GoKawiilDomino's franchisee Brian Bailey builds 160-store empire after starting as delivery driver
Brian Bailey took a Domino's delivery job in his 20s to pay off student loans and became a store manager within 58 days. He bought his first franchise in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and has since expanded his company, Team Bailey, into the largest Domino's franchise operator in the U.S. with 160 stores across five states after acquiring 45 additional locations in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma in 2025.
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Bailey's rise illustrates how franchise ownership can still offer a path from entry-level service work to large-scale business ownership, especially within fast-food systems that reward operational experience. His practice of helping employees become franchisees themselves also shows how franchise growth can create wealth-building opportunities beyond the original owner.
- Bailey started as a Domino's delivery driver and became a manager in under two months.
- His company Team Bailey now operates 160 stores, the largest Domino's franchise network in the U.S.
- He has helped several former employees become Domino's franchise owners themselves.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Jon Small, 2026-09-14
Published there as: “He Took a Pizza Delivery Job to Pay Off Student Loans. Forty Years Later, He Owns 160 Domino’s Stores.”
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