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Aurelio's Pizza Franchise

Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a Aurelio's Pizza franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2025), not its sales material.

Pizza · disclosure-honesty grade · from public state filings
GRADE F · FAILS DISCLOSURE

Disclosure honesty

F
Transparency 1 / 5

Aurelio's Pizza discloses little or no owner-earnings data (Item 19) — the franchisor won't put real profit in writing.

Outlets33
Disclosed lawsuits
Closure signals4 ceased
Investment
Total fees
Outlets
33
Closure signals
4 ceased
Lawsuits
◢ FINDINGS
ITEM 19
No real earnings disclosure
The franchisor won't put owner profit in writing — you can't verify the pitch.
ITEM 20
4 outlets ceased operations
4 net outlet closures over 3 years; 2 transfers in 2023-2024.

What their own earnings claim actually says

Item 19 not provided in excerpts.

What a Aurelio's Pizza franchise costs to run

Items 3, 5, 6, 7 fee data not provided in excerpts.

Aurelio's Pizza's filing doesn't break its fees into a table we can itemise — this is the fee language as disclosed. Ask for Items 5 and 6 directly.

Aurelio's Pizza system size and owner turnover

Total outlets33
Ceased operations4
Transferred to new owners2
Closure rate12.1% of outlets

4 net outlet closures over 3 years; 2 transfers in 2023-2024.

From Item 20 of the FDD 2025. Terminations and ceased operations are the franchisor's own count of owners who stopped — the number the sales pitch leaves out.

Is Aurelio's Pizza worth it? — how it compares to 38 similar franchises

Disclosure honestyGrade Fless honest than most of the category
Closure rate12.1% of outletsworse than 94% of peers

Benchmarked against every pizza franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.

◤ CLASSIFIED · ITEM 19 RECONSTRUCTED

Owner take-home for a Aurelio's Pizza

The franchisor's framing: Item 19 not provided in excerpts.… We reconstruct what an owner actually keeps, from their own FDD.

LOW
MEDIAN
HIGH

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Aurelio's Pizza franchise — frequently asked

How much does a Aurelio's Pizza franchise cost?
Aurelio's Pizza's current FDD excerpt doesn't clearly state a total investment range — ask for Item 7 directly.
How much do Aurelio's Pizza franchise owners make?
Aurelio's Pizza discloses little or no earnings data (Item 19) — meaning the franchisor won't put real owner profit in writing. That's a red flag worth questioning.
What are the Aurelio's Pizza franchise fees?
Aurelio's Pizza's FDD excerpt doesn't clearly itemise the fee structure — ask for Items 5 and 6 directly.
What is the Aurelio's Pizza franchise profit margin?
Aurelio's Pizza discloses no Item 19 earnings representation, so no profit margin can be derived from the FDD at all. Any margin figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
What is the Aurelio's Pizza franchise failure rate?
4 net outlet closures over 3 years; 2 transfers in 2023-2024.
How many Aurelio's Pizza locations are there?
Aurelio's Pizza's FDD reports 33 total outlets, with 4 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year and 2 transferred to new owners. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
Does Aurelio's Pizza have complaints or lawsuits?
Aurelio's Pizza discloses no material litigation in Item 3 of the filing we reviewed. That's a positive signal, though it covers only what the franchisor is required to report.
Is a Aurelio's Pizza franchise worth it?
It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Aurelio's Pizza scores F on disclosure honesty. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.

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Source: WI DFI Franchise Registration (2025). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with Aurelio's Pizza or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.