SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · KANSAS
Domino's Pizza franchise in Kansas: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Domino's Pizza in Kansas have taken 33 SBA loans since 1991 (average $204,832), and of the 22 loans whose story has ended, 18.2% were charged off — versus 9.4% for Domino's Pizza nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in KS
33
Resolved
22
Local charge-off
18.2%
National charge-off
9.4%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = KS. Charge-off rate = charged-off ÷ (charged-off + paid-in-full); open loans excluded. A local rate is published only when the resolved cohort clears our floor.
Businesses in this industry
4,984
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
167.8
national 179.9
Versus the country
-7%
thinner
Every business in Domino's Pizza's industry operating in Kansas — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across 198 brand-state cells in our loan data, the densest quartile charges off at 5.6% versus 18.1% in the thinnest. A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$433
Kansas, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$537
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-19%
cheaper to staff
What Domino's Pizza's industry actually pays workers in Kansas, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This is a real cost signal independent of the FDD — a market can look demand-rich above and still carry a margin headwind here if local wages run hot for the sector.
| System | Loans in KS | Local charge-off | Units in KS |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOOTER'S COFFEE | 22 | 0.0% | 76 |
| Quiznos | 19 | 25.0% | — |
| Papa Murphy'S | 18 | 6.3% | — |
| Culver's | 13 | thin | — |
| Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas | 13 | thin | — |
| Jimmy John's | 12 | thin | — |
| Sonic Drive-In | 12 | 10.0% | — |
| Cold Stone Creamery | 10 | thin | — |
| Firehouse Subs | 10 | thin | 10 |
| PIZZA RANCH | 10 | thin | 6 |
| Baskin-Robbins | 9 | thin | — |
| Smoothie King | 9 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Domino's Pizza compares to the systems a buyer in Kansas would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
A broker is paid by the franchisor to place you. I'm paid by you — and the job is pressure-testing Domino's Pizza's numbers, including talking you out of a bad deal.