Hotbox Pizza
The total investment to open a Hotbox Pizza franchise ranges from $40,050 to $220,000. The initial franchise fee is $35,000. Ongoing royalties are 5% plus a 1.5% advertising fee.
What is the Hotbox Pizza franchise?
Hotbox Pizza is a limited service restaurant business that sells pizza to customers. The estimated total initial investment is $40,050 to $220,000, and the initial franchise fee is $35,000.
The ongoing royalty is 5 percent of sales, and the advertising or brand fund fee is 1.5 percent. The franchise agreement term is 5 years.
Hotbox Pizza is headquartered in Carmel, IN, and was founded in 2004.
Loan Activity Score
38/100
SBA Default Rate
0.0%
Active Lenders
2
According to its Franchise Disclosure Document or public business records, Hotbox Pizza has 10 locations, all owned by franchisees. Public SBA loan records show 2 lenders made 6 loans to franchisees of Hotbox Pizza. PeerSense calculates Hotbox Pizza's score as 38 out of 100, using public SBA loan performance and recent lending activity.
Franchising since 2004 · 10 locations
$40,050 to $220,000
$35,000
10
10 franchised
Proprietary PeerSense metric
FairDistinct lenders in public SBA records for Hotbox Pizza
6
Total SBA loans
$128K
Average loan size
Source: public SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records through December 31, 2025
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SBA Lending Activity for Hotbox Pizza
Loan Activity Score Breakdown
Emerging (3 to 9 loans)
Are lenders increasingly or decreasingly funding this brand? Growing trends score highest.
Blended default rate (recent + all time) compared to NAICS sector peers.
Quality lenders actively backing this brand, with penalty for lender pullback.
FDD availability, Item 19 disclosure, and overall data completeness.
Geographic spread of SBA funded locations across states.
SBA Lending Performance
SBA Default Rate
0.0%
vs 10.3% peer avg
SBA Loans
6
Total Volume
$0.8M
Active Lenders
2
States
1
vs. SBA Sector Average
SBA loan default rate vs. all franchises in the same NAICS sector, not limited to direct competitors
Key Highlights
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Data Insights
Key performance metrics for Hotbox Pizza based on SBA lending data
SBA Default Rate
0.0%
10.3% below peer avg
SBA Loan Volume
6 loans
Across 2 lenders
Lender Diversity
2 lenders
Avg 3.0 loans per lender
Investment Tier
Mid range investment
$40,050 to $220,000 total
Hotbox Pizza: Deep SBA Data
Brand specific metrics derived directly from SBA 7(a) approval records: peak lending year, leading state, average loan size, and lender concentration. PeerSense computes these per brand so capital advisors and prospective franchisees can benchmark this opportunity against the rest of the franchise universe.
Peak SBA Year
2018
3 approvals. The best year on record for Hotbox Pizza.
Top SBA State
Indiana
12 SBA financed Hotbox Pizza locations, the densest operator footprint.
Average Loan Size
$227K
Median $193K. Use as a sizing anchor when modeling your own Hotbox Pizza unit.
Lender Concentration
83.3%
Concentrated
Share of Hotbox Pizza approvals captured by the top 3 SBA lenders.
Hotbox Pizza's SBA lending pipeline peaked in 2018 (3 approvals). The last five fiscal years account for 50% of cumulative volume ($968K approved). Operator density is highest in Indiana with 12 SBA financed locations. Average funded ticket sits at $227K, with the median at $193K. Lender mix is concentrated: the top three SBA lenders account for 83.3% of approvals. Credit decisions concentrate with a small group of incumbents.
Payment Estimator
Estimated Monthly Payment
$415
Principal & Interest only
Indicative only, as of October 1, 2026. Not a quote, commitment or offer of credit. Final pricing, leverage and terms are determined by the lender at underwriting, after full transaction materials are reviewed. PeerSense sources the file. The lender sets pricing. What these terms mean.
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Hotbox Pizza, unit breakdown
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Reviewed by Edward L. Freeman, Founder and Managing Director, PeerSense
- PeerSense is a capital advisory firm that places commercial financing with direct capital sources; it does not lend, fund, or approve loans, and the capital source sets final terms.
- Edward L. Freeman founded PeerSense in January 2020.
- He is a Registered Franchise Consultant with Business Alliance, Inc., a credential issued in March 2022, and worked as a franchise consultant there from March 2022 to May 2023.
- His recorded experience includes a $22 million SBA construction loan, with about $16 million funded on the deal.
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