Marco's Pizza franchise: what it costs
Opening a Marco's Pizza store runs from $286,477 up to $811,186, per its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), the documents a brand must hand over before you buy.
Cost of a Marco's Pizza franchise, line by line
- Cost to open, in total
- $286,477 to $811,186 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $25,000 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- A 5.5% share of net sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- You pay 1% of net sales, with 4% to the national advertising fund on top Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $878,180 a year on average across 997 locations it counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Store count as 2025 ended
- Franchise owners ran 1,139; the company ran 45 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Each figure above comes from the 2026 Marco's Pizza Franchise Disclosure Document, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce by Marco's Franchising, LLC. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Inside the Marco's Pizza FDD: Sales and earnings figures
Item 19, the FDD part where a brand may report location sales or earnings, is where Marco's Pizza puts figures. That key figure, $878,180 in average yearly net sales, covers 997 franchised stores operating all 52 weeks during 2025. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Use the guide to read Item 19 before you rely on any number there.
Other pizza franchises next to Marco's Pizza
Among pizza franchises on this site, most cost more to open than Marco's Pizza; $475K is where the middle one begins.
| 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 sales, or a set amount, that you keep paying the brand. "Sales or earnings shown" tells whether the brand says what its locations take 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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Count of Marco's Pizza locations
Item 20 counts 1,184 Marco's Pizza sites across the United States when 2025 ended; franchise owners ran 96% of them. 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 Marco's Pizza FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Marco's Pizza FDD and franchise agreement with you.