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Pizza Ranch Franchises for Sale
A family buffet restaurant built on pizza and fried chicken, with a community room and an attached FunZone arcade. A large-format, Midwest small-town concept with a heavy build-out.
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Franchised and company-owned unit counts for 2023 through 2025, as reported in the franchisor's FDD.
Existing Pizza Ranch Franchises for Sale
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Pizza Ranch Franchise Model Overview
Pizza Ranch restaurants are full-size family buffets serving pizza, chicken, salad and related items, with a public dining room, a community room for groups and, in new builds, a FunZone arcade of roughly 2,400 square feet that adds game revenue. The brand began in Hull, Iowa in 1981 and remains majority family-owned and Midwest-concentrated. This is a seven-figure investment: furniture, kitchen equipment, arcade games and a 7,800-square-foot leasehold build make up most of it, and a ground-up build with land runs higher. Royalty is modest at 3.5 percent plus a half-point service fee, with marketing contributions totaling 3 percent. A majority-owner Principal oversees the business while a full-time General Manager with food-service experience runs the floor; five managers complete paid training before opening. The system has been flat at about 218 units for three years, with 4 to 12 transfers a year. Transferees sign a new agreement at the same fees and must remodel to current specification.
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