Pizza restaurants in the U.S. - statistics & facts

Pizza restaurants are an important segment of the restaurant industry in the United States. With consumers having the flexibility to dine in, order takeout, or arrange their pizza for delivery, sales of the popular Italian dish have experienced growth over the past ten years. In 2022, pizza restaurant sales in the U.S. reached a new all-time high of 46.9 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of roughly ten billion U.S. dollars when compared to ten years prior. Meanwhile, the overall number of pizza restaurants in the U.S. has also been on the rise, increasing by around seven thousand units in the last eight years to a high of more than 80 thousand units in 2022. That year, pizza chain restaurant sales in the U.S. exceeded independent pizza restaurant sales by more than seven billion U.S. dollars.

The rise of independent pizza restaurants in the U.S.

In recent years, the distribution of pizza restaurants in the U.S. has skewed in favor of smaller, independent restaurants. The country had around 44.6 thousand independent pizza restaurants and 35.5 thousand chain restaurants in 2022. During that same year, the leading pizza chains in the U.S. by sales were Domino’s, Pizza Hut, and Little Caesars. Domino’s Pizza placed first in the ranking with over 8.5 billion U.S. dollars in sales, while Pizza Hut reported over 5.2 billion U.S. dollars in sales. Domino’s also ranked first as the leading pizza chain in the U.S. by number of units in 2022 with 6,618 restaurants. Additionally, Domino’s was the fifth most valuable QSR brand worldwide in 2022.

How popular is pizza in the U.S.?

From 2004 to 2019, consumers in the U.S. spent around 10 billion U.S. dollars annually on pizza delivery. This all changed during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic when a lack of in-house dining caused spending to roughly double. In 2021, consumer spending on pizza delivery in the U.S. peaked at 19.8 billion U.S. dollars, and that figure remained as high as 17.3 billion in 2022. Regardless of whether consumers are able to enjoy their pizza inside a restaurant, it remains a popular dish for Americans of all ages. In the first quarter of 2023, a survey determined that pizza was the most ordered type of fast food in the United States and the most ordered type of fast food among all age groups.
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Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 10, 2023

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