U.S. pizza restaurant sales 2012-2022

Pizza restaurants in the United States generated around 46.98 billion U.S. dollars in sales in 2022, showing an increase over the previous year's total of 45.59 billion. Chain restaurants contributed around 27.21 billion U.S. dollars to the total sales, compared to 19.77 billion U.S. dollars from independent restaurants.

More independent pizzerias… for now

There were 80,175 pizza restaurants in the United States in 2022, around 56 percent of which were independent pizzerias. Chain restaurants – defined as having ten or more stores – increased their number of units to 35,531 in 2022. Dominos Pizza was the pizza restaurant chain with the most units in the U.S. in 2021. Domino’s Pizza was also the leading pizza chain in terms of sales generated that year.

Spending on carryout orders increases

Consumer spending on pizza delivery in the United States plateaued between 2011 and 2018, before increasing again in 2019 and 2020. One reason for this could be the rise in consumer spending on carryout pizza, which has increased by around six billion U.S. dollars since 2004. Carryout orders are more profitable for pizza companies because a delivery driver is not required; therefore, a greater number of companies are promoting their carryout deals.