Sauce Pizza / Wine franchise
A Sauce Pizza / Wine franchisee operates a restaurant serving wood-fired pizza, pasta and salads. At the end of 2025 there were 13 Sauce Pizza / Wine locations in the US, all company-owned.
- Cost to open
- $1.34M–$3.51M
- Franchise fee
- $40,000
- Royalty
- 5% + surcharge
- Locations, 2025
- 130 in 3 yrs
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Company snapshot
- SBA loans
- Not on the SBA Franchise Directory
From BQ Concepts LLC’s 2026 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
How much a Sauce Pizza / Wine franchise costs
Opening restaurant in leased premises costs an estimated $1,336,500 to $3,510,000. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: BQ Concepts LLC, 2026 filing, page 45
Sauce Pizza / Wine franchise fee
The franchise fee is $40,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: BQ Concepts LLC, 2026 filing, page 34
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 5% of gross sales plus a surcharge of up to $10 weekly. |
|---|
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: BQ Concepts LLC, 2026 filing, page 36
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Sauce Pizza / Wine publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations: Historical results cover company-owned restaurants; none of the reporting restaurants were franchised.. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: BQ Concepts LLC, 2026 filing, page 91
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 (0) | 13 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 (0) | 13 | 0 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
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Source: BQ Concepts LLC, 2026 filing, page 93
How Sauce Pizza / Wine compares
Of the 10 pizza franchises on this site, Sauce Pizza / Wine is the 9th cheapest to open and the smallest by number of locations.
| Measure | Sauce Pizza / Wine | Typical pizza |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $1.34M | $665K |
| Royalty | 5% | 5% |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 7 of 10 |
Typical is the median across the 10 brands in pizza franchises.
