Shipley Donuts has six multiunit development agreements in progress for the third quarter, together amounting to 30 locations across five states, according to the company.
The Q3 lineup follows a single Ohio development agreement signed in the second quarter of 2026. In July the brand added a franchise deal for 15 locations across Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties in Metro Detroit, the largest commitment described in the update. The first restaurant under that agreement is expected to open in late Q1 2027.
Elsewhere in the quarter, a partner signed for three locations in Indianapolis, Indiana. The remaining agreements will bring the brand to Atlanta, Georgia; Rockwall and El Paso, Texas; the Dallas-Fort Worth market; and Indian River and St. Lucie counties in Florida.
Read together, the markets named for the Q3 deals sit in Michigan, Indiana, Georgia, Texas and Florida, the five-state footprint the company cited for the quarter. The update describes territory-level commitments rather than individual sites or street addresses, and no opening dates beyond the first Metro Detroit store were disclosed.
Ninety years from a Houston start
CEO Flynn Dekker framed the expansion around the chain's anniversary. Shipley started in Houston in 1936, he said, and as the company marks its 90th birthday and grows from a Texas Treasure into a national brand, it is still doing what made it famous: handcrafting fresh donuts, kolaches and coffee every day.
Dekker added that with Shipley coming to new communities in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and beyond, the company's job is to deliver the same fresh-made experience that generations have loved back home in Texas.
What the deals cover
- Metro Detroit: 15 locations across Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, with the first restaurant targeted for late Q1 2027.
- Indianapolis: three locations under a partner agreement.
- Ohio: one development agreement signed in Q2 2026, ahead of the current quarter.
- Other Q3 markets: Atlanta; Rockwall and El Paso, Texas; Dallas-Fort Worth; and Indian River and St. Lucie counties, Florida.
How to read the pipeline
The disclosure is a count of development agreements, not of open stores. It sets out committed territories and unit targets for partners, and it does not include investment levels, the identity of the franchisees behind each market, or a schedule for the markets outside Michigan. Whether the 30 units arrive on the described timetable will depend on site selection, permitting and construction in each market, stages the company did not detail.
The spread is notable for a chain that built its identity in Texas. Michigan, Indiana and Ohio push the brand into the Midwest, while Atlanta and Florida's Treasure Coast extend it into the Southeast. Shipley's stated proposition, donuts, kolaches and coffee made fresh daily, is the one it says it will carry into each new community; the update did not describe how partner operations will be standardized or supplied.
For now the quarter's news is a development pipeline: agreements signed, territories assigned and a single announced opening window. Store-level results in the new markets are not yet available.