2026 FDD Item 19, p. 70 Checked Oct 23, 2026
Papa Johns Franchise Revenue (2026 FDD)
In Item 19 of its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, Papa Johns reports average net sales for franchised restaurants open full year of $1,097,987 (2025, 2,389 standard franchised restaurants open all 12 months in 2025). The figures below are selected disclosures, not a substitute for reading the full Item 19.
Startup cost: a Papa Johns franchise costs an estimated $281,485 – $890,267 to open (Item 7). See the full Papa Johns franchise cost breakdown.
Does Papa Johns’s Item 19 show profit or owner pay?
No. Papa Johns’s Item 19 reports sales but no profit, costs or owner pay. Rent, payroll, supplies, loan payments and Item 6 fees such as the royalty (5% of Net Sales) come out of sales before an owner is paid, so these figures cannot show what an owner earns.
What Papa Johns discloses (Item 19)
Source: Papa Johns 2026 FDD, Item 19, PDF p. 70.
| Figure | Value | Period | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net sales for franchised restaurants open full year | $1,097,987 | 2025 | 2,389 standard franchised restaurants open all 12 months in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 72) |
| Median net sales for franchised restaurants open full year | $1,043,433 | 2025 | 2,389 standard franchised restaurants open all 12 months in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 72) |
| Top quartile average net sales | $1,619,518 | 2025 | Top 598 standard franchised restaurants in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 72) |
| Bottom quartile average net sales | $675,314 | 2025 | Bottom 597 standard franchised restaurants in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 72) |
| Highest net sales among franchised restaurants | $3,497,308 | 2025 | Top performing standard franchised restaurant in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 72) |
| Lowest net sales among franchised restaurants | $266,003 | 2025 | Lowest performing standard franchised restaurant in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 72) |
Item 19 sample and definitions
Item 19 Table 2 (PDF page 72) reports Net Royalty Sales for 2,389 standard franchised restaurants open the entire fiscal year ended December 28, 2025. Average $1,097,987 and median $1,043,433 are the total-sample figures. Top and bottom quartile results are separate subsets. The section on PDF page 70 excludes Non-Traditional and Small-Town formats and defines Net Sales; no franchise profit is established.
How to interpret Papa Johns’s Item 19 figures and sample limits · What Item 19 does and does not show about owner pay.
Some recurring charges depend on a sales subset, usage or another amount not supplied by the annual sales figure. We do not combine them into an all-sales percentage or estimate total fees. Reported sales are not owner income.
Scope of these figures: The selected Papa Johns disclosures above retain their recorded periods and samples. The lead figure covers 2,389 standard franchised restaurants open all 12 months in 2025. 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.
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Sources
Papa John's Franchising, LLC Franchise Disclosure Document, issued March 30, 2026, as filed with the Minnesota Commerce (CARDS). Read the source FDD PDF. How to get this FDD yourself.
- Item 5: cited PDF p. 13
- Item 6: cited PDF p. 15
- Item 7: cited PDF p. 22
- Item 19: cited PDF p. 70
- Item 20: cited PDF p. 85
- Agreement term (Item 17): cited PDF p. 63
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If the state document viewer does not open, use Minnesota Commerce's public filing instructions to look up the filing by franchisor name and document date.
Document & verification changelog
- October 29, 2026: Record updated.
- October 23, 2026: Source check completed against the recorded FDD.
- October 23, 2026: Complete source recheck against the March 30, 2026 FDD, confirmed as the newest clean Minnesota filing: cover, Item 1, Item 5, all 22 Item 6 rows and notes (PDF pages 15-21), every Item 7 row and total, Item 17, Item 19 and Item 20 Tables 1-4. Replaced the Item 6 schedule, which had misstated the marketing fund, digital, renewal, audit and interest terms and omitted several rows; removed an unsourced franchising start year; corrected the Item 20 page. The source hold is cleared.
- October 19, 2026: Source review hold recorded: The October 19 audit corrected conflicting Item 7 prose, selected financial-performance labels and PDF references. The fee schedule and remaining record sections still require a complete source recheck; the historical source-check date is not renewed by these targeted corrections.
- October 16, 2026: Initial cost profile published from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (issued March 30, 2026).