One hundred acres of pizza!!! This is how much pizza is eaten each day at pizza franchises across the country. This $32 billion pizza franchise industry makes up a whopping 10 percent of the entire fast food franchise industry. Most of these sales come from the approximately 150 pizza franchise chains, which is about 60 percent of all pizza operations.

Entrepreneurs wanting to own a pizza franchise should spend some time and research their competition. Pizza restaurants have been around for a long time, but the great thing about owing a pizza franchise is that you will enjoy the immediate benefits of brand recognition. This will give your business an instant boost above your competitors. Great customer service will help to keep your customers coming back.

As with many fast food businesses, the recent trend towards healthier eating has provided pizza franchise owners with an opportunity to create new items for the menu that would appeal to your old customers as well as to new ones who will be interested in eating healthy fast food. Many of these franchises have integrated their operation systems with the latest technology so they can adapt to the changing habits of their customer base.

Pizza franchises can be purchased with as little as $5,000 and you can open the doors of your own pizzeria with as little as $60,000. This is far below what you would have to have to open a start-up pizza business so it is definitely worth considering seriously.