Number of Papa Johns restaurants in the U.S. 2007-2023, by mode of operation
The number of Papa Johns restaurants in the United States amounted to 3,220 in 2023, with company-owned and franchised stores increasing over the previous year. The overall number of Papa Johns restaurants in the U.S. peaked in 2016. That year, there were 2,629 and 702 company-owned and franchised Papa Johns stores, respectively, in the chain's home nation.
How are company-owned Papa Johns stores performing?
Papa Johns operates company-owned restaurants to improve marketing, employee training, and quality standards for the benefit of its entire network of stores. The company generated approximately 726 million U.S. dollars in sales revenue across its domestic company-owned restaurants in 2023. This meant that each company-owned store made an average of 1.4 million U.S. dollars in restaurant sales over the year.
Papa Johns expands international franchises
In 2023, the majority of Papa John’s domestic restaurants were franchised, with at least one location in every U.S state except Vermont, and including the District of Columbia. Nearly all of the company’s 2,356 international restaurants were franchised in 2023. The United Kingdom was the only exception that year, with a total of 117 international company-operated restaurants in 2023.
