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SBARRO

SBARRO

Sbarro Franchise Co., LLC franchises quick-service Italian-style restaurants featuring pizza, pasta, salads, sandwiches, desserts, and beverages, primarily in high-traffic locations such as shopping mall food courts, in-line spaces, convenience stores, truck stops, casinos, hospitals, and college campuses. The business model includes offering single-unit franchises for new Traditional or Non-Traditional locations, Conversion Restaurants from existing company-owned units, and optional multi-unit Development Agreements for experienced operators. It targets franchisees seeking to serve on-the-go customers in captive audience, pedestrian-heavy environments with a focus on fresh Italian fare.

237locations
$212K–$981K
Since 1977
Food & BeverageColumbus, OHSBARRO Holdings, Inc., New SBARRO Finance, Inc., New SBARRO Intermediate Holdings, Inc.www.sbarro.comDisclaimer

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Franchise Costs

Franchise Fee
$30,000
Initial Investment
$211,900 – $981,000
Royalty Rate
5.00%
Brand Fund
2.00%
Fixed Monthly Fees
$150 – $500

5% to 7% royalty + 1% local advertising + up to 2% marketing fund + POS/Computer System Maintenance Fees

Financial Performance


Item 19 Financial Performance

Average Gross Revenue
$816,354.16
Median Gross Revenue
$724,337
Top Quartile Revenue
$1,357,809
Bottom Quartile Revenue
$462,877
Average Gross Profit
$662,548.84

Data Based On: 141 company locations that were open and operating during the entire calendar year of 2025.

* Weighted average revenue calculated as: (35 units × $1357809 + 35 units × $819165 + 35 units × $635665 + 36 units × $462877) / 141 total units. Weighted average gross profit calculated by first determining gross profit for each quartile (Average Sales * (1 - COGS %)) and then taking a weighted average across all units. No specific 'net income', 'net profit', or 'EBITDA' figures are provided. The expense data in Table 1 (COGS, Total Payroll, Other Expenses) explicitly excludes occupancy costs, initial franchise fees, royalties, and other fees that franchisees would pay but company-owned locations do not. Therefore, 'best_guess_profit_low' and 'best_guess_profit_high' cannot be reasonably estimated for a franchisee based on the provided partial expense data, and are set to null.

Extracted Item 19 Section

Avg. Revenue: $816,354

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How SBARRO Compares

Key Insights

  • Lower investment than 76% of Fast Food franchises
  • Higher than average SBA loan default rate in Fast Food
FranchiseInvestmentFeeRoyaltyLocations
SBARRO
Current
$212K – $981K$30K5.0%237
MCDONALD'S$1.5M – $2.6M$45KN/A12,772
LITTLE CAESARS$377K – $1.8M$20K6.0%3,788
AFC$45K – $151K$6K8.0%3,572
KFC (NON-TRADITIONAL)$1.2M – $4.2M$45KN/A3,404
SONIC DRIVE-IN$1.5M – $2.5M$15K5.0%3,120
Fast Food Average
134 franchises
$596K – $1.6M$35K6.4%

* Comparison based on latest FDD filings. Investment ranges from Item 7, fees from Item 5. Showing top 5 of 134 Fast Food franchises by location count.

Locations & Growth


Outlet Growth Over Time

Total outlets at end of each year

Geographic Distribution (2025)

Outlets by state across the United States

Top States
1FL
23
2CA
18
3IL
17
4NV
16
5PA
15
6OH
15
7TX
14
8KS
11
9OK
8
10AZ
6
11CT
6
12KY
5
13MI
5
14MO
5
15GA
5

+25 more states

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SBA Loan History


Historical SBA 7(a) loan data for SBARRO franchisees (20102025)

Total Loans
9
Average Loan
$385,322
Total Volume
$3.5M
Default Rate
0.0%

Loans by Year

SBA 7(a) loan activity over time

* Data sourced from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records. Default rate calculated from charged-off loans.

9 SBA loans on record

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Franchisee Contacts

231 franchisee contacts on file from official FDD filings.

231 Contacts Available

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Due Diligence


Litigation (Item 3)

Franchisee Cases1

Primarily breach of contract and trademark infringement disputes.

Bankruptcy (Item 4)

Bankruptcy HistoryNo
No bankruptcy history reported

System Health (Item 20)

Franchise system changes reported in the most recent fiscal year

Terminations
33
Non-Renewals
7
Reacquired
1
Ceased Ops
2
Transfers
7
Sold to Franchisees
0
Projected New
59

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Frequently Asked Questions

The total initial investment to open a SBARRO franchise ranges from $211,900 to $981,000. This includes a franchise fee of $30,000. Ongoing royalty fees are 5.0% of gross sales.