Marco's Pizza® Franchise Overview

About Marco's Pizza®

Marco's Pizza is one of the nation's fastest-growing pizza brands with 1,200+ stores in 34 states, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas. Founded in 1978 by Italian-born Pasquale (“Pat”) Giammarco, Marco’s thrives to deliver a high-quality pizza experience, known for its dough made from scratch and its three fresh signature cheeses. Marco's seeks multi-unit franchisees to join our brand both in the U.S. and Internationally.

Franchise History

Italian-born Pasquale "Pat" Giammarco came to America with his family when he was nine years old from Sulmona, Italy. His father had restaurant experience and he, too, wanted to make the kind of fresh, quality pizza he remembered from his childhood. In 1978, Giammarco founded Marco's Pizza and his Italian-quality pizzas quickly became a hit because he obsessed over the details and never cut corners. He grew his restaurant into a brand serving communities throughout Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

In the mid-2000s, it was Jack Butorac, a 40-year plus restaurant industry veteran, who saw the opportunity to take Marco's and catapult it to a 1,200-plus-store high-quality pizza franchise. He felt consumers deserved something better and knew Marco's Pizza was what the market was missing. He became a consultant for Marco's in 2003 and purchased the franchise rights in 2004 at just over 120 stores.

Marco's is the only national pizza franchise founded by a native Italian. It has carved out a niche in the industry for high-quality pizza known for its dough made from scratch, sauce with freshly mixed herbs and spices, and three fresh signature cheeses.

* Based on our fiscal year 2022, 160 of 414 Franchised Stores in the category (or 39%) met or exceeded this average. This information appears in Item 19 of our 2023 FDD – please refer to our FDD for complete information on financial performance. Results may differ. There is no assurance that any franchisee will perform as well.