mcre Media : Flynn

The largest Pizza Hut franchisee in the world is Flynn Group (formerly Flynn Restaurant Group). As of March 2025, they operate over 1,000 Pizza Hut locations in the U.S. and an additional 260+ units in Australia. Flynn Group entered the Pizza Hut system in 2021 by acquiring 937 locations from NPC International, which was formerly the largest operator before declaring bankruptcy.

• Operator Name: Flynn Group

• Total Locations: 1,000+ U.S. / ~300 Australia (as of March 2025)

• Key Growth: Became the largest franchisee in 2021

• Other Brands: Flynn Group also operates Applebee's, Taco Bell, Wendy's, Arby's, and Panera Bread [1, 2, 3, 6]

NPC International was the previous holder of this title until it went bankrupt in 2020-2021, and its assets were sold to the Flynn Group. [7, 8]

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[1] https://flynn.com/pizza-hut/

[2] https://www.pmq.com/the-largest-pizza-hut-franchisee-just-eclipsed-1000-u-s-based-stores/

[3] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/flynn-group-surpasses-1k-pizza-102300479.html

[4] https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/flynn-restaurant-group-completes-its-purchase-pizza-hut-wendys-restaurants

[5] https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/flynn-restaurant-group-agrees-to-buy-all-of-npc-international-s-pizza-hut-locations-and-most-of-its-wendy-s-units-with-the-remainder-to-go-to-existing-wendy-s-franchisees

[6] https://www.fermag.com/articles/flynn-restaurant-group-now-the-largest-pizza-hut-franchisee/