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Buy a Bango Bowls Franchise

Bango Bowls is a fast-casual franchise founded in 2017 on Long Island, New York, built around a menu of salads, grain bowls, poke bowls, acai bowls, wraps, and smoothies. The brand focuses on fresh, better-for-you ingredients and targets health-conscious consumers across multiple dayparts, from breakfast and morning smoothies through lunch and dinner.

Locations operate as standalone brick-and-mortar fast-casual restaurants, with a kitchen model designed to be streamlined and repeatable. Owner-operators run the business directly; absentee and part-time ownership are not permitted. The brand supports multi-unit growth and has concentrated its initial expansion in the Northeastern U.S., targeting New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.

Bango Bowls is part of Upstream Hospitality Group, a Long Island-based operator running multiple restaurant concepts. Franchisees gain access to shared services infrastructure in marketing, finance, and operations, a resource the brand describes as unusual for an emerging concept. Catering provides an additional revenue channel alongside in-store dining.

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Why buy a Bango Bowls Franchise?

Bango Bowls competes in the better-for-you fast-casual segment, where consumer demand for fresh, nutritious options has driven consistent category growth. The brand’s multi-daypart model, spanning breakfast, lunch, and dinner, broadens the daily revenue opportunity compared with single-occasion smoothie or bowl concepts.

The Upstream Hospitality Group affiliation gives franchisees access to shared services in marketing, finance, and operations, a backstop the brand positions as unusual for an emerging franchise. The marketing fee is applied to location-specific digital advertising rather than a national pool, directing spend toward each franchisee’s local footprint. Catering adds an incremental revenue stream. Buyers looking to buy a Bango Bowls franchise should factor in the brand’s recent fast-casual media recognition alongside unit-level due diligence.

Bango Bowls Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2024 data reported in the 2025 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2017

    • Franchising Since

      2023

    • New Startup Cost

      $177,082 – $614,692

    • Avg. Resale Price

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  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $40,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $1,500 – $20,000

      $1,500 between existing owners; 50% initial franchise fee to franchisee; 75% otherwise

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      1%

      of Gross Sales

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      7

    • New Units Opened *

      1

    • Units Transferred *

      0

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      Not Disclosed

    * Based on 2024 data reported in the 2025 FDD

Bango Bowls – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Bango Bowls provides 23 hours of classroom training and 8.5 hours of on-the-job instruction, with ongoing support delivered through direct access to the brand's operations team. The Upstream Hospitality Group shared services platform extends coverage to marketing, finance, and operational guidance. Franchisees receive access to proprietary software and a franchisee intranet for day-to-day management, alongside ongoing digital marketing support covering social media, SEO, and email campaigns. Resale buyers should confirm what initial training and system access are available to incoming owners at transfer.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The ideal Bango Bowls franchisee is a hands-on owner-operator; absentee and part-time operation are not supported. Restaurant operations experience is helpful but not required, as the kitchen model is designed to be accessible to operators from diverse backgrounds. Operators should be comfortable managing staff and the full guest experience while building community presence to drive repeat visits. The model suits those with genuine interest in healthy food culture; experienced multi-unit franchise operators are also a natural fit.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Bango Bowls has earned recognition as an emerging brand in the fast-casual category. The brand ranked #5 on the 2025 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers list, was included in the QSR Magazine 40/40 List, and was named to Nation's Restaurant News 2023 Fast Casual 20 Brands to Watch. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition signals concept viability; the strength of a specific unit should also be assessed through local customer reviews, community presence, and territory visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    The US fast-casual dining market has expanded steadily as consumers shift toward fresher, more customizable options at accessible price points. The better-for-you segment, including bowl and grain bowl concepts, has been among the strongest performers in that shift, with consistent growth in health-focused dining spending. Fast-casual has proved relatively resilient across economic cycles, supported by its positioning between full-service dining and traditional fast food. For resale buyers, local competition density, territory maturity, and the brand's current Northeastern concentration are worth reviewing when assessing a specific unit.

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