Comic Book Café franchise
2022 filing · April 29, 2022Shares sales figures
Comic Book Café at a glance
A pizza restaurant and game room offering dine-in, take-out, delivery, banquets and catering. At the end of 2021 there were 1 Comic Book Café locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $433K–$936K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $35,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 5%
- 5% of gross revenues, paid monthly
Where it is
- US locations, 2021
- 1
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 0
- Company-owned
- 1
Support and records
- Latest filing
- Apr 29, 2022
- 2022 filing
From Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC’s 2022 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Comic Book Café among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Comic Book Café | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $684,250 | Costs more than 75% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $35,000 | Lower than 61% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 5% | Lower than 69% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 1 | Fewer than 88% of franchises |
How much a Comic Book Café franchise costs
Opening one Comic Book Café costs an estimated $432,500 to $936,000. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC, 2022 filing, page 17
Comic Book Café franchise fee
The franchise fee is $35,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC, 2022 filing, page 9
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 5% of gross revenues, paid monthly. |
|---|
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC, 2022 filing, page 10
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Comic Book Café publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC, 2022 filing, page 54
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $750K–$1.3M
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How Comic Book Café compares
Of the 122 pizza franchises on this site, Comic Book Café is the 78th cheapest to open and the 104th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Comic Book Café | Typical pizza brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $433K | $349K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $936K | $787K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $35K | $30K | $40K |
| Royalty | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| US locations | 1 | 26 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 63 of 122 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 122 brands in pizza franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 (0) | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 (0) | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 (0) | 1 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
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Source: Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC, 2022 filing, page 56
Who owns Comic Book Café?
Comic Book Café franchises are sold by Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC. Its filing names no parent company.
From Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC’s 2022 filing, page 6.
Comic Book Café filings
The figures on this page come from Comic Book Pizza Company, LLC’s 2022 filing, issued April 29, 2022, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 filing | April 29, 2022 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2019–2021 |
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