One sign of a promising menu category is that both the large players and the emerging chains have healthy growth rates. While fast-casual DIY concepts like MOD Pizza, Blaze Pizza and Pieology Pizzeria are making big gains, doubling or even tripling systemwide sales, Little Caesars, Papa John’s and especially Domino’s (up 14.1%) continue to shine. Overall, the limited-service pizza chains within the Top 500 increased sales by 5.9% and units by 1.8%.
2016 Rank | Chain Name | 2015 U.S. Sales ($000) | 2015 U.S. Units |
| 9 | Pizza Hut | 5,510,000* | 7,799 |
| 12 | Domino's | 4,708,587* | 5,200 |
| 19 | Little Caesars | 3,500,000* | 4,250* |
| 24 | Papa John's | 2,816,017* | 3,290 |
| 51 | Papa Murphy's Pizza | 880,429 | 1,496 |
| 89 | Cicis Pizza | 430,000* | 445 |
| 90 | Round Table Pizza | 424,107 | 437 |
| 92 | Marco's Pizza | 417,632 | 667 |
| 101 | Chuck E. Cheese's | 364,294* | 553 |
| 107 | Hungry Howie's Pizza | 342,478 | 548 |
| 108 | Jet's Pizza | 339,500* | 384 |
| 122 | Godfather's Pizza | 299,200* | 550* |
| 140 | Sbarro | 250,900* | 550* |
| 156 | Pizza Ranch | 228,618 | 192 |
| 179 | Peter Piper Pizza | 190,500* | 94 |
| 183 | Donatos Pizza | 183,600 | 153 |
| 211 | Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen | 148,612 | 245 |
| 217 | Papa Gino's Pizzeria | 144,680 | 163 |
| 237 | Mazzio's Italian Eatery | 124,600* | 133* |
| 238 | Fox's Pizza Den | 124,200* | 242 |
| 246 | Mountain Mike's Pizza | 122,054 | 164 |
*Technomic estimate
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