Food & Beverage · registry year 2024 · HQ OH

Marco's Pizza Franchise

A Marco's Franchising brand operating in the food & beverage sector, franchising since 1979. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Marco's Pizza, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.

$260K – $640K
Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
5.5%
Royalty rate · Mid-range royalty
1,100
Total locations · Mid-size network
$1.0M
Avg unit revenue · Mid-range unit revenue

FDD outlay schedule

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Marco's Pizza needs $260K–$640K to open and charges a 5.5% royalty - an entry cost below the typical food & beverage franchise.

  • LO $260K
  • HI $640K
  • FEE $25K
  • ROY 5.5%
  • UNT 1,100
  • I19 Disclosed
  • INV# #89/223
  • UNT# #89/223

Nearest Item 7 peer: Smoothie King ($263K)

Marco's Pizza (this)$260KSmoothie King$263KThe Human Bean$268KTropical Smoothie Cafe$282KJamba$238KChurch's Texas Chicken$284K
Marco's Pizza Item 7 listed-low neighbourhood vs nearest food & beverage peers

Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Marco's Pizza (registry year 2024). Listed lows only - not a profit, cost-of-living, or suitability claim. Verify the current FDD before relying on these figures. How we place brands →

Franchise Opportunity Health Score

How healthy and transparent Marco's Pizza's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.

81 B
  • Network momentum 3.6% net unit growth (YoY) 61/100 · D
  • Financial disclosure Item 19 disclosed 100/100 · A

Benchmarked against the 223-brand tracked corpus (p10-p90 range per dimension); a higher score means a growing unit count and a disclosed Item 19. See how we place brands.

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Where Marco's Pizza's investment ranks nationally

Marco's Pizza's listed Item 7 low of $260K against every one of the 218 tracked franchise brands with a disclosed initial investment. Listed figures only, verify in the current FDD before relying on them.

Marco's Pizza vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment

Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus

$260,000 Around the middle lower than 40% of 218 franchise brands

Franchise brands, banded by listed Item 7 low

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Source PlainFranchise editorial comparison registry · 2024-12-31

Investment Overview

Investment Range $260K – $640K
Franchise Fee
$25K
Ad Fund Rate
2.0%

Revenue Data (Item 19)

Item 19 Disclosed Franchisor provided financial performance data
Average Revenue
$1.0M
gross revenue per location

* Revenue figures are gross revenue (sales), not profit. This registry does not report operating costs or profit.

Network Size & Growth

1,100
Franchised
0
Company-Owned
+80
Opened (Last Year)

Net Growth Rate

Year-over-year unit change

3.64% growth

40 locations closed in the last reporting year

Quick Facts

Subsector
quick service restaurant
Founded
1978
Franchising Since
1979
Headquarters
OH
FDD Year
2024
Item 19
Disclosed

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Important Notice · Marco's Pizza

This Marco's Pizza page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Marco's Pizza.

What the Marco's Pizza FDD reveals

Signature read: 1,100 locations · Item 7 low $260K

Marco's Pizza, a Marco's Franchising franchise, has been franchising since 1979 - 1 years after the concept was founded in 1978 , currently with 1,100 total locations (1,100 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the food & beverage sector, headquartered in OH. The registry records a total initial investment between $260K and $640K, with separate listed low and high values. A franchise-fee field of $25K is recorded separately, while the registry summary does not reproduce the full Item 7 schedule.

Royalty payments here are set at 5.5% of gross sales with a separate 2.0% national advertising-fund field; the two listed percentages total 7.5%. The registry records an Item 19 field for Marco's Pizza. Financial-performance disclosure in Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $1.0M; the listed royalty rate multiplied by the reported average equals $55K, which is not a total-cost or profit calculation. This reported revenue field is not a profitability measure; operating costs are outside this registry.

The unit count trend here is positive -- Marco's Pizza posted 3.6% net growth year-over-year (80 openings, 40 closures). The count describes the latest reported period only; the underlying Item 20 tables provide the fuller disclosure context.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Marco's Pizza franchise cost?
Opening a Marco's Pizza franchise takes a total initial investment of $260K to $640K. The initial franchise fee is $25K. On top of that, royalties run 5.5% of gross sales.
How many Marco's Pizza locations are there?
There are 1,100 Marco's Pizza locations in operation, of which 1,100 are franchised. Year-over-year, the unit count is up 3.6%.
What are the ongoing fees for a Marco's Pizza franchise?
Marco's Pizza's ongoing royalty is 5.5% of gross sales. On top of that, a 2.0% ad-fund contribution applies. These listed fee fields are separate from the listed initial-investment range.

Related reading for Marco's Pizza: Understanding FDDs , Marco's Pizza lists Item 19 revenue here, how Item 19 fits the 23-item FDD.

Marco's Pizza among nearby food & beverage registry records: listed entry cost and network size Scatter plot of 11 data points. -5000 locations0 locations5000 locations10000 locations15000 locations $200k$250k$300k$350k Listed initial investment low ($000) Total locations (Item 20) Marco's PizzaSmoothie KingThe Human BeanTropical Smoothie CafeChurch's Texas ChickenJambaCrumbl CookiesDunkin'Capriotti's Sandwich ShopFive GuysJimmy John's
Marco's Pizza among nearby food & beverage registry records: listed entry cost and network size

Snapshot uses the registry's listed Item 7 initial-investment low and Item 20 location-count fields. It is a descriptive comparison, not a ranking or investment recommendation.

How Marco's Pizza's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)

Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size

Two data-derived peer sets for Marco's Pizza , both outside HQ state OH : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.

What to do with this

Marco's Pizza at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.

  • Marco's Pizza scores 81/100 (B) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
  • Its $260K – $640K entry cost runs below the typical food & beverage franchise.
  • Ranks #89 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
  • Smoothie King sits at a comparable investment level ($263K) in the same sector. Compare

Editorial comparison registry, not a source-linked FDD record. Verify the current FDD before relying on any figure.

Editorial comparison registry; a source filing is not linked to this record. Verify the current FDD before relying on a figure.

Source: PlainFranchise editorial registry Record-level FDD source link and retrieval date pending