This list of pizza chains includes notable pizzerias and

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that is often covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based sauce and mozzarella cheese. Other toppings are added according to region, culture, or personal preference. A restaurant or takeout where pizzas are made and sold as main food is called a '' pizzeria'' () or simply “pizza parlor” in English. The term ''pizza pie'' is a (mainly American) dialectal, and ''pie'' is used for simplicity in some contexts, such as among pizzeria staff.

International chains

US based

see also article: List of pizza chains of the United States * California Pizza Kitchen *

Chuck E. Cheese Chuck E. Cheese (formerly known as Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza and simply Chuck E. Cheese's) is an American family entertainment center and pizza restaurant chain founded in 1977 by Atari's co-founder Nolan Bu ...

* Domino's Pizza * Little Caesars * Papa John's Pizza * Pizza Hut * Pizza Inn * Sbarro * Shakey's Pizza *

Uno Pizzeria & Grill Uno Pizzeria & Grill (formerly Pizzeria Uno and Uno Chicago Grill), or more informally as Unos, is a franchised pizzeria restaurant chain under the parent company Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation. Uno Pizzeria and Grill is best known for its ...

Canada, Europe and Asia

* Boston Pizza * Dodo Pizza * Figaro's Pizza * Sarpino's Pizzeria * Telepizza * The Pizza Company * PizzaExpress * Pizza Corner (owned now by Caesars Pizza) * Pizza Pizza * Vapiano *

Yellow Cab Pizza Yellow Cab Pizza Co. is a pizza restaurant chain based in the Philippines. Founded in April 2001 by Eric Puno, Henry Lee and Albert Tan, Yellow Cab Pizza is owned by Max's Group, who is also the owner of the restaurant fried chicken chain Max' ...

Pizzerias by country of origin

Australia

Pizza Capers Pizza Capers is a fast food chain and franchise based in Queensland that sells pizza and Italian cuisine. Pizza Capers has over 110 stores throughout Australia, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), New South Wales, Queensland, Tas ...

La Porchetta ''La Porchetta'' () is an Australian and New Zealand restaurant franchise which has become one of the biggest Italian restaurant chains in those countries. There are about 38 outlets now in Australia and New Zealand which are owned by franchise ...

Brazil

* Mister Pizza

Canada

* 241 Pizza * Boston Pizza *

Freshslice Pizza Freshslice Pizza is a Canadian pizza chain and franchise founded by Ray Russell in 1999. The franchise owns 77 branches across Canada. They are known for their pizza by the slice. Awards and recognition In 2014 and 2015, Freshslice received a G ...

Gabriel Pizza Gabriel Pizza is a pizza restaurant franchise located in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The company currently has a total of 38 locations in these provinces. Gabriel Pizza's current president and CEO is George Hanna. History Gabr ...

* Greco Pizza Restaurant *

King of Donair King of Donair (often abbreviated KOD) is a chain of restaurants that was established in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1973 by Greek immigrant Peter Gamoulakos, who popularized the donair in the city. The brand has a cult-like following, and has be ...

* Mikes *

Mother's Pizza Mother's Pizza Parlour and Spaghetti House, or simply Mother's Pizza, was a restaurant revival of a major 1970s and 1980s chain of the same name, which grew to 120 locations in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The restaurant is ...

* Panago *

Pizza 73 Pizza 73 is a Canadian pizza restaurant chain. It was acquired by the Toronto-based Pizza Pizza chain in 2007 for . Pizza 73 has 89 locations in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Yukon. The restaurant's name originates from its ori ...

* Pizza Delight * Pizza Nova *

Pizzaiolo Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, oni ...

* Pizza Pizza * Topper's Pizza

China

Kro's Nest Kro's Nest () is a chain of pizza restaurants in Beijing operated by Beijing Kro’s Nest F&B Management, headquartered in Chaoyang District. Christopher Beam of '' Bloomberg Businessweek'' stated that the chain was "known for its American-s ...

Origus Beijing Origus Food & Beverage Ltd., doing business as Origus Pizza Buffet () or Origus (), is a Chinese Western-style buffet chain.Jeno's Pizza

Finland

Kotipizza Kotipizza Oyj is the largest pizza restaurant chain in the Nordic countries. ' is Finnish and translates as "home". Kotipizza is part of Kotipizza Group, and it operates a chain of pizza franchises in Finland. In 2021, there were 290 Kotipizza re ...

France

Speed Rabbit Pizza Speed Rabbit Pizza S.A. is a pizza restaurant chain in France, with its headquarters in Lille, Nord in the Hauts-de-France region. The company was listed on the ''Marché Libre'' of the Paris Stock Exchange in 1996. Daniel Sommer has been the ...

Germany

* Vapiano

India

Smokin' Joes Smokin' Joe's is an Indian chain of pizzerias headquartered in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1993 by Parsi entrepreneurs. Smokin' Joe's currently operates in number of cities in India. It has 58 stores throughout India. Smokin' Joe's prima ...

Ireland

* Four Star Pizza *

Apache Pizza Apache Pizza is a chain of fast food pizza delivery restaurants in Ireland. Founded in 1996 by Robert Pendleton and his wife Emily Gore Grimes, Apache is the trading name of The Good Food Company. As of 2022, there are over 160 stores across the ...

Israel

* Big Apple Pizza

Italy

Rossopomodoro Rossopomodoro is an Italian pizza restaurant chain, headquartered in Naples, with outlets in Italy, the UK, France, Germany, Iceland, Turkey, Denmark, the US, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Brazil and Malta. They were founded by three former professional ...

Spizzico Spizzico is a chain of franchised quick-service pizzerias owned by the Italian-based multinational catering company Autogrill. The chain currently has 169 restaurants in Italy, Greece, Switzerland, France, and the United States. Typical locations ...

Japan

* Aoki's Pizza *

Pizza California is a pizza chain in Japan. Franchises of the chain are located in 26 of Japan's 47 prefectures. The company has its headquarters in the Hiei Kudan-Kita Building in Kudankita is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of four ' ...

* Pizza-La

Lithuania

Čili Čili is a restaurant chain in Lithuania and Latvia. It started as a pizza restaurant, but soon diversified into different areas. History In 1997, the first Čili Pica restaurant was opened on Konstitucijos Avenue in Vilnius, Lithuania. From ...

Mexico

Benedetti's Pizza Benedetti's Pizza is a pizza chain in Mexico. Founded in 1983, it currently operates more than 114 units in 16 cities of the Mexican Republic and its headquarters are in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; ...

Netherlands

New York Pizza New York Pizza is a Dutch fast-food chain specialising in pizzas. The individual outlets are operated by franchisees. In 2021, New York Pizza was acquired by the Norwegian company Orkla and transferred to Consumer & Financial Investments togethe ...

New Zealand

* Hell Pizza

Norway

* Peppes Pizza

Philippines

* Greenwich Pizza *

Russia

* Dodo Pizza *

South Africa

* Debonairs Pizza * Panarottis *

Roman's Pizza Roman's Pizza is a South African-based pizza restaurant chain franchise founded in 1993. Originally named Little Caesar's (copied from the American brand Little Caesars pizza) when it was founded by Arthur Nicolakakis in Pretoria. The chain wa ...

South Korea

Mr. Pizza Mr. Pizza Inc. ( Korean: 미스터피자) is a South Korean pizza chain established in 1990. It is the top pizza brand in Korea in terms of the number of franchisees and sales. Mr. Pizza has won recognition overseas. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 Chi ...

Spain

* Telepizza

Taiwan

Alleycat's Pizza Alleycat's Pizza, usually referred to simply as Alleycat's, is a pizzeria chain restaurant that started in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2004. From its humble origins in the tiny basement level of a building on Lishui Street, it had expanded to Twelve loca ...

Thailand

* The Pizza Company

Trinidad and Tobago

Mario's Pizzeria Mario's Pizzeria is a pizza restaurant chain in Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad a ...

Ukraine

Pizza Celentano Pizza Celentano is a Ukrainian franchise quick-service pizza restaurant chain. It was founded in 1997 in Lviv. *

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* Bella Italia * Carluccio's *

easyPizza EasyPizza (styled as easyPizza) was a short-lived pizza delivery franchise launched on 17 December 2004, owned by EasyGroup. Overview easyPizza offered a restricted menu and prices that varied according demand. Cheaper pizzas were offered during ...

* Franco Manca * PizzaExpress * Prezzo *

Strada Strada is a chain based in the United Kingdom of branded restaurants specialising in Italian cuisine with two Strada sites and six Coppa Clubs, all in Southern England. History The concept was spawned by Luke Johnson in 2000 and, over five ...

Tops Pizza Tops Pizza is a British pizza takeaway chain, with forty two stores in London and the South East of the United Kingdom. The company opened its first store at 74 Fulham Palace Road in 1988, by British–Iranian Ali Morad Yazdi Nodoushani, then age ...

* Zizzi

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Pizza chains Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onio ...