How much does an Extreme Pizza franchise cost?
Opening an Extreme Pizza franchise takes a total initial investment of $330,200 to $787,000, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median gross sales of $646,876 across 18 outlets.
Extreme Pizza franchises Restaurants. Category: Food & Beverage.
Item 7
What it costs to open an Extreme Pizza franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $330,200 to $787,000. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Construction ($100,000 to $450,000), Equipment List ($95,000 to $100,000), and Additional Funds – 6 months ($40,000 to $100,000). Together they make up about 83% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $40,000, about 12% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $40,000 | $40,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Real Estate2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $2,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Lease Review2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $3,200 | $4,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Equipment List2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $95,000 | $100,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Point of Sale (POS) System2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $1,000 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Itemized Supply List and Supplemental Supply List2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $5,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Travel and Living Expenses While Training2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $10,000 | $15,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Installation of New Equipment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $2,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $8,000 | $15,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Grand Opening Advertising2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $15,000 | $15,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Construction2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $100,000 | $450,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Construction Management2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $7,000 | $12,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| HungerRush Service/ | $1,500 | $1,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Accounting Software Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $500 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Additional Funds – 6 months2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $40,000 | $100,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13 | $330,200 | $787,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13 |
Source Extreme Pizza, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 19
What Extreme Pizza franchisees actually report earning
Median Gross Sales
$646,876
Extreme Pizza's 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the January 2024 through December 2024. Basis: 18 franchised owned Restaurants.
Sample size: 18 outlets. The FDD also reports average gross sales of $698,092. We lead with the median because an average is pulled upward by the strongest outlets; the median is the middle outlet.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- 1 franchised Restaurant is closed seasonally.
- 1 operated with limited hours and days.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Extreme Pizza outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Extreme Pizza, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 51, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 20
How many Extreme Pizza outlets there are, and how many closed
Extreme Pizza ended 2024 with 20 franchised outlets and 1 company-owned outlet. In that year 1 franchised outlet opened and 3 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Extreme Pizza opened 6 franchised outlets and 10 outlets left the system. That is a net loss of 4, from 24 to 20 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 10 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 15% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 7.
Our arithmetic from the FDD's Item 20 table below. "Left the system" counts every outlet the franchisor reports as terminated, not renewed, bought back, or closed for other reasons.
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Non-renewed | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 54 |
| 2023 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 54 |
| 2022 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 54 |
Source Extreme Pizza, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 52-54, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Compare
How Extreme Pizza compares with other Food & Beverage franchises
Measured against the 256 Food & Beverage franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of Extreme Pizza's estimated range is $558,600. It costs less to open than 52% of Food & Beverage franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 15% for Extreme Pizza. That is higher than 89% of the 165 Food & Beverage franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Extreme Pizza's franchised system shrank 17%. The typical Food & Beverage franchise here grew 5.0%.
- Earnings disclosure. 152 of the 256 Food & Beverage franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Extreme Pizza is one of them.
Our arithmetic from each brand's Item 7 and Item 20. Growth and departure comparisons leave out brands with fewer than 10 outlets, where one opening or closure distorts the figures. See every Food & Beverage franchise side by side.
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