Frozen Desserts: Ice Cream

Carvel

Atlanta, GA · Founded 2017 · CRVL

Carvel offers franchises for the establishment and operation of ice cream shops (referred to as 'Shoppes'), which may be co-branded with Cinnabon as Swirl Shoppes or operated as Hosted Express Shoppes in host facilities, requiring franchisees to maintain on-premises management and comply with Carvel's system standards, recipes, and proprietary marks.

2026 Franchise 500
#95
360
units (2025)
6.8
year over year

Units by Year

327
2021
328
2022
326
2023
336
2024
360
2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment
$635,000 – $1,130,000
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$5,000
FDD Item 5
Ad fund
2%
FDD Item 6
Financial performance
Yes
FDD Item 19 disclosure
Royalty

6% of Net Sales

Leadership

  • Omer Gajial

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Brett Ubl

    Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary

  • Jim Salerno

    Chief Brand Officer

  • Tim Goodman

    Senior Vice President, Franchise Administration

  • Chris Newman

    Senior Vice President, Real Estate

  • Thomas (Tom) Richards

    Senior Vice President, Franchise Sales and Interim Chief Development Officer

  • Jeff Edmiston

    Vice President, Operations

  • Marissa Sharpless

    Vice President, Marketing

  • Mike Freeman

    Executive Vice President, Brands for GoTo Foods

  • Urvi Patel

    Senior Vice President, Brands for GoTo Foods

On File

FDD years
Select a year to open the FDD
Franchisee records
475
Current roster rows
Signed, not open
132
FDD Item 20, Table 5
Franchising for
5 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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