Boston's Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar Franchise Costs, Fees & FDD

Year Business Began: 1963

Franchising Since: 1968

Headquarters: Dallas Texas

Estimated Number of Units: 420

Franchise Description: Boston Pizza Restaurants, LP is the franchisor. Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar restaurants feature gourmet pizza and pasta dishes, and a wide variety of entrees, appetizers, fresh salads, sides and desserts. The franchisor specializes in serving family and friends in a full service casual dining restaurant, combined with a sports bar featuring large flat screen TVs, drinks, and food in a fun atmosphere.
Training Overview: Franchisees or their responsible owner and any franchise manager or representative that the franchisor requires must complete the initial training to the franchisor’s reasonable satisfaction, as determined by the specific program instructors, before franchisees open their Boston’s business. The franchisor provides initial training at no cost for up to seven people so long as everyone attends the initial training at the same time. Currently, the initial training program consists of 50 hours of classroom training and 100 hours of on-the-job training. Training takes place at the franchisor’s offices and corporate training center in Dallas, Texas. From time to time, the franchisor may require that franchisees or their principal owner, franchise managers and other employees attend system-wide refresher or additional training courses. Some of these courses may be optional, while others may be required.

Territory Granted: Franchisees may operate their Boston’s business only at the approved location. The franchisor will grant franchisees a protected territory based on the geographic area and populations properties within that area and other relevant demographic characteristics and will typically be a one-mile radius around the Boston’s business. Franchisees will not receive an exclusive territory. Franchisees may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that the franchisor owns, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that the franchisor controls.

Obligations and Restrictions: The franchisor requires that franchisees either directly operate their Boston’s business or designate a manager who has been approved by the franchisor. The “responsible owner” is an individual who will be principally responsible for communicating with the franchisor about the Boston’s business. The responsible owner must have the authority and responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Boston’s business. If franchisees are an individual, they are the responsible owner. If franchisees are a legal entity, they must appoint an individual that has at least a 25% equity interest in the legal entity to be the responsible owner. Franchisees must sell or offer for sale only those products and services authorized by the franchisor, and which meet the franchisor’s standards and specifications. The franchisor reserves the right to establish minimum and maximum resale prices for use with multi-area marketing programs and special price promotions.

Term of Agreement and Renewal: The length of the initial franchise term is 10 years. If franchisees are in good standing and they meet other requirements, they may add two successor term of five years.

Financial Assistance: The franchisor does not offer direct or indirect financing to franchisees. The franchisor does not guarantee a franchisee’s note, lease or other obligations.

Estimated Initial Investment

Name of Fee	Low	High
Initial Franchise Fee	$50,000	$50,000
Rent Expense	$10,000	$28,350
Real Property	Varies
Site Due Diligence	$5,000	$12,600
Architectural and Engineering Fees	$36,000	$90,350
Project Management	$20,000	$57,750
Construction and Leasehold Improvements	$165,000	$1,375,000
Furniture Fixtures and Equipment	$385,000	$963,000
Audio / Visual Computer Systems	$75,000	$235,000
POS & Computer	$35,000	$52,500
Signage, Graphics & Artwork	$52,000	$131,000
Liquor License	$1,000	$10,000
Security and Utility Deposits and Permits	$1,000	$7,000
Initial Training and Opening Expenses	$45,000	$75,600
On-Site Opening Assistance	$15,000	$15,000
Pre-Opening Marketing Assistance & Media	$20,000	$20,000
Inventory	$27,000	$49,350
Managers’ Salaries	$49,000	$65,000
Insurance	$1,500	$2,625
Professional Fees	$8,000	$15,750
Additional Funds (3 months)	$30,000	$52,500
ESTIMATED TOTAL (excluding real property)	$1,030,500	$3,306,375

 
Other Fees

Type of Fee	Amount
Royalty Fee	5% of weekly gross sales
Brand Fund Contribution	3% of weekly gross sales.
Local Advertising Payment	The difference between the amount franchisees spent on local advertising each month and their required local advertising expenditure.
Local and Regional Advertising Cooperatives	Established by cooperative members, between 3% and 4% of gross sales.
Unauthorized Advertising Fee	Then current-fee, currently $500 per occurrence.
Insurance	Reimbursement of the franchisor’s costs, plus a 20% administration charge.
Successor and/or Remedial Training	The then-current fees.
Certified Training Designation	Then-current fee; currently $250 per visit.
Product or Program Rollouts	Then-current fee; currently $250 per visit per program rollout.
Technology Fee	The then-current fee (currently $1,500 per year).
Conference Fee	The then-current fee (currently $1,500).
Supplier and Product Evaluation Fee	Costs of inspection (estimated to be approximately $100 to $500).
Food Safety Audit	Cost of actual audit, including travel and expenses.
Cost of Operations Manual	$500
Customer Issue Resolution	The reasonable costs the franchisor incurs for responding to a customer complaint (typically between $20 to $100).
Payment Service Fee	Up to 4% of total charge.
Late Payment Fee	$100 per occurrence, plus the lesser of the daily equivalent of 18% per year simple interest or the highest rate allowed by law.
Non-Sufficient Funds Fee	$100 per occurrence, plus the lesser of the daily equivalent of 18% per year simple interest or the highest rate allowed by law.
Failure to Submit Required Report Fee	$100 per occurrence and $100 per week.
Audit Expenses	Cost of audit and inspection, any understated amounts, and any related accounting, legal and travel expenses.
Quality Inspection Re-Audit Fee	Cost of re-audit; currently $500.
Management Fee	$500 per day, plus costs and expenses.
Professional Fees and Expenses	Will vary under circumstances.
Securities Offering Fee	Cost and expenses associated with reviewing the proposed offering.
Indemnification	Will vary under circumstances.
Renewal Fee	$25,000
Relocation Fee	The franchisor’s costs (including attorney fees).
De-Identification	All amounts incurred by the franchisor related to de-identification.
Transfer Fee	$25,000
Transfer to Entity Fee	The franchisor’s actual costs.
Liquidated Damages	Will vary under the circumstances.
Broker Fees	The franchisor’s actual cost of the brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or similar charges.

The above information has been compiled from the FDD of Boston's Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar. Year of FDD: 2025.
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