Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen franchise takes $302,950 – $644,000 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $25,000 – $35,000. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated. The ledger below itemizes every figure we can source for Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen, each one dated, so you can check the numbers before anyone gets your contact details.
Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $25,000 | $35,000 | $25,000 to $35,000 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $302,950 | $644,000 | $302,950 to $644,000 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $302,950 | $644,000 | $302,950 to $644,000 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | Not disclosed |
How Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen's disclosed cost sits against the Food & Beverage category:
- Minimum startup cost of $302,950 — about in line with the Food & Beverage median of $282,500.
- Initial franchise fee of $25,000 — about 29% below the Food & Beverage median of $35,000.
Category medians are computed from the Food & Beverage brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Food & Beverage franchises
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How Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2012–2021: began the window at 81 units; 48 units opened, 34 closed, ending at 59 units. (partial records: 2016, 2017, 2018 are not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen franchise
Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen is a food & beverage franchisor with 59 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2012 and 2021, it began the window at 81 units; its filings record 48 unit openings and 34 closures, ending at 59 units (partial records: 2016, 2017, 2018 are not in the source data — totals span the reported years only).
Disclosure filings report 5 franchise-related lawsuits. Review Item 3 of the FDD. (as of 2026-05)
From the franchisor's materials
The Franchisee will operate either a Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen restaurant, a Villa Italian Kitchen restaurant or a Tony + Benny’s restaurant, all which feature pizza, pasta and other Italian menu items.
Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen franchise cost?
- $302,950 – $644,000 all-in to open, per Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen units are there?
- 59 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Villa Pizza | Fresh Italian Kitchen's units held up?
- 80.8% of units at risk between 2019 and 2021 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).