Pizza Twist Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $290K – $571K
- Disclosed sales
- not disclosed
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (3)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Pizza Twist is a quick-service pizza franchise serving specialty and fusion pizzas, plus sides, for dine-in, carryout, and delivery. Franchisees run shops managing food prep, service, and staffing.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Pizza Twist franchise requires a total initial investment of $290K – $571K, including a $30K franchise fee and an ongoing 4.5% royalty[2]. This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored5 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $290K – $571K
- 46th pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Royalty
- 4.5%
- 11th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 83
- 73rd pct Service Resta…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Quick-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Quick-Service Restaurants median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $290K – $571K including a $30K franchise fee, 4.5% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSThis franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that.
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 71/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +2 franchised outlets in the latest year (14 opened, 12 closed); 30 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 25.0% CAGR over 3 years with 83 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Chicago's Pizza Franchising, Inc. Corp.
- CEO title
- President
- Harpreet Dahyia
- Incorporated in
- NV
- HQ
- 6871 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 102, Las Vegas, NV 89119
- Auditor
- NAPER CPA GROUP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.9M
- vs $2.5M prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Harpreet Dahyia
- Headquarters
- NV
- Founded
- 2017
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 17
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 11% below the typical quick-service restaurants franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown19 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $30K | $30K | |
| Training Feenot refundable | $5K | $5K | |
| Real Estate / Rent | $3K | $12K | |
| Utilities | $3K | $5K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $120K | $250K | |
| Market Introduction Programnot refundable | $15K | $30K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment | $50K | $100K | |
| Design and Architecture Fees | $0 | $20K | |
| Computer Systemsnot refundable | $7K | $10K | |
| Insurancenot refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Signagenot refundable | $7K | $11K | |
| Office Expensesnot refundable | $2K | $2K | |
| Inventorynot refundable | $8K | $15K | |
| Licenses and Permitsnot refundable | $5K | $10K | |
| Vehiclesnot refundable | $0 | $1K | |
| Dues and Subscriptionsnot refundable | $1K | $5K | |
| Professional Fees (lawyer, accountant, etc.)not refundable | $3K | $5K | |
| Travel, Lodging and Meals for Initial Trainingnot refundable | $3K | $8K | |
| Additional Funds (for first 3 months)not refundable | $30K | $50K | |
| Total initial investment | $290K | $571K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $290K – $571K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $30K – $50K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $30K – $30K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 4.5%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 5.5%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 4.5% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $0 |
| Training fee | $5K |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $8K – $15K |
| Total fee load | 5.5% of rev |
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Pizza Twist makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD - a voluntary item under the FTC Franchise Rule - so no unit revenue figures are disclosed. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Pizza Twist unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for annual revenue, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
No financial performance representation
This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that.
Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 5.5% — below the Quick-Service Restaurants median of 7.5%.
Disclosure
This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Operator retention
System expanding at 25.0% CAGR over 3 years across 83 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Quick-Service Restaurants medians
How Pizza Twist Compares
Category median of published Quick-Service Restaurants brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 83
- Opened
- 14
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 12
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 14.5%
- Company-owned
- 8
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 90%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +25.0%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +25.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 9
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 30
- 0.36 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 30
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Transfer rate
- 10.8%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Ceased ops
- 14.5%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 16 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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
81 current owners across 17 states.
- CA 43
- NJ 8
- TX 5
- VA 5
- IN 3
- NV 3
- AZ 2
- ID 2
- NY 2
- FL 1
- FM 1
- IL 1
- +5 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20; 1 entries carry no state. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
Fast growth in a small system. Newer franchisors expanding quickly may not yet have the support infrastructure of larger systems.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA loan disclosures. This brand has only 3 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 3
- Loan volume
- $990K
- Median loan
- $330K
- average
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (3)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 3 loans, rate hidden below 10
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Under 10 loans (3)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (3)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 3
- Defaults
- N/A
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Pizza Twist presents elevated risk due to undisclosed unit economics, stagnant growth, small system size, and ambiguous franchisor stability—unsuitable for risk-averse investors without robust validation.
Why this reads harsher than the A grade: the grade weighs financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency across the whole filing, while this summary lists individual flags without that weighting. The flags are worth checking with current owners; neither is investment advice.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · NAPER CPA GROUP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Total revenue of $2,486,628 is disclosed in Item 8 ("Our total revenue in the past fiscal year was $2,486,628"), not from an Item 21 audited statement. Exhibit F audited financial statements (FY2023/2022/2021) are present in the FDD but the statement tables were not captured as machine-readable text in this extract, so balance-sheet and income-statement line items (assets, liabilities, net worth, net income, auditor) could not be read. Affiliate Authentic Food, Inc. separately received $5,238,539 (100% of its revenue) from required franchisee purchases.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 71 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORNo Item 19 financial disclosure (revenue/net income) prevents ROI validation and profitability assessment
- 02MINORAnemic unit growth of 2.7% YoY suggests market saturation, weak recruitment, or franchisee struggles
- 03MINORHigh investment range ($289.5K–$571.2K) with unknown average unit volumes creates severe ROI uncertainty
- 04MED83 total units indicates small system with limited economies of scale and higher operational/support risk
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 5.5% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory population | 30,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 5 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Governing law | NV |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 65 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 32 hrs
- Training location
- Franchisor's location (Sacramento, CA), franchisee's location, or online
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 6 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee selects, franchisor approves
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- ADD Shift 4 POS
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: ADD Shift 4 POS
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
82 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Pizza Twist franchise?
The total investment to open a Pizza Twist franchise ranges from $290K – $571K, with an initial franchise fee of $30K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Pizza Twist franchise owners earn?
Pizza Twist makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD - a voluntary item under the FTC Franchise Rule - so no unit revenue figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Pizza Twist?
Pizza Twist is franchised by Chicago's Pizza Franchising, Inc. Corp.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Pizza Twist FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Pizza Twist FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Pizza Twist's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Pizza Twist (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Pizza Twist franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Pizza Twist has 83 total units in the United States, including 75 franchised units and 8 company-owned units. 14 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Pizza Twist a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Pizza Twist as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 71 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.