Quick service pizza chains in the U.S. with the highest number of units 2023

Domino's Pizza was the pizza chain with the most units in the United States in 2023. The company had 6,854 restaurants across the country that year, which was nearly 300 more than Pizza Hut and well over 2,000 more than Little Caesars. 

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 seventh consecutive year in 2022, totaling 46.9 billion U.S. dollars. In terms of sales, Domino’s Pizza was the leading pizza chain in the United States in 2023. Pizza Hut and Little Caesars ranked second and third, respectively. 

Independent stores hope to break the chains

The total number of pizza restaurants in the United States increased to 80,175 in 2022. That same year, there were 44,644 independent pizza restaurants in the U.S., which was roughly five thousand more than the previous year. Meanwhile, the number of U.S.-based pizza chain restaurants in 2022 was 35,531.