Blaze Pizza franchise: what it costs
Your cost to open a Blaze Pizza franchise restaurant runs from $757,000 up to $1,297,100. That range comes from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), which the brand must hand over before you buy.
Blaze Pizza franchise cost, item by item
- Total cost of opening
- $757,000 to $1,297,100 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $30,000 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- 5% of your gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 2% of your gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $1,341,998 a year on average across 208 locations it counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Location count when 2025 ended
- Franchise owners ran 230, the company ran 0 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Each figure above comes from the 2026 Blaze Pizza Franchise Disclosure Document. Blaze Pizza, LLC filed it with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, and it's dated April 30, 2026. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Sales and earnings figures from the Blaze Pizza FDD
Blaze Pizza publishes its numbers in Item 19. That's the FDD section where a brand may state how much its locations sell or earn. Average yearly sales come to $1,341,998. That main figure covers 208 franchised restaurants, each at a traditional site open through all of 2025. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Before you count on a single figure in it, read our guide to understanding an Item 19.
Other pizza franchises next to Blaze Pizza
Most pizza franchises listed on this site cost less to open than Blaze Pizza. The middle one starts at $475K.
| Brand | Total cost to opentotal, lowest to highest | Upfront feeone-time fee | Royaltyongoing, usually a % of sales | Sales or earnings showndoes the brand show sales figures | Year filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domino's | $231K to $744K | $10,000 | 5.5% | Yes | 2026 |
| Papa John's | $281K to $890K | $5,000 to $25,000 | 5% | Yes | 2026 |
| Marco's Pizza | $286K to $811K | $25,000 | 5.5% | Yes | 2026 |
| Little Caesars | $377K to $1.77M | $20,000 | 6% (at least $300 a week) | No | 2026 |
| Jet's Pizza | $573K to $786K | $15,000 to $30,000 | 12% of inventory bought | No | 2025 |
| Blaze Pizza | $757K to $1.3M | $30,000 | 5% | Yes | 2026 |
| Pizza Hut | $846K to $2.13M | $25,000 | 6% | Yes | 2026 |
| MOD Pizza | $1M to $1.3M | $30,000 | 5% | No | 2024 |
Before you buy, a brand has to hand over its Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD); the brand's latest one is where every figure comes from. Once you're open, the royalty is the part of sales, or the flat amount, that you keep on paying the brand; "Sales or earnings shown" tells you whether the brand reveals how much its locations bring in. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. The filing year is the year that FDD was listed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
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The number of Blaze Pizza locations
At the end of 2025, the United States had 230 Blaze Pizza locations, with franchise owners running 100% of them (Item 20). In that same part of the FDD, you get phone numbers for owners still running stores and ones who left. Your best way to learn how these costs play out in real life is to call a few of them.
Get the Blaze Pizza FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Blaze Pizza FDD and franchise agreement with you.