Number of Papa John's employees worldwide 2011-2023
The number of Papa John's employees worldwide amounted to approximately 13,200 in 2023, an increase over the previous year. The company has reduced its workforce significantly since 2016. Despite the reduction in Papa John's company-owned restaurant workforce, Papa John's remains one of the leading pizza restaurants in the United States.
Employees are a key ingredient to restaurant success
A typical Papa John’s company-owned restaurant in the United States employs between 20 and 25 restaurant team members, most of whom work part-time and are paid on an hourly basis. The general decline in employees since 2016 came in spite of an increase in the number of its global restaurants in recent years. In 2023, pizza chain Papa John’s had a total of approximately 5,906 restaurants worldwide, up from 5,706 the previous year.
The rise of Papa John’s
In 1984, ‘Papa’ John Schnatter first started serving pizza from his father’s tavern in Indiana. The company has grown to operate nearly 6,000 restaurants in countries and territories all around the world. In 2023, Papa John's had 3,220 total restaurants located in its domestic market of the United States. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom had the highest number of Papa John’s restaurants outside of the U.S. that year.