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Papa John's vs Blaze Pizza — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Papa John's	Blaze Pizza
Disclosure honesty	C	D
Investment from	$281,485	$757,000
Total fees	11%	7%
Outlets	3,294	230
Lawsuits	3	1

Papa John's: what their numbers say

Sales data for 2,837 standard restaurants (2025): median $1.07M system-wide, average $1.12M. Top 25% averaged $1.64M. No Non-Traditional/Small-Town data provided.

Blaze Pizza: what their numbers say

Discloses 2025 gross sales only (average, top/bottom 20%) for 218 of 230 franchised restaurants; excludes 38 closures during 2025 and 8 non-traditional units; no profit, cost, or net income data provided.

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