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Reports & Data Studies

What delivery costs, what drivers make, and how the industry pays. Original research, updated monthly, citable with attribution.

$100K to $1.2Mto open, by formatfoodlaborprofitwhere every sales dollar goes, and what is leftINTERACTIVE P&L
Economics study · 2026

What It Costs to Open (and Run) a Pizza Shop

Startup budgets from public franchise disclosures, the six-line P&L, and an interactive payback model.

$0.47/minational documented delivery costMWSWNEUPDATED MONTHLY
Monthly index

The Delivery Cost Index

The national cost of a delivery mile, tracked monthly against the IRS rate.

DOCUMENTED COST CORRIDORflat fees$0.27 effectiveIRS default$0.76documented rate
Annual study · 2026

The State of Delivery Reimbursement

How the industry pays, why both dominant structures fail, and the state risk map.

Inside the miledepreciationfuelinsurancemaint.fuel is only a quarter of the cost
Component study · 2026

The True Cost of a Delivery Mile

What is inside the $0.47, and why fuel is the smallest part of the story.

Benchmark datasets

IRS $0.76documented cost, all 50 states

Rates by State

50 states
wage+ tipsreimb.costswhat drivers actually keep, 50 states + 14 cities

Driver Pay Benchmarks

50 states + 14 cities
single-unit gross revenue tiers by state and city

Shop Revenue Benchmarks

50 states + 14 cities

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Every figure here comes from the engine operators use to set documented rates.

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