After more than a decade building a company-owned restaurant network in the Pacific Northwest, Evergreens has officially launched a franchise program. The Seattle-based fast-casual brand, known for salads, wraps and bowls, is targeting development partners across 12 western states, with a founders’ incentive offering reduced royalties to franchisees who sign development agreements before the end of 2026.
Founded in Seattle in 2012, Evergreens has grown to 14 company-owned locations across Washington and Oregon over the past 14 years. The brand has reported two consecutive years of positive comparable sales growth: comps rose 4.5% in 2024 versus 2023, then accelerated to 9.2% in 2025 versus 2024.
Those figures exclude airport locations. The company spent the past year, according to its announcement, strengthening its operational systems and refreshing the brand’s visual identity before opening the network to outside investors.
EVERGREENS
Fresh, craveable salads, wraps and bowls
- Restaurant
- Not disclosed
- Liquid capital: $350000
The Franchise Program: Target States, Format, and Terms
Evergreens is initially targeting franchise development in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Certain existing company-owned markets are reserved for continued corporate growth and are not available for franchise development.
The brand is looking for multi-unit operators with strong local market knowledge and a background in hospitality. Restaurants are designed for spaces of approximately 1,000 to 1,700 square feet and require no exhaust hood and no on-site cooking, which reduces both construction complexity and buildout costs relative to concepts with full kitchen requirements. Target real estate types include inline and end-cap locations, lifestyle centers, mixed-use developments, and urban office corridors.
Financial Profile: Sales Data and the Founders Incentive
In 2025, the top half of Evergreens‘ company-owned restaurants (excluding airport locations) reported average annual sales of more than $1.45 million. The founders’ incentive program is available to franchisees who sign a development agreement in 2026.
Under its terms, those operators pay a royalty rate of 3.5% of gross sales for locations opened in 2027, rising to 4.5% in 2028, before transitioning to the standard rate of 5.5% in subsequent years. No initial franchise fee range was specified in the brand’s public announcement. Prospective partners can submit inquiries and access additional program details at evergreens.com/franchise.
What the Concept Offers Operators in a Competitive Segment
The fast-casual salad and bowl segment has attracted significant investment and consumer attention over the past decade, with brands like Sweetgreen, Saladworks, and Crisp and Green expanding nationally.
Evergreens‘ no-hood, limited-prep model is positioned to fit a broader range of real estate opportunities than concepts requiring full kitchen buildouts, which typically carry higher construction costs and longer permitting timelines.
The brand’s leadership has framed the franchise launch as the result of deliberate preparation rather than opportunistic timing, citing two years of operational improvement and brand refresh work completed before opening to outside development partners.
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