Domino's franchise: what it costs
Opening a Domino's delivery and carryout store runs $231,450 to $743,500. That's from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), the papers any brand has to give you before you buy.
Cost of a Domino's franchise, line by line
- Cost to open, in total
- $231,450 to $743,500 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $10,000 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- 5.5% of each week's sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 4% of sales each week Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $27,267 a week on average across the locations the brand counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Number of locations when 2025 ended
- Franchise owners ran 6,948; the company ran 262 Item 20, 2026 FDD
The source for each figure above is the 2026 Domino's Franchise Disclosure Document. Domino's Pizza Franchising LLC filed it at the Minnesota Department of Commerce. It is dated April 1, 2026 and was amended on July 29, 2026. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Sales and earnings numbers in the Domino's FDD
Item 19 is the FDD section where a brand may state what its locations earn or sell, and Domino's shares figures there. Its headline number is $27,267 in average weekly sales at franchised US stores open throughout 2025. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Before you lean on any figure in an Item 19, our guide shows how to read one.
Other pizza franchises compared with Domino's
Among the pizza brands covered on this site, Domino's has the lowest opening cost.
| 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. After you open, the royalty is the part of your sales, or the fixed amount, that goes to the brand. The "Sales or earnings shown" column tells you whether a brand shares what 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 Domino's locations
Domino's had 7,210 United States locations at the close of 2025, and franchise owners operated 96% 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 Domino's FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Domino's FDD and franchise agreement with you.