2026 FDD Item 19, p. 71
Donatos Pizza Franchise Revenue (2026 FDD)
In Item 19 of its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, Donatos Pizza reports average Net Sales, Franchisee Covered Restaurants of $977,213 (Fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2024 to December 29, 2025), 116 franchised traditional restaurants open throughout fiscal 2024 and 2025; 45 (39%) exceeded the average). The figures below are selected disclosures, not a substitute for reading the full Item 19.
Startup cost: the printed Item 7 totals and expense lines do not reconcile. See the printed figures in the Donatos Pizza cost breakdown.
Does Donatos Pizza’s Item 19 show profit or owner pay?
No. Donatos Pizza’s Item 19 reports sales but no profit, costs or owner pay. Rent, payroll, supplies, loan payments and Item 6 fees come out of sales before an owner is paid, so these figures cannot show what an owner earns.
What Donatos Pizza discloses (Item 19)
Source: Donatos Pizza 2026 FDD, Item 19, PDF p. 71.
| Figure | Value | Period | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Net Sales, Franchisee Covered Restaurants | $977,213 | Fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2024 to December 29, 2025) | 116 franchised traditional restaurants open throughout fiscal 2024 and 2025; 45 (39%) exceeded the average (Item 19, PDF p. 74) |
| Median Net Sales, Franchisee Covered Restaurants | $882,923 | Fiscal 2025 | 116 franchised restaurants (Item 19, PDF p. 74) |
| Average Net Sales, Company-Owned Covered Restaurants | $1,478,391 | Fiscal 2025 | 51 company-owned restaurants; 23 (45%) exceeded the average (Item 19, PDF p. 74) |
Item 19 sample and definitions
Item 19 (PDF pages 71-78) covers 167 traditional restaurants open throughout fiscal 2024 and 2025; non-traditional sites and newer restaurants are excluded. Franchised averages fell 5.58% from fiscal 2024's $1,034,910, and franchised sales ranged from $377,934 to $2,492,132. Section II gives cost and EBITDA percentages for 101 franchised restaurants grouped by weekly sales, from -2.8% EBITDA under $15,000 a week to 13.9% above $25,000. Its notes state different EBITDA averages from the table, so those percentages are not shown as figures here. The figures are franchisee-reported and unaudited.
How to interpret Donatos Pizza’s Item 19 figures and sample limits · What Item 19 does and does not show about owner pay.
A source check placed this record on review hold. Automatic fee estimates are withheld until the outstanding issues are resolved. Reported sales are not owner income.
Scope of these figures: The selected Donatos Pizza disclosures above retain their recorded periods and samples. The lead figure covers 116 franchised traditional restaurants open throughout fiscal 2024 and 2025; 45 (39%) exceeded the average. They do not establish take-home owner income or the results of a new outlet. Read the linked Item 19 for the franchisor's definitions and exclusions.
Full Donatos Pizza franchise cost breakdown · Payback calculator (enter your own assumptions)
Sources
Donatos Pizzeria, LLC Franchise Disclosure Document, issued April 29, 2026, as filed with the Minnesota Commerce (CARDS). Read the source FDD PDF. How to get this FDD yourself.
- Item 5: cited PDF p. 16
- Item 6: cited PDF p. 18
- Item 7: cited PDF p. 24
- Item 19: cited PDF p. 71
- Item 20: cited PDF p. 81
- Agreement term (Item 17): cited PDF p. 66
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Document & verification changelog
- November 3, 2026: Source review hold recorded. Unresolved corrections are listed in this source section.
- November 3, 2026: Initial cost profile published from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (issued April 29, 2026).
- November 3, 2026: Rechecked against the revised April 29, 2026 Minnesota FDD (the later of two same-date clean copies): Items 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 17, 19 and 20. Item 6 now lists all 24 rows (the draft had 5), with the 5% marketing requirement recorded once. Franchising began in 1991, not 1975 (the 1975 date is an incorporation). Item 19 drops company-only and inconsistent profit figures. Moved franchisor details into standard fields, added the opening time and rewrote the analysis. The Item 7, Item 20 and Item 19 conflicts remain and are disclosed.
- November 2, 2026: Provisional publication approved per owner directive: Owner directed on November 2, 2026 that every remaining batch 6 brand go live, including brands whose FDDs print conflicting figures. Each record was rechecked against its FDD on November 3, 2026; the unresolved source conflicts remain disclosed and the record is not marked verified.