$1.74M revenue, established café, w/expansion opportunity
Paris Baguette franchise for sale in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
List Price: $1,500,000 USD
Key Facts
Annual Gross Revenue
$1,740,000 USD
Cash Flow (SDE)
Upon Inquiry
Seasonal Business
No
Value of Inventory
Greater than $500,000
Value of Assets
Greater than $500,000
Year Established
2025
Business Operates From
A retail location
Location Is
Leased
Approx. Monthly Rent
$17,000
Total Employees
10–25
1–3 MonthsTransition
Support
SomewhatPrice/Terms
Flexibility
NoneSeller financing Available
Part-timeOwner
Involvement
About this Business
A complete, operating, turn-key Paris Baguette business with an OPTIONAL second location under construction included in price, and is OPTIONAL. This is a premium buildout, with established staff and management, an affluent market, and lots of catering opportunities.
The package includes Location One and Location Two, providing an incoming owner with an established operating business plus a second growth opportunity if wanted. This is an opportunity to acquire two strategically positioned PB bakery cafés in some of the region’s most desirable markets in PA, saving money and time!
LOCATION ONE • ESTABLISHED, HIGH-VOLUME STORE
Located in the heart of one of Pennsylvania’s wealthiest enclaves, Location One draws customers from affluent Main Line areas. The surrounding market has median household income exceeding $135,000–$150,000+, supporting demand for premium pricing.
The store sits in a rapid-growth corridor surrounded by major corporate headquarters and thousands of luxury apartments and townhomes, creating a blend of daytime corporate lunch business and evening/weekend family traffic. This location is a $3M AUV location.
Location size includes a 2,987 plus a spacious outdoor seating area of 15 + outdoor seats.
A MAJOR TIME-TO-MARKET ADVANTAGE
Opening a new Paris Baguette from scratch can require 12–18 months plus for site selection, municipal permitting, padsite development, and lease negotiations. This opportunity allows a buyer to acquire an already established operation while also stepping into a second pre-approved site, significantly reducing the time and complexity of launching another unit. In addition, in today’s market the average cost to open ONE full-size premium Paris Baguette café in a solid suburban market is $1.5-1.8 million +.
Growth opportunities
• Established, operating Paris Baguette location, new owner is needed * A more involved, experienced owner could excel and show immediate growth* • Approximately $1.84M invested in the existing buildout, state of the art location • Approximately $1.74M annualized revenue run-rate., room for growth!!! • Strong affluent-market customer base surrounded by many businesses to tap into • Growing catering business. with LOTS of opportunity untapped • Experienced management and established staffing, willing to stay and help • Second location is under construction with expected late December 2026 turnover. OPTIONAL!!! • High traffic in the Pennsylvania corridor for Location Two. Approx. 30 mins. from each location, so staff can be shared.
Owner's Day-to-Day Involvement
PB's requirement is to be with-in 1 hour of location. This owner is local, and assists by running the back end of the business. Not very involved at this time. A new owner with management or restaurant experience could be hugely beneficial in this role and growth of this location.
Additional Info
ASSET-RICH BUILDOUT • Initial buildout investment of approximately $1.84M. • State-of-the-art baking equipment. • High-capacity refrigeration. • Premium front-of-house finishes. OPERATING PROFILE • Annualized revenue run-rate of approximately $1.74M. • Catering is growing quickly, many opportunities untapped • 22 employees on payroll. • 1 salaried GM + 1 hourly assistant manager.
Asset Description
Everything in location is included!!!!
Inventory Description
Everything needed to run a PB, with staff all included!
Reason for Selling
The owner is selling due to family considerations and the opportunity cost of continuing to operate the business while pursuing professional and family priorities. Owner also wants the opportunity to move out of state once locations are sold for spouse’s job opportunities.
Why I Love My Franchise
This model is very successful for the right owner. This franchise is growing like crazy, and the area of this particular location is high-end and sold out. For the right fit, at the right time and the right price, this can be perfect.
About Paris Baguette
Paris Baguette is a bakery café franchise serving freshly baked breads, pastries, cakes, coffee and other French-inspired fare, prepared in-house by trained bakers, cake decorators and baristas. The brand is owned by SPC Group, a South Korean food conglomerate, and was founded in 1988 before entering the U.S. market and beginning American franchising in 2015.
The model is a sit-in bakery café built around quality craftsmanship and an inviting guest experience rather than the soup-and-sandwich format many competing bakeries have moved toward. Globally the brand operates more than 4,000 cafés, with over 300 locations now open across 29-plus U.S. states and a stated goal of reaching 1,000 North American units by 2030.
Franchising is oriented toward multi-unit and area-developer ownership, supported by a centralized operating model and supply chain. Paris Baguette competes at the premium end of the bakery café segment, where its international scale and focus on made-in-house goods set it apart from grocery-bakery and limited-bake rivals.
Franchisee Support
Paris Baguette runs structured initial training of roughly 240 hours per role across operator/managers, bakers and cake decorators, delivered at its training centers in Moonachie, New Jersey and Santa Clara and Costa Mesa, California, plus online and on-the-job instruction at the café. Ongoing support includes operational guidance, proprietary software and a franchisee intranet, with marketing help spanning co-op advertising, social media, SEO, email and a loyalty programme. Buyers of an existing café should confirm what transfer training and system access the franchisor provides incoming owners.
Brand Accolades & Awards
Paris Baguette ranked #29 on Entrepreneur's 2026 Franchise 500, up 13 places from 2025, and again took the #1 spot in the Bakery Cafe category. Backed by South Korean parent SPC Group, the brand operates more than 4,000 cafés worldwide and recently opened its 300th U.S. location at Philadelphia International Airport. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific café's local reviews, repeat-customer base and community standing.
Industry / Market
Paris Baguette competes in the U.S. bakery café market, estimated at around $17 billion (IBISWorld, 2023). Demand is supported by consumers seeking fresh, artisanal baked goods and convenient café experiences, a gap the brand targets where many bakeries have shifted toward soups and sandwiches and most Americans buy cakes from grocery stores. The category has proved relatively resilient across economic cycles, though individual café performance depends heavily on local foot traffic, daypart mix and neighbourhood demographics.
Ideal Owner
Paris Baguette suits hands-on, well-capitalised operators comfortable running a high-volume retail food business and managing a team of bakers, cake decorators and baristas to consistent brand standards. Prior food-service or retail experience helps but is not required. The franchisor designates an "operating principal" who must devote adequate time to supervising operations, so the model favours actively engaged owners, often pursuing multi-unit or area-development growth, rather than passive investors.