Coffee BREAK

What Coffee BREAK does

Coffee BREAK is a French coffee shop franchise chain founded in 2016 by co-founders Christelle and Rémi, registered as a SARL (Société à Responsabilité Limitée) with SIREN 751 153 487. The company operates physical retail coffee shops serving specialty coffee beverages — including signature lattes (Latte Bueno, Pink Latte, Iced Spanish Latte, Matcha variants, Golden Latte, Dubai Chocolate) and a food menu spanning savory brioches, Crocs Gourmands, bowls, cinnamon rolls, and cheesecakes — primarily in shopping mall and commercial gallery locations across France. The business is anchored by a pilot/training store in Nice that serves as both a flagship concept demonstration and a 3-week franchise training academy, with 5+ franchised locations operational nationwide serving approximately 4 million customers annually.

The company's revenue model combines direct retail sales at franchised coffee shop locations with franchise-related revenue streams: a one-time €20,000 franchise entry fee, ongoing royalties of 5% of franchisee turnover (hors taxes), and a 1% marketing contribution from each franchisee. Prospective franchisees must contribute a minimum of €70,000 in personal capital and undergo a structured onboarding process including a tasting visit to the Nice pilot store, project validation with headquarters, and full pre-opening support. The brand positions itself as a 'nouvelle génération' coffee shop emphasizing trendy aesthetics, Instagram-worthy product presentation, gourmet quality at accessible prices, and human-sized values of generosity and conviviality.

Operationally, Coffee BREAK maintains a lean corporate structure of 56 employees distributed across HQ functions and the pilot store, with no external institutional investors, no disclosed funding rounds, and no parent company. Distribution is exclusively through owned and franchised physical retail locations; the company does not sell products online. Marketing is driven by organic social media (Instagram @COFFEEBREAK_OFFICIEL and Facebook), customer testimonials, and word-of-mouth referrals. The company has also established a partnership with Too Good To Go for anti-food waste baskets, signaling sustainability commitments. There is no disclosed proprietary technology, no AI/ML capabilities, and no digital product platform beyond the marketing website.

Name

Coffee BREAK

Legal name

Coffee BREAK

Website

https://coffee-break.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Coffee BREAK is a French franchise coffee shop chain founded in 2016, operating 5+ physical locations in shopping malls across France. It serves specialty coffee beverages and gourmet food items to everyday French consumers, generating revenue through retail sales and franchise royalties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Shop / Café Retail

NAICS

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee Chains & Franchise Cafes (THAFADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cafe-Bakeries (Coffee + Pastry Focus) (THAFADAG), Dessert Cafes (Coffee + Desserts) (THAFADAH)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee drinks
• Coffee shop franchise
• French café chain
• Café food menu
• Gourmet coffee retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Nice

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Coffee Shop Sales: Revenue is generated from the sale of food and beverage products directly to consumers at physical coffee shop locations. Coffee BREAK sells iced and hot coffee drinks, cold beverages, and a menu of savory and sweet food items including brioches, crocs, bowls, cinnamon rolls, and cheesecakes.
2. Franchise Royalties: Franchisees pay ongoing royalties of 5% of their turnover excluding taxes (hors taxes), as well as a 1% marketing contribution. Initial franchise entry fee of 20,000 € is charged to new franchisees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Coffee BREAK operates a French specialty coffee shop chain that sells signature iced and hot coffee beverages alongside a curated food menu including brioches, croques (croque-style savory sandwiches), bowls, cinnamon rolls, and cheesecakes. The chain is structured around a franchise model with 5+ locations in France and serves approximately 4 million customers annually through its café network.

Product overview

Coffee BREAK operates as a French coffee shop chain and franchise concept, offering a unified product portfolio centered on specialty coffee beverages and gourmet food items. The core beverage offering includes iced and hot coffee drinks such as lattes (Latte Bueno, Latte Caramel Salé), iced specialty drinks (Pink Latte, Spanish Latte, Marbré Peanut), matcha-based drinks, chai latte, golden latte, Dubai chocolate, and fresh fruit smoothies. The food menu features savory items (brioche salée sandwiches, Crocs Gourmands sandwiches, salty bowls) and sweet offerings (brioche sucrée pastries, cinnamon rolls, cheesecakes, sweet bowls). The company also offers a franchise program enabling entrepreneurs to open Coffee Break locations, with training, support, and a pilot store in Nice. The brand positions itself as a modern, trendy coffee shop experience focused on quality, generosity, and conviviality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Signature iced coffee beverages

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Too Good To GocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoffee BREAK has partnered with Too Good To Go, a leading anti-food waste app, to offer 'paniers anti-gaspi' (anti-food waste baskets) that give a second life to unsold inventory. This partnership reduces food waste and supports the company's sustainability commitments while offering discounted products to consumers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Pret A Manger: UK-based sandwich and coffee chain with French locations. Comparable in offering grab-and-go coffee plus savory/sweet food in urban and commuter locations, but with a different brand aesthetic and limited franchise model.
• Tim Hortons: Canadian coffee and bakery chain expanding in France through franchise partners. Competes in the same accessible-price coffee-plus-bakery niche with franchise-led expansion.
• Malongo: French coffee roaster and growing café brand with sustainability-driven positioning and a small chain of coffee bars. Comparable specialty coffee DNA and French consumer base, though smaller physical footprint than Coffee BREAK.

Direct peers

• Brioche Dorée: French bakery-café chain combining viennoiserie, savory snacks, and coffee beverages in mall and travel-retail locations. Highly comparable operating model and menu mix to Coffee BREAK's brioche/cinnamon roll/cheesecake plus coffee concept.
• Paul: Historic French bakery-café chain serving pastries, sandwiches, and coffee in owned and franchised locations. Comparable café-bakery positioning and franchise presence in France, with deeper brand heritage.
• Columbus Café: Leading French coffee shop and café-bakery chain offering specialty coffees, sweet and savory menus in mall and high-street locations. Direct competitor to Coffee BREAK in the franchise specialty coffee segment of France.
• La Brioche Chaude: French bakery-café chain with a strong franchise network in malls and shopping centers, combining viennoiserie, lunch, and coffee. Overlaps directly with Coffee BREAK on bakery-plus-coffee positioning and French franchise distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Costa Coffee: UK-headquartered coffee chain expanding across European retail and travel locations. Competes for the same everyday coffee occasion in French malls and high streets, with stronger international scale.
• McCafé: Coffee concept embedded within McDonald's France locations. Competes primarily on price and convenience rather than trend-driven specialty beverages, but pressures the lower end of Coffee BREAK's accessible-pricing segment.
• Starbucks: Global coffee chain with broad French footprint and powerful brand. Competes for the same 'affordable premium coffee break' occasion but at much greater scale and with a wider product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/coffeebreak.fr
• Instagraminstagram.com/coffeebreak_officiel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coffeebreakofficiel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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