construction, and whether the site was previously a food business. A converted bakery or restaurant may need less work than a new build-out in a bare shell.

The same document reports kiosks as a separate type of unit in the system. A kiosk is a smaller operation than a full cafe, so its cost table would be different from the cafe table used here. If a kiosk interests you, ask for the specific Item 7 figures rather than scaling down the cafe totals.

• Which formats are available in your territory, and what does each Item 7 table show?
• Does the franchisor require a development agreement, and how does it affect the fee?
• What are the training requirements, where are they held, and who must attend?
• How can the marketing fund percentage change over the term?
• Does the FDD include financial performance information in Item 19, and which cafes does it cover?

Review the document with a franchise attorney and an accountant before you sign a lease or pay a deposit. They can read the franchise agreement for obligations that the cost table does not show.