Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641104
Kona Ice franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Kona Ice cost $114,730 to $228,601 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor gives no unit revenue figure; 4.5% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Kona Ice, Inc.. FDD issued 2026-04-20. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $15,000 | Item 5, p. 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | flat annual Royalty: $3,000 in years one and two, $4,000 in years three to six, $5,000 in years seven to ten (not a percentage of sales) | Item 6, p. 14 |
| Advertising fund | Brand Fund currently $1,000 per year (flat) | Item 6, p. 15 |
one Kona Entertainment Vehicle (truck) per franchise.
What a unit sells
Item 19 is optional and is the franchisor's own representation. It is shown here as filed, with the franchisor's measure, sample and period, and nothing is estimated where it is missing.
No Item 19. Kona Ice's 2026 FDD makes no financial performance representation (Item 19, p. 59). The revenue-to-investment ratio is undefined for this brand.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: no Item 19 in this FDD.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 1,476 | 1,670 | 1,816 |
| Opened | 209 | 182 | 140 |
| Terminated | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 4 | 36 | 27 |
| End of year | 1,670 | 1,816 | 1,929 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 59; Table 3 totals p. 68.
Closures are the franchisor's Item 20 counts of units terminated, not renewed, or ceased for other reasons, summed over 2023–2025 and divided by franchised units at the start of 2023. Units the franchisor reacquired are not closures. This is an Item 20 count, not a failure rate.
outlets are franchised trucks (one franchise per vehicle).
As filed: 2023 does not sum (1,476 + 209 − 4 = 1,681, printed 1,670; the start and ceased figures carry footnotes); 2024 and 2025 sum.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Kona Ice Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-20, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641104, registry record). The PDF is the franchisor's and is not hosted here; the item and page beside each figure is where to check it. Item 7 and Item 20 tables were read cell by cell; Item 19 was read by hand; each Item 20 year was checked to sum (start + opened − exits = end) before it was recorded.
Informational only, not professional, legal or investment advice. Unitnomics computes from the filing and does not advise on, rank, or refer to any franchise. Last reviewed: November 2026.