Frozen Desserts: Ice Cream

Carvel

Atlanta, GA · Founded 1934 · 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)
7.1%
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
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Franchisee records
475
Current roster rows
Signed, not open
132
FDD Item 20, Table 5
Franchising for
79 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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