Cookie Bouquet
The total investment to open a Cookie Bouquet franchise ranges from $48,000 to $125,220. The initial franchise fee is $53,500. Ongoing royalties are 6% plus a 3% advertising fee.
What is the Cookie Bouquet franchise?
Cookie Bouquet is a baked goods business that sells decorated cookies arranged as gifts. The estimated total initial investment is $48,000 to $125,220, and the initial franchise fee is $53,500.
The ongoing royalty is 6 percent of sales, and the advertising fee is 3 percent.
Cookie Bouquet is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and was founded in 1983.
Loan Activity Score
27/100
SBA Default Rate
15.8%
Active Lenders
16
According to its Franchise Disclosure Document or public business records, Cookie Bouquet has 17 locations, all owned by franchisees. Public SBA loan records show 16 lenders made 19 loans to franchisees of Cookie Bouquet. PeerSense calculates Cookie Bouquet's score as 27 out of 100, using public SBA loan performance and recent lending activity.
Franchising since 1983 · 17 locations
$48,000 to $125,220
$53,500
17
17 franchised
Proprietary PeerSense metric
LimitedDistinct lenders in public SBA records for Cookie Bouquet
19
Total SBA loans
$88K
Average loan size
Source: public SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records through December 31, 2025
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SBA Lending Activity for Cookie Bouquet
Loan Activity Score Breakdown
Growing (10 to 24 loans)
Are lenders increasingly or decreasingly funding this brand? Growing trends score highest.
Blended default rate (recent + all time) compared to NAICS sector peers.
Quality lenders actively backing this brand, with penalty for lender pullback.
FDD availability, Item 19 disclosure, and overall data completeness.
Geographic spread of SBA funded locations across states.
SBA Lending Performance
SBA Default Rate
15.8%
vs 13.6% peer avg
SBA Loans
19
Total Volume
$1.7M
Active Lenders
16
1 selective
States
6
vs. SBA Sector Average
SBA loan default rate vs. all franchises in the same NAICS sector, not limited to direct competitors
Key Highlights
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Data Insights
Key performance metrics for Cookie Bouquet based on SBA lending data
SBA Default Rate
15.8%
2.2% above peer avg
SBA Loan Volume
19 loans
Across 16 lenders
Lender Diversity
16 lenders
Avg 1.2 loans per lender
Investment Tier
Low cost entry
$48,000 to $125,220 total
Cookie Bouquet: Deep SBA Data
Brand specific metrics derived directly from SBA 7(a) approval records: peak lending year, leading state, average loan size, and lender concentration. PeerSense computes these per brand so capital advisors and prospective franchisees can benchmark this opportunity against the rest of the franchise universe.
Peak SBA Year
2003
2 approvals. The best year on record for Cookie Bouquet.
Top SBA State
Texas
14 SBA financed Cookie Bouquet locations, the densest operator footprint.
Average Loan Size
$88K
Median $87K. Use as a sizing anchor when modeling your own Cookie Bouquet unit.
Lender Concentration
31.6%
Moderately Spread
Share of Cookie Bouquet approvals captured by the top 3 SBA lenders.
Cookie Bouquet's SBA lending pipeline peaked in 2003 (2 approvals). Operator density is highest in Texas with 14 SBA financed locations. Average funded ticket sits at $88K, with the median at $87K. Lender mix is moderately spread: the top three SBA lenders account for 31.6% of approvals. Meaningful choice exists, but specific lenders carry the brand.
Payment Estimator
Estimated Monthly Payment
$497
Principal & Interest only
Indicative only, as of October 1, 2026. Not a quote, commitment or offer of credit. Final pricing, leverage and terms are determined by the lender at underwriting, after full transaction materials are reviewed. PeerSense sources the file. The lender sets pricing. What these terms mean.
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Reviewed by Edward L. Freeman, Founder and Managing Director, PeerSense
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- Edward L. Freeman founded PeerSense in January 2020.
- He is a Registered Franchise Consultant with Business Alliance, Inc., a credential issued in March 2022, and worked as a franchise consultant there from March 2022 to May 2023.
- His recorded experience includes a $22 million SBA construction loan, with about $16 million funded on the deal.
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