Handel's Homemade Ice Cream Since 1945
Food & Beverage · Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts
- Active units
- 145
- Avg unit volume
- $1.1M
- Royalty
- 6.0%
Franchised, year-end 2024
of weekly Net Sales
About Handel's Homemade Ice Cream Since 1945
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Key terms
- Franchise fee
$50k
- Development Agreement Waiver
No Initial Franchise Fee for Parlors opened under a Development Agreement; Development Fee must be timely paid
- Brand fund
2.0% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
1.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
1,500 – 2,300 sq ft
- Initial Development Fee
$25k
- Subsequent Development Payment
$25k
- Three-Parlor Development Fee (Chart C)
$100k
- Veteran discount
Not offered
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing); filings on file: 2025, 2026.
Growth
- Total locations165
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings20
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate13.8%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR18.8%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio20.0×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)$1.1M
Average Gross Revenues (2025) across 144 franchised Parlors open at least one full year.
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate5.1%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$723k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open—
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
- Royalty rate6.0%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio1.5×
Median AUV / estimated initial investment midpoint
- Cash-on-cash returns—
Median unit-level EBITDA / estimated initial investment midpoint. Steady-state estimate; year 1 returns will be lower as the unit ramps to median volumes.
Franchisee healthLocked
- Unit closure ratio
- Transfer vs. closure ratio
- Percent multi-unit franchisees
- Litigation rate
- EBITDA multiple on sales & transfers
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Location footprint
Showing 147 of 330 mapped locations
Sources
Financial and operating figures are sourced from the brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. Brand percentile rankings are based on comparisons to other brands that include the same metrics in their Franchise Disclosure Documents.