Private company

Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Logo: Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American smoothie chain

Tropical Smoothie Cafe, also referred to as Tropical Smoothie, is a restaurant franchise in the United States. It operates more than 1750 locations nationwide.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1
Tropical Smoothie Cafe Ft Lauderdale (37949956381)
Photo: Phillip Pessar from Miami, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Tropical Smoothie Cafe, also referred to as Tropical Smoothie, is a restaurant franchise in the United States. It operates more than 1750 locations nationwide.2

Products and brands

  • smoothie

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1993Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$2.0M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $2.0M in all. PPP loans $2.0M.$0$1M$2M$3M2020 · PPP loans: $2.0M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$2.0M$2.0M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA5. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 10, 2020$2.0M PPP loan (first draw) from Hancock Whitney Bank5To TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE, LLC, Atlanta GA; no forgiveness recorded