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Is Pizza Hut closing stores?

6,260 US locations, Oct 10, 2026 B

Yes. Pizza Hut’s US store locator lists about 6,260 locations as of Oct 10, 2026.

Yum Brands said in February 2026 it would close about 250 underperforming US Pizza Hut restaurants in the first half of 2026.

−298
since Jan 2023 (▼ 4.5%) estimate
−261
last 12 months (▼ 4.0%) estimate
−211
so far in 2026 (▼ 3.3%) estimate

Changes marked “estimate” aren’t anchored to a company count yet, so we don’t use them in headlines (why).

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Timeline

  1. Yum Brands said in February 2026 it would close about 250 underperforming US Pizza Hut restaurants in the first half of 2026. nrn.com
  2. Pizza Hut to shutter 250 US restaurants; ended 2025 with 6,307 domestic locations. qsrmagazine.com
  3. Our store-locator count: about 6,260 US locations. The Store Count

How many Pizza Hut locations are there in the US?

About 6,260, according to Pizza Hut’s own store locator on Oct 10, 2026, after removing duplicates and anything outside the US.

Is Pizza Hut closing locations in 2026?

Shrinking, as of Feb 4, 2026: Yum Brands said in February 2026 it would close about 250 underperforming US Pizza Hut restaurants in the first half of 2026. On the store locator, the count has changed by −211 since early January (an estimate).