Taiwanese bubble tea brand T4 UK said it recorded a record month of sales in its latest update, as its estate passed 60 sites across the UK. The company, which franchises through its own recruitment page, said it continues to look for new franchise partners to keep expanding.
The update was reported by trade title Propel on 16 September 2026. T4 is a bubble tea and boba brand originally from Taiwan, and it operates a live UK franchise page inviting applicants to register their interest, alongside a listing with the British Franchise Association.
The brand’s own site does not publish franchise fees, required investment or site criteria, directing prospective franchise partners instead to a short enquiry form, so the figures set out in what it costs to open a franchise in the UK are the only benchmark available before an application.
What the update said
T4 UK reported what it called a record month of sales, without publishing the underlying turnover figures, and said the milestone reflects demand for bubble tea across its UK estate. Propel’s report put the current estate at more than 60 UK sites, a figure attributed to the company itself rather than to an independent count. T4 said it is continuing to recruit new franchise partners to sustain the brand’s expansion, without setting out a specific target number of further sites for the current year.
How the T4 franchise offer is set out
T4’s own franchise page states only that applicants who want to become a franchisee should complete a form, with the company making contact directly, rather than publishing an initial fee, ongoing charges or a minimum site size on the page itself. T4 is also listed as a franchisor with the British Franchise Association, a trade association rather than a regulator, which does not itself verify a franchisor’s figures. In the absence of published fees or investment figures, a prospective franchise partner would need to apply directly to establish the commercial terms T4 currently offers.
Good to know
Being listed with the British Franchise Association shows that a brand is a member of a trade association, not that a regulator has checked its figures. There is no UK body that verifies franchise fees, investment levels or site counts before a brand recruits.
Where the brand sits in the wider bubble tea market
Bubble tea and boba brands have expanded steadily on UK high streets in recent years, often through franchised or licensed multi-site operators rather than single independent shops, a pattern shared with the coffee franchises recruiting in the UK. T4’s own reported estate of more than 60 UK sites places it among the more established names in the category, though, as with most franchised networks in the UK, Companies House records no franchised outlet count to check that figure against. Network size for any UK franchise, T4 included, is attributed to what the franchisor itself states rather than to an independently verified total.
What comes next for the network
T4 has not published a public timetable for further UK openings beyond describing itself as still recruiting franchise partners. Propel’s coverage did not include turnover, profit or investment figures for the brand, and no further detail was available on its own site beyond the franchise enquiry form. Anyone considering a T4 franchise would need to apply directly to receive fee and investment information, since none of it is published on the company’s own recruitment page at the time of writing, unlike the brands that state their terms up front across the UK franchise directory.
