Pizza Hut franchise: what it costs
A dine-in and delivery restaurant under the Pizza Hut franchise runs $846,000 to $2,130,000 to open, per its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
Pizza Hut franchise cost, item by item
- What it costs to open overall
- $846,000 at the low end, $2,130,000 at the high end 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
- 6% taken from gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 4.75% taken from gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $1,037,823 a year on average across 1,875 locations it counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Locations when 2025 ended
- Franchise owners ran 4,956; the company ran 75 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Pizza Hut, LLC submitted the 2026 Pizza Hut Franchise Disclosure Document to the Minnesota Department of Commerce. That document is dated March 25, 2026 and amended October 8, 2026, and every figure above comes from it. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Sales and earnings data in the Pizza Hut FDD
Figures from Pizza Hut appear in Item 19, the FDD section that lets a brand say what its locations earn or sell. The main figure is $1,037,823 in average yearly sales, covering 1,875 mature franchised restaurants, each open a year or more, for 2025. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Our guide explains reading an Item 19, worth doing before you rely on any figure in it.
Other pizza franchises next to Pizza Hut
Most pizza franchises on this site cost less to open than Pizza Hut; 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. "Sales or earnings shown" tells you whether the brand says what its locations take in; the royalty is the portion of sales, or the fixed amount, you keep paying the brand once you open. 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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Pizza Hut location count
At the end of 2025, the United States had 5,031 Pizza Hut locations, with franchise owners running 99% 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 Pizza Hut FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Pizza Hut FDD and franchise agreement with you.