Adora
MandatoryAdora currently provides a system approved by Franchisor.
+2.667% units YoYHQ-led decisions
Pizza Guys
Quick service restaurantSoftware purchasing at Pizza Guys is controlled at the franchisor level, with Shahpour M. Nejad listed as the agent for service of process in the 2024 FDD. The brand mandates Adora for its tech stack and operates 82 total units, 77 of which are franchised, creating a concentrated addressable market for vendors. With an AUV of $1,052,529.81 and year-over-year unit growth of 2.667%, the system is small but stable.
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
1 of these are mandated in the franchise agreement. Each is named in Item 11 of the filing — the incumbents a challenger must displace or integrate with.
Who buys here
The buyer at this brand
The decision-maker a vendor sells to at this scale, and the gaps they’re paid to close — derived from the corpus by segment and unit count, not a guess.
The franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.
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Live signals
Total units
82
77 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+2.667%
vs prior filing
AUV
$1.05M
Item 19, 2024
Royalty
5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
—
national + local
Initial fee
$25K
per unit
Investment range
$200K–$424K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
The vendor opportunity at Pizza Guys
Pizza Guys is a quick-service restaurant franchise headquartered in California with 82 total units—77 franchised and 5 company-owned—as disclosed in its 2024 FDD. The system’s average unit volume sits at $1,052,529.81, and year-over-year unit growth is 2.667%. For software vendors, the addressable market is 77 franchised locations, concentrated almost entirely in Wisconsin based on the operator footprint. The brand’s small, centralized structure means a single HQ relationship can unlock the entire system.
Who controls software purchasing
Decision-making authority rests at the franchisor level. The 2024 FDD names Shahpour M. Nejad as the agent for service of process, and no other executives or buying-center roles are listed. Vendors should direct initial pitches to this individual, as no multi-unit operators or regional layers appear in the operator footprint—the data shows 1 mapped operator across roughly 1 located unit, with a unit-band split of 1:1 and zero operators in the 2-9, 10-24, or 25+ bands. This flat structure simplifies outreach but concentrates all purchasing power at HQ.
Mandated and current tech stack
The only technology mandate disclosed in the FDD is Adora. No other POS, back-office, or operational systems are named as required or recommended. This narrow mandate suggests the brand may be open to complementary tools that integrate with Adora or fill gaps in areas like scheduling, inventory, or customer engagement. Vendors should be prepared to explain how their solution coexists with an Adora-centric environment.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Procurement signals are sparse. The FDD does not include an Item 8 extract, so the designated-supplier versus approved-supplier model remains unknown. Similarly, the initial franchise term is not disclosed, and no Item 17 renewal extract is available, leaving contract-cycle windows opaque. Without these data points, vendors should treat timing as always-on and focus on building a direct relationship with HQ to surface upcoming needs.
How to read the Pizza Guys FDD
The 2024 FDD is embedded below for full review. Key sections for software vendors include Item 1 (identifying the agent for service of process), Item 11 (the Adora mandate), and Item 20 (the unit-count and operator-footprint tables). Because Items 8 and 17 lack extracts, procurement and renewal terms must be gathered through direct discovery. Use the document to confirm the centralized decision-making structure and the system’s 77-franchisee addressable base before investing in a sales cycle. For a ranked target list of franchise systems matched to your software category, FranCloud can help.
Questions vendors ask
Pizza Guys, answered from the filing
The FDD lists Shahpour M. Nejad as agent for service of process, indicating centralized control. No additional executives are disclosed, so initial outreach should target this individual.
Adora is the only mandated system named in the FDD. No other required or recommended technology vendors are disclosed.
82 total units: 77 franchised and 5 company-owned. The operator footprint shows 1 mapped operator across approximately 1 located unit, all in Wisconsin.
The FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, so the designated-supplier vs. approved-supplier model is not disclosed in the most recent filing.
The initial term length and Item 17 renewal signals are not disclosed in the 2024 FDD, making contract-cycle timing difficult to estimate without direct inquiry.
The 2024 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can view it directly in the embedded PDF viewer below.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
1 operators run 1 mapped locations — 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit1
Top states by locations
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.