Just how big is the pizza business? We’re glad you asked. The retail pizza market is huge and franchises generate more sales per store than independent pizza stores!
Here are some statistics we have complied from pizza industry resources:
• Retail pizza sales in the US top $30 Billion annually
• There are over 65,000 pizza stores nationally
• More than 90% of all Americans eat pizza each month
• The most popular toping is, you guessed it, Pepperoni – over 250 million pounds of it each year
• Each year national pizza month is in October; national pizza month started in 1987
• 41% of pizza stores are part of a chain or franchise
• 49% of total pizza sales come from chains and franchises