PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans (League City, TX)
PJ’s Coffee franchise for sale in League City, Texas
List Price: $275,000 USD
Key Facts
Annual Gross Revenue
$437,000 USD
Cash Flow (SDE)
Upon Inquiry
Seasonal Business
No
Value of Inventory
Upon Inquiry
Value of Assets
Upon Inquiry
Year Established
Upon Inquiry
Approx. Monthly Rent
N/A
Total Employees
Upon Inquiry
1–3 MonthsTransition
Support
SomewhatPrice/Terms
Flexibility
NoneSeller financing Available
PassiveOwner
Involvement
About this Business
Newer PJ’s Coffee opportunity in the growing League City market. Opened in December 2024, this location offers a buyer the opportunity to acquire an established café without the time and expense of ground-up development. With approximately 8 years remaining on the lease, options to renew, and monthly rent of $4,800 including NNN, this is an attractive opportunity for an owner to build sales and grow the business in a strong market.
Owner's Day-to-Day Involvement
This opportunity is particularly well suited for a hands-on owner-operator who can dedicate more time to the business. The current owner has not been able to devote full-time attention to the café, creating an opportunity for a new owner to become more involved in day-to-day operations, strengthen the team, engage with the local community, and capitalize on opportunities to grow sales and profitability.
Reason for Selling
Owner cannot dedicate time to operating.
Why I Love My Franchise
Franchisees love PJ’s Coffee for its strong brand recognition, loyal customer base, and proven support system. From comprehensive training and ongoing operational guidance to marketing, product innovation, and a dedicated franchise team, owners have the resources to grow with confidence. PJ’s also provides the opportunity to build a business that is deeply connected to the local community.
About PJ’s Coffee
PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans is a Southern-rooted coffee shop franchise founded in 1978 by Phyllis Jordan, an early champion of better beans and small-batch roasting. The brand is built around New Orleans heritage, hand-crafted espresso drinks, cold brew and signature beignets served in warm, neighbourhood-style cafés. Since 2008 it has been owned by the Ballard family, who formed Ballard Brands in 2012 as the parent company and grew the concept well beyond Louisiana.
The model is a territory-based, bricks-and-mortar coffee shop offered in several formats, including traditional cafés, drive-thru units and smaller non-traditional sites. PJ’s roasts its own Arabica beans at a New Orleans facility and supplies franchisees through a vertically integrated distribution system, keeping product fresh and consistent across the network.
PJ’s operates roughly 190 locations with several hundred more in development, giving it an established Gulf South base and a growing national footprint. It positions itself on quality coffee and genuine hospitality rather than scale alone, competing in a crowded café market through its regional identity.
Franchisee Support
PJ's runs a multi-level program combining online modules, classroom instruction and on-site hands-on training, with roughly 50-120 hours on the job and 50-80 hours in the classroom; staff onboarding runs through the World Manager platform. Owners receive year-round operational consulting, ongoing P&L analysis, marketing campaigns, proprietary software, a franchisee intranet and field support, plus fresh roasted coffee from the New Orleans facility. Buyers of an existing PJ's should confirm what transfer training and World Manager access the franchisor gives incoming owners and inherited staff.
Brand Accolades & Awards
PJ's Coffee earns consistent national recognition, ranking annually in the Entrepreneur Franchise 500 (most recently in 2026) and appearing on Entrepreneur's Top Brand for Multi-Unit Owners (2024) and Top Franchises for Veterans (2025) lists. It won a Franchise Innovation Award in 2025, made Franchise Business Review's Top Franchise for Culture in 2024 and FranServe's Fran-Tastic Brands in 2024, and has earlier ranked among the top coffee franchises. PJ's is an IFA and VetFran member. Resale buyers should weigh brand-level recognition alongside the specific unit's local reviews and reputation.
Industry / Market
Coffee is one of the most resilient consumer categories in the US, where roughly two-thirds of adults drink it daily and it remains the nation's most popular beverage. The US coffee shop market is worth well over $45 billion and continues to grow, supported by demand for specialty and premium coffee, on-the-go and drive-thru convenience, and strong adoption among younger millennial and Gen Z consumers. Daily-habit purchasing gives the category recurring traffic that holds up across cycles, though resale buyers should weigh local competition in the specific territory.
Ideal Owner
PJ's suits hands-on, community-minded operators who enjoy hospitality and building a local gathering place rather than passive investors. The business is operations- and people-led: owners manage baristas, hold service and quality standards, control labour and food costs, and drive local marketing and repeat traffic. No coffee or food-service background is required given the structured training, but comfort recruiting and leading hourly teams to tight standards matters. Multi-unit and semi-absentee growth is possible for owners who can build reliable store-level management.