The Juice / Smoothie Bar

How these numbers were built: industry size and industry-wide profit come from IBISWorld’s Juice & Smoothie Bars report, and the establishment category from the U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS 722515, which also includes coffee and snack shops, so it runs broader than juice alone); owner earnings, sale prices, revenue, and resale multiples from BizBuySell’s 2021-2025 juice bar benchmarks; survival rates from BLS Business Employment Dynamics; SBA loan volume and charge-offs from the SBA 7(a) loan data for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars; and the cost to open from the opening kit, priced item by item from blender, juicer, and refrigeration dealers and from juice franchise Item 7 tables (Robeks, Nekter). Produce, labor, and rent ratios, the other fixed costs, and the bowl attach rate are planning estimates from food-service norms, set so the starting margin matches what sold juice bars report. Where credible sources disagree, we show the conservative range. These are starting assumptions; the moment you enter a real location’s rent, cup counts, and ticket, your numbers should replace ours. Figures are current as of 2025-2026.

The SDE margin band, tiers, and revenue range are sourced to BizBuySell’s 2021-2025 juice bar sales (owner earnings 15.8% to 25.5% of revenue by year, median 19.7%); industry size and industry-wide profit to IBISWorld; establishment classification to Census NAICS 722515. Produce, labor, and rent ratios and the operational metrics are estimated from food-service and juice-bar operator norms, so treat them as planning assumptions to replace with a real location’s numbers.