Domino’s continues to carry the benefit over Pizza Hut in complete areas amongst pizza chains, with 21,536 international items and seven,061 U.S. eating places, in accordance with the corporate’s 2025 second-quarter outcomes launched on July 21.
Pizza Hut was once the world’s largest pizza chain till 2017, when Domino’s surpassed the Hut in international gross sales with $12.25 billion in comparison with $12.03 billion.
Pizza Hut reported a complete of 20,225 international areas and 6,474 U.S. areas within the first quarter of 2025. It’s going to launch second-quarter outcomes on Aug. 9.
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Domino’s additionally beat analyst projections within the second quarter for same-store gross sales, rising 3.4% within the quarter ending June 15, exceeding analysts’ common estimated enhance of two.21%, Reuters reported.
Domino’s and Pizza Hut areas:
- Domino’s: World, 21,536; U.S., 7,061.
- Pizza Hut: World, 20,225; U.S., 6,474.
The dominance of Domino’s and Pizza Hut has impacted a variety of smaller pizza eating chains, like Backdraughts Pizza, which may’t compete with the 2 largest chains’ sheer variety of areas and their enormous promoting budgets.
Fierce competitors, together with rising labor and meals prices, has compelled many smaller pizza restaurant chains to shut areas and typically file for Chapter 11 or Chapter 7 chapter safety.
Again Draughts Pizza recordsdata for Chapter 11 chapter
Widespread brick-fired pizza and craft beer chain Again Draughts LLC filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety to reorganize its enterprise on July 23.
The New Port Richey, Fla., pizza restaurant chain, whose areas are generally known as Backdraughts Pizza, filed its Subchapter V petition within the U.S. Chapter Courtroom for the Center District of Florida, itemizing as much as $50,000 in belongings and $1 million to $10 million in liabilities.
The family-owned pizza chain, which opened about six years in the past in a downtown Submit Workplace constructing, at present operates areas in Tarpon Springs and New Port Richey, Fla., in addition to the Twisted Orange Craft Cocktail Lounge in Tarpon Springs.
Pizza Chains that filed for Chapter 11 chapter:
- Individuals First Pizza: March 26, 2025
- Zeppe’s Tavern: March 31, 2025;
- Bertucci’s Eating places: April 24, 2025;
- Pink Door Pizza LLC: July 15;
- Again Draughts: July 23.
Different small pizza chains additionally confronted monetary misery this yr as rock and roll-themed pizza restaurant franchise Zeppe’s Tavern in Newbury, Ohio, filed for Chapter 11 chapter on March 31, 2025, searching for to reorganize its enterprise.
Zeppe’s Tavern consists of 13 areas in Northeast Ohio and one in Naples, Fla., in accordance with the restaurant’s web site.
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East Coast pizza chain Bertucci’s Eating places filed for Chapter 11 safety thrice in seven years, dealing with financial points.
The pizza chain first filed in April 2018, after which filed a second time in December 2022, when it operated 31 eating places. Bertucci’s had 15 eating places when it filed the third time in April 2025.
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Even a number of the largest chains weren’t immune from submitting for chapter, as Individuals First Pizza Inc., which operated Domino’s Pizza areas, on March 26, 2025, filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety to reorganize its enterprise, dealing with over $500,000 in disputed claims. The franchisee deliberate to proceed working.
Greenville, S.C.-based Little Caesars pizza franchisee Pink Door Pizza LLC, which is owned by fast-food chain franchisee Pink Door Manufacturers LLC, filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety on July 15 together with three associates, searching for to restructure their companies.
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