Pizza Depot franchise
2024 filing · November 13, 2024
Pizza Depot at a glance
A fast-casual restaurant focused on take-out and delivery pizza, chicken wings and other food.
The business
- Franchisor
- Pizza Depot Franchising Inc
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $438K–$592K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $25,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- $300–$500 a week
- A flat weekly royalty of $300 for the first six months and $500 after that ($400 and $600 if the restaurant sells beer and wine)
- Brand fund
- None now
- Not charged at present ($0); up to $200 a month
- Agreement length
- 10 years
- Territory
- None
- No exclusive territory
Where it is
- US locations, 2023
- 0
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 0
- Company-owned
- 0
- Change in 3 years
- 0
- Franchised locations, 2021–2023
From Pizza Depot Franchising Inc’s 2024 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Pizza Depot among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Pizza Depot | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $514,700 | Costs more than 65% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $25,000 | Lower than 82% of franchises |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 0 | Fewer than 97% of franchises |
How much a Pizza Depot franchise costs
Opening one Pizza Depot costs an estimated $437,700 to $591,700. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Pizza Depot Franchising Inc, 2024 filing, page 1
Pizza Depot franchise fee
The franchise fee is $25,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Pizza Depot Franchising Inc, 2024 filing, page 11
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | A flat weekly royalty of $300 for the first six months and $500 after that ($400 and $600 if the restaurant sells beer and wine). |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | Not charged at present ($0); up to $200 a month. |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Pizza Depot Franchising Inc, 2024 filing, pages 11 and 12
Sales and earnings
No figures Pizza Depot 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: Pizza Depot Franchising Inc, 2024 filing, page 53
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $690K–$1.2M
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How Pizza Depot compares
Of the 122 pizza franchises on this site, Pizza Depot is the 80th cheapest to open and the 111th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Pizza Depot | Typical pizza brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $438K | $349K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $592K | $787K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $25K | $30K | $40K |
| US locations | 0 | 26 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | No | 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 | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
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More in the guides: pizza franchise costs and franchise failure rates.
Source: Pizza Depot Franchising Inc, 2024 filing, page 54
Who owns Pizza Depot?
Pizza Depot franchises are sold by Pizza Depot Franchising Inc.
From Pizza Depot Franchising Inc’s 2024 filing.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | Yes. The filing describes past or pending cases involving the franchisor, its affiliates or its executives on page 6. |
|---|---|
| Bankruptcy | None. The filing says no bankruptcy has to be disclosed. |
Franchisors must disclose lawsuits and bankruptcies involving the company, its parents and affiliates, and its executives. Many cases are routine disputes with franchisees over fees or contracts; read the descriptions in the filing and ask current owners about anything that worries you.
Source: Pizza Depot Franchising Inc, 2024 filing, litigation on page 6, bankruptcy on page 11
Pizza Depot filings
The figures on this page come from Pizza Depot Franchising Inc’s 2024 filing, issued November 13, 2024, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 filing | November 13, 2024 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2021–2023 |
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