Hot Stuff Pizza franchise
A foodservice business selling pizza and other prepared food within a host location. At the end of 2025 there were 655 Hot Stuff Pizza locations in the US, all franchised.
- Cost to open
- $63K–$176K
- Franchise fee
- $0
- Royalty
- No standard royalty; purchases required
- Locations, 2025
- 655
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Company snapshot
- SBA loans
- Not on the SBA Franchise Directory
From Orion Foods Systems, LLC’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
How much a Hot Stuff Pizza franchise costs
Opening Host-location unit costs an estimated $62,500 to $175,500. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Orion Foods Systems, LLC, 2025 filing, page 12
Hot Stuff Pizza franchise fee
The franchise fee is $0. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Orion Foods Systems, LLC, 2025 filing, page 9
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | No standard continuing royalty; required wholesale purchases and other operating charges apply. Individually negotiated supply-price and royalty arrangements may differ. |
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The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Orion Foods Systems, LLC, 2025 filing, page 11
Sales and earnings
No figures Hot Stuff Pizza does not share sales or profit figures for its locations. Talking to current and former franchise owners is the usual way to learn what a location earns.
Source: Orion Foods Systems, LLC, 2025 filing, page 32
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 823 (−80) | 0 |
| 2024 | 752 (−71) | 0 |
| 2025 | 655 (−97) | 0 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
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Source: Orion Foods Systems, LLC, 2025 filing, page 32
How Hot Stuff Pizza compares
Of the 17 pizza franchises on this site, Hot Stuff Pizza is the cheapest to open and the 6th largest by number of locations.
| Measure | Hot Stuff Pizza | Typical pizza |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $63K | $547K |
| Change in franchised locations, 0 yrs | −27.5% | −0.5% |
| Shares earnings figures | No | 12 of 17 |
Typical is the median across the 17 brands in pizza franchises.
