Franchise opportunities compared
Donatos Pizza vs Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s )
Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.
Initial investment · Item 7
Donatos Pizza
$546,637 – $1,090,537
2026 FDD · Item 7Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s )
$619,800 – $1,953,000
2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 22Initial franchise fee · Item 5
Donatos Pizza
Not available
Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s )
$40,000
2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 11Royalty · Item 6
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Not available
Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s )
5%
2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13Before you compare
- Donatos Pizza figures come from its 2026 FDD and Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s ) figures from its 2025 FDD, so the years differ.
- Donatos Pizza discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
- Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Donatos Pizza: 11, Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s ): 1). Different groups are not directly comparable.
Financial commitment
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System scale & health
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Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
Donatos PizzaItem 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.
Donatos Pizza vs Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s ): common questions
- Which costs less to open, Donatos Pizza or Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s )?
- Donatos Pizza: $546,637 – $1,090,537 (2026 FDD · Item 7); Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s ): $619,800 – $1,953,000 (2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 22). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Donatos Pizza. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
- Which has more locations, Donatos Pizza or Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s )?
- Donatos Pizza: 179 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 79); Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s ): 2 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 59). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
- Do Donatos Pizza and Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s ) disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
- Donatos Pizza has reviewed Item 19 figures for 11 location groups; Mike’s Red Tacos Restaurant ( s ) has reviewed Item 19 figures for 1 location group. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.
Answers restate the reviewed figures above. Not a ranking or recommendation.
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