Bottom line
- Total investment $255K – $734K including a $15K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 55/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 2 loans (below the industry average).
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one Paulie Gee's unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
14%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate Paulie Gee's pizza restaurants, focusing on artisanal Neapolitan-style pizza and complementary menu items. Day-to-day operations include managing kitchen staff, overseeing dough fermentation and wood-fired oven production, managing front-of-house service, inventory control, and driving local marketing and community engagement.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 4 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Paulie Gee's presents moderate-to-cautious risk: a micro-franchise with no financial transparency, above-market royalties, high startup variability, and unproven unit economics in an extremely small system.
Score breakdown · what drove the 55 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure (avg revenue and net income not disclosed) makes ROI analysis impossible
- 02MINORWide investment range ($254.5K–$734K) suggests high variability in startup costs and unclear cost structure
- 03MEDOnly 7 units with 25% YoY growth is extremely small system size—limited franchisee network for validation and support scalability concerns
- 04MINOR6% royalty for 7 years is above-market for pizza/QSR (typically 4–5%) and reduces profitability in critical early years
- 05MINOR10-year term is shorter than industry standard (typically 15–20 years), creating renewal uncertainty and reinvestment risk
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
5 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Paulie Gee's · FDD (2025) PDF