MOD Pizza franchise: what it costs
Your cost to open a MOD Pizza franchise restaurant is $1,001,223 to $1,301,134, from the 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
MOD Pizza franchise cost, item by item
- Total opening cost
- $1,001,223 up to $1,301,134 Item 7, 2024 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $30,000 Item 5, 2024 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- 5% of what comes in weekly Item 6, 2024 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 2% of what comes in weekly Item 6, 2024 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- Not given Item 19, 2024 FDD
- Locations as 2023 ended
- Franchise owners ran 87, the company ran 465 Item 20, 2024 FDD
Every number above was taken from the 2024 MOD Pizza Franchise Disclosure Document, which MOD Super Fast Pizza Franchising, LLC filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, dated April 30, 2024. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
MOD Pizza FDD: Sales and earnings figures
In Item 19, MOD Pizza leaves out sales and earnings numbers, so the FDD does not cover the sales or earnings of its locations. Ask the owners listed under Item 20, the FDD's list covering locations and owners, how much they earn.
Our guide walks you through reading an Item 19 before you rely on any figure in it.
Other pizza franchises next to MOD Pizza
MOD Pizza costs the most to open of any pizza franchise on this site.
| 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 opening, the royalty is the part of sales, or the fixed amount, that you still pay 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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The number of MOD Pizza locations
Item 20 counts 552 MOD Pizza locations across the United States as 2023 ended, with franchise owners running 16% 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 MOD Pizza FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the MOD Pizza FDD and franchise agreement with you.