Starbucks Retail Formats for Franchise, Licensing & Location Development.
Explore store formats and location environments across malls, airports, hotels, resorts, campuses, transit hubs, urban districts, drive-through sites, and premium destination markets.
Retail formats aligned with different market and location environments.
Store formats may vary by location type, customer mission, available footprint, operating model, traffic pattern, and development pathway.
Flagship Store
Premium high-visibility locations in major cities, lifestyle districts, luxury corridors, and major commercial centers.
Urban Café
City-center, high-street, business district, and mixed-use store formats for daily customer traffic.
Mall Store
Shopping malls, lifestyle centers, retail districts, and commercial environments with strong consumer footfall.
Airport Store
Terminal, landside, airside, lounge-adjacent, and passenger corridor locations with strong travel demand.
Hotel Store
Hotels, resorts, convention centers, business towers, and guest-facing hospitality environments.
Campus Store
Universities, hospitals, corporate campuses, institutions, and daily population centers.
Drive-Through
Roadside, suburban, commuter, and vehicle-access locations with strong traffic movement and convenience demand.
Kiosk / Compact
Compact formats for transit, campus, retail, hospitality, event, and high-density limited-footprint environments.
What supports strong format selection.
Format selection should be informed by customer mission, operating capacity, unit size, traffic pattern, visibility, seating needs, service speed, and surrounding commercial environment.
Where retail formats perform best.
Strong environments combine commercial demand, accessible customer traffic, premium positioning, reliable operations, and the right format for the customer journey.
Match format type to opportunity environment.
Have a location suitable for a Starbucks retail format?
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