Papa Johns International Inc. PZZA

What this company does

Papa John’s International, Inc. operates and franchises pizza delivery and carryout restaurants, and in certain international markets dine-in and delivery restaurants, under the trademark “Papa Johns.” At December 28, 2025, there were 6,083 Papa Johns restaurants in operation, consisting of 475 Company-owned and 5,608 franchised restaurants operating in 50 countries and territories. Papa Johns has four defined reportable segments: Domestic Company-owned restaurants, North America franchising, North America commissaries, and International. The Domestic Company-owned restaurant segment consists of the operations of all Domestic Company-owned restaurants and derives its revenues principally from retail sales of pizza and other food and beverage products. The North America franchising segment consists of franchise sales and support activities and derives its revenues from the sale of franchise and development rights and the collection of royalties from franchisees located in the United States and Canada. The North America commissary segment comprises 11 full-service regional dough production and distribution centers, described as Quality Control Centers, in the United States, which supply pizza sauce, dough, food products, paper products, smallwares and cleaning supplies twice weekly to each traditional restaurant served. The International segment is defined as all restaurant operations outside of the United States and Canada, and as of December 28, 2025 comprised 2,560 restaurants, including 13 Company-owned restaurants in the United Kingdom and 2,547 franchised restaurants. Papa Johns began operations in 1984.

Written from the business description in Papa John’s International, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 26 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.