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Rating: 91

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Own a Travelin' Tom's Coffee Franchise

Escape the daily grind and brew your own success! Imagine the freedom of being your own boss, setting your own hours, and serving delicious coffee and beverage creations from your very own mobile café. With Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee, this dream can become a reality. Join the fastest-growing mobile coffee franchise and experience the thrill of entrepreneurship.

Travelin’ Tom’s provides a comprehensive, turn-key experience. From expertly designed trucks built to the highest specifications to thorough on-site training and extensive digital resources, Tom’s ensures every aspect of the business is covered. Starting a new business may be uncharted waters, but, with Travelin’ Tom’s, remember… You’ll be supported by the world’s largest food truck company, Kona Ice, a multi-year, FBR Top Franchise and FBR Hall of Fame winner. This backing helps ensure your business thrives.

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Min. Cash Required: $30,000
Net Worth Required: $100,000
Total Startup Investment: $191,120 - $246,325
Franchising Since: 2021
Franchise Units: 195

Available Markets

United States:

AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

Download the Travelin' Tom's Coffee Franchisee Satisfaction Report

Only the brands that exceed FBR’s franchisee satisfaction benchmark are displayed on our website. Here’s how Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee franchise owners rated their franchise.

Highlights include:

99% of franchisees agree that senior management is effective in driving the company forward
99% of franchisees agree that senior management has a clear vision for the company
99% of franchisees rated the quality of products and services provided by the franchisor above average

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Travelin' Tom's Coffee Truck

Franchise Owner Satisfaction Report

Review completed: November 2025

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Not all franchise systems share their results publicly. Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee does. Download the detailed Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee Franchisee Satisfaction Report.

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Travelin' Tom's Coffee Franchise Information

Business Model

Brought to you by its sister company, Kona Ice, Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee is a premium coffee and beverage franchise that brings an elevated experience to customers. They operate out of proprietary trucks equipped to serve a wide range of hot, iced, and frozen coffee, tea, and lemonade beverages, as well as other specialty drinks like Nitro™ Energy, matcha, and Refreshers.

Key points about Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee:

Mobile Convenience: They bring the coffee shop experience to you, setting up at events, Corporate offices, or schools.
Premium Beverages: They offer a diverse menu of high-quality drinks, including signature items like Nitro Cold Brew and gourmet hot chocolate.
Customization: Customers can personalize their drinks with various flavors and milk alternatives.
Franchise Opportunity: Travelin’ Tom’s is a franchise, offering individuals the chance to own and operate their own mobile coffee truck with support from the parent company.
Part of the Kona Ice Family: It’s backed by the same team behind the world’s largest mobile franchisee system, Kona Ice

In essence, Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee is a convenient and flexible way to enjoy delicious coffee and other beverages on the go, while also representing a potentially lucrative business opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Key Benefits

Established foundation: Created by the team that brought you the world’s largest food truck company, Kona Ice, Travelin’ Tom’s shares the same strong business model and foundation of Kona’s well-developed and respected brand.

Digital marketing campaigns: With a combination of Google Ads, targeted local eBlasts, Facebook and Instagram content, and national PR, we’ve got you covered on the web.

Unmatched corporate support: High in franchisee satisfaction, hear from Tom’s franchisees with testimonials on their website.

Extremely quick startup: With a full onboarding process and immersive learning experience, you’re never alone when it comes to starting your business

Fixed royalty: No penalties for succeeding.

Product innovation: With a team of in-house product developers, Travelin’ Tom’s is constantly innovating when it comes to its products and beverages.

Marketing Support

Travelin’ Tom’s has a full in-house creative and marketing team of graphic designers, digital marketers, copywriters, and videographers that create content for Google Ads, Facebook and Instagram ads, email marketing campaigns, etc.. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent on these marketing campaigns that are designed solely to make the franchisee’s phone ring and fill up their inbox. You focus on building your business, as corporate provides:

Professionally designed email advertising to targeted email list
Slick and creative direct mail and customizable leave-behind materials to close sales
Tom’s-branded giveaways and merchandise to promote the brand
Individual mini websites for franchisees as part of our Find A Tom’s Truck feature
Social media assistance accompanied by posts and yearly campaigns
Corporate website that speaks to all areas of the Tom’s business
Location-based searching to direct customers to local operators
Dedicated team managing website SEO & a massive national Google Ads campaign
Corporate run social media contests & campaigns to promote brand awareness and engage your customers

“The thing about Tony [Travelin’ Tom’s CEO] is he never stops. He’s constantly improving the business, constantly looking for the next thing he can bring the franchisees.” – Russ O’Rear, franchisee in Huntsville, AL.

Travelin’ Tom’s also devotes a great deal of time and resources on the continuing education of their franchisees. If every franchisee had the same information as their most successful franchisee, then everyone has the potential to succeed. They cover such topics as:

Truck Operations, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
New Employee Orientation
Local Marketing
Customer Service
Fielding Phone Calls
Gathering Information
Safety
Hiring
Drink Making
Pricing Information

Training Programs

Travelin’ Tom’s believes you should go into business for yourself, but not by yourself.

Quick & Easy Startup:

Travelin’ Tom’s is proud of its franchising process. When you decide you want to start your own business, they understand that you don’t want to wait years to make that dream a reality.

Enter Tom’s Academy:

Your Tom’s journey begins with a trip to a 3-day intensive training program at the Travelin’ Tom’s Corporate Headquarters. You’ll meet your support staff and gain firsthand knowledge in the following:

Marketing strategies from our corporate marketing team
Day-to-day operations from some of the top Tom’s franchises
Initial setup of your business and digital marketing
Extensive beverage training over two-days
Hands-on training on your brand new Tom’s truck, including a test drive on the safety course
One-on-one training and advice from several veteran franchisees

You’ll graduate from Tom’s Academy with a foundation that will have you primed and ready for success. On top of your startup plan, you will be set up for multiple follow-up touch points throughout your first year to help launch a smooth and successful start to your business!

Additional Tom’s Support

Annual Convention with fellow franchisees
Veteran franchisee coaching & mentoring
Online community where franchisees share ideas & techniques
On-demand support for day-to-day operations
Access to proprietary operations software
Custom signage for your BEV
Dedicated PR team to get you local press
Video tutorials and webinars for ongoing education
In-house design team for custom marketing materials and content
Optional digital marketing program to increase sales in your area
Tom’s Tuesday: a bi-weekly newsletter sent out to franchisees from Corporate
The Tom’s’ Resource Center: an online platform of aggregated information for franchisees

Franchise Contact Information

Visit: https://www.ownacoffeetruck.com/
Email: [email protected]

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