Pizza chains in the U.S. with the highest number of units 2020

Pizza Hut was the pizza chain with the most units in the United States in 2020. The company had 6,561 restaurants across the country, which was a little over 200 more than Domino’s Pizza and 2,000 more than Little Caesars. Despite having the most stores in the U.S., Pizza Hut did not have the highest sales of the leading pizza chains.

Which chain sells the most pizzas in the U.S.?

Annual pizza restaurant sales in the United States exceeded 40 billion U.S. dollars for the sixth consecutive year in 2021, totaling 45.59 billion U.S. dollars. In terms of sales, Domino’s Pizza was the leading pizza chain in the United States in 2020. Pizza Hut and Little Caesars were ranked second and third, respectively. Since 2017, Domino's Pizza has been the leading pizza chain in the U.S. in terms of sales.

Independent stores hope to break the chains

The total number of pizza restaurants in the United States fell to 75,117 in 2021. That same year, there were 39,808 independent pizza restaurants in the U.S., roughly two thousand less than the previous year. Meanwhile, the number of U.S.-based pizza chain restaurants in 2021 was 35,309.