Pizza Hut closed hundreds of stores last year: See where restaurants shuttered as new ownership takes effect
In June, fast-food restaurant giant Yum Brands announced it would sell Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital. Yesterday, LongRange Capital announced it had completed its acquisition. The pizza chain has seen significant changes to its physical store footprint in recent years. Before being acquired, Pizza Hut closed 261 U.S. stores in 2025, according to the pizza chain’s latest…
Pizza Hut, owned by Yum Brands, announced in June that it had completed the acquisition of Pizza Hut from LongRange Capital. Since then, the pizza chain has continued to close stores, with a net loss of 206 restaurants from the start of the year. In 2025, Pizza Hut operated 5,031 franchise and company-owned locations across the United States, a decrease of 75 company-owned stores and 261 franchised locations from the previous year.
California, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, Texas, Indiana, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Louisiana, New York, Alabama, Ohio, Maryland, South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, Washington, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Arkansas, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana each saw a significant number of closures, with the majority of closures occurring in these states.
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