Battle · 3 companies

Pizza chains

The winner takes the biggest slice. The rest get the crusts.

Domino's leads on turnover, pre-tax profit, profit margin and growth; PizzaExpress on net assets. Domino's is the biggest by turnover at £685m, against £362m at PizzaExpress. Domino's keeps the most of every £100 it takes, £11.83 as pre-tax profit.

The year ends are close enough to compare like for like. Domino's files group accounts that include subsidiaries; PizzaExpress and Pizza Pilgrims file for a single company, which flatters the group on size.

Spark Intel Research Desk·Last updated 9 November 2026·Source: Companies House filed accounts

Accounts compared: Domino's to Dec 2025 · PizzaExpress to Dec 2025 · Pizza Pilgrims to Dec 2025

Biggest by turnover

Domino's

£685m

Highest profit margin

Domino's

11.8%

Fastest-growing turnover

Domino's

+3.1%

The Numbers

#	Company	Turnover	Change	Pre-tax profit	Margin	Employees	Pay per head	Turnover per head	Net assets	Bank and cash	Accounts to	Basis
1	Domino'sDominos Pizza Group PLC	£685m	+3.1%	£81m	11.8%	2,402	£42,000	£285,000	-£88m	£25m	Dec 2025	Group
2	PizzaExpressPizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited	£362m	-0.1%	-£22m	-6.0%	7,104	£19,000	£51,000	£670m	£14m	Dec 2025	Single company
3	Pizza PilgrimsPizza Pilgrims Ltd	£60m	n/d	£0.7m	1.1%	566	£44,000	£106,000	£5m	£0.9m	Dec 2025	Single company

Ranked by turnover. Click any column to sort. The leader on each measure is highlighted. Movements are against each company's own prior year. Pre-tax profit is filed except where marked (est.). Domino's Pizza Group's revenue of £685.4m is mostly what it charges its franchisees: £426.6m of food supplied to them, £80.1m of royalties, rent and other income and £85.8m of advertising and ecommerce fund contributions, plus £92.9m from its own stores. Sales to customers across all Domino's stores, which the group calls system sales, were £1,595.6m (annual report, 52 weeks to 28 December 2025, p. 29). Pizza Pilgrims changed its year end: these accounts cover the 18 months from 3 July 2024 to 31 December 2025, against 12 months to 2 July 2024 before, so turnover of £59.8m is not comparable with the prior year's £34.4m (Companies House accounts to 31 December 2025).

Category winners

Biggest by turnover

Domino's

£685m

Most pre-tax profit

Domino's

£81m

Highest profit margin

Domino's

11.8%

Fastest-growing turnover

Domino's

+3.1%

Biggest employer

PizzaExpress

7,104 staff

Highest pay per head

Pizza Pilgrims

£44,000

Most turnover per head

Domino's

£285,000

Largest net assets

PizzaExpress

£670m

Most cash

Domino's

£25m

The Takeaway

Domino's converts the most of its turnover. Of every £100, £11.83 reaches pre-tax profit, against a loss of £5.99 at PizzaExpress.
Domino's is the largest on the top line, £685m of turnover, 1.9x PizzaExpress's £362m.
Domino's is growing fastest, turnover +3.1% on its own prior year. PizzaExpress went backwards.
PizzaExpress is the biggest employer with 7,104 people; Pizza Pilgrims pays the most per head, an average staff cost of about £44,000.
PizzaExpress has the largest balance sheet, net assets of £670m, while Domino's holds the most cash at £25m.

Who keeps the most of every £100 of sales?

Domino's keeps the most: £11.83 of every £100 of turnover becomes pre-tax profit. PizzaExpress does worst, losing £5.99.

Financing bites hardest at Domino's: £4.90 of every £100 goes on interest.

Every profit figure here is the one the company filed.

The chart splits each company's turnover into £100: what goes on people, on interest and on everything else, and what is left as profit.

Out of every £100 of turnover

Payroll (staff costs)Financing (interest paid)Other running costsPre-tax profitLoss: the costs beyond £100

Each column is £100 of that company's own turnover, so companies of any size compare on one scale; the figures are pounds out of each £100, not millions. Companies run from the best margin to the worst. Payroll is staff costs, financing is interest paid, other running costs are everything else, and profit is pre-tax profit, filed or estimated as marked in the table. A loss is not an extra cost: it is the part of the costs that runs past the £100 line, marked with a red bracket. Hover over any segment for its figure.

Who is the biggest, and does the comparison hold?

By turnover the order is Domino's (£685m), PizzaExpress (£362m), Pizza Pilgrims (£60m).

By headcount, PizzaExpress leads with 7,104 employees.

The accounting periods all end in the same month. The bases differ: group accounts include the businesses a company owns, single-company accounts do not.

Turnover on the latest filing

Who is growing fastest?

Domino's grew fastest, turnover +3.1% on its own prior year, ahead of PizzaExpress (-0.1%).

Turnover change on each company's own prior year

Who employs the most, who pays the most, and who brings in the most per head?

PizzaExpress employs the most, 7,104 people, against 2,402 at Domino's.

Pizza Pilgrims has the highest average staff cost, about £44,000 a head; PizzaExpress the lowest, about £19,000.

Domino's brings in the most turnover per employee, about £285,000, against £51,000 at PizzaExpress. It says as much about the business model as the workforce: a marketplace or a wholesaler needs far fewer people per pound than a restaurant or a gym.

Domino's

2,402

employees, about £42,000 pay a head, £285,000 turnover a head, +31.1% on the year

PizzaExpress

7,104

employees, about £19,000 pay a head, £51,000 turnover a head, -9.4% on the year

Pizza Pilgrims

566

employees, about £44,000 pay a head, £106,000 turnover a head, +17.9% on the year

Who owns each one?

Ownership as recorded on the Companies House register of people with significant control, in the bands the register uses.

Dominos Pizza Group PLC · 03853545

Owned by its shareholders

Listed on the London Stock Exchange, so no single controller appears on the register.

Who owns Domino's →

PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited · 02805490

Held by Pizzaexpress Limited

A company recorded as a person with significant control. 2 outstanding charges on the register.

Who owns PizzaExpress →

Pizza Pilgrims Ltd · 08292290

Held by Naples Bidco Limited

A company recorded as a person with significant control. 1 outstanding charge on the register.

Who owns Pizza Pilgrims →

What does the full ledger show?

Measure	Domino's	PizzaExpress	Pizza Pilgrims
Registered name	DOMINOS PIZZA GROUP PLC	PIZZAEXPRESS (RESTAURANTS) LIMITED	PIZZA PILGRIMS LTD
Company number	03853545	02805490	08292290
Incorporated	1999	1993	2012
Accounts filed	11 May 2026	5 October 2026	8 July 2026
Turnover, prior year	£665m	£362m	£34m
Pre-tax profit, prior year	£125m	-£10m	-£0.1m
Staff costs	£102m	£133m	£25m
Payroll share of turnover	14.9%	36.8%	41.4%
Employees, prior year	1,832	7,845	480
Dividends paid	n/d	n/d	n/d
Charges outstanding	0	2	1

A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d; a zero in a filing is treated as not disclosed. Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, above that to the nearest million.

Pizza chains: common questions

Who is the biggest of Domino's, PizzaExpress or Pizza Pilgrims?

Domino's, with turnover of £685m in the year to December 2025.

Which makes the most profit?

Domino's: £81m pre-tax in the year to December 2025.

Which employs the most people?

PizzaExpress, with 7,104 employees in its latest accounts.

Domino's or PizzaExpress: which is bigger?

Domino's, with turnover of £685m against £362m at PizzaExpress on their latest filings. On margin, Domino's keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.

Domino's or Pizza Pilgrims: which is bigger?

Domino's, with turnover of £685m against £60m at Pizza Pilgrims on their latest filings. On margin, Domino's keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.

PizzaExpress or Pizza Pilgrims: which is bigger?

PizzaExpress, with turnover of £362m against £60m at Pizza Pilgrims on their latest filings. On margin, Pizza Pilgrims keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.

Where do these figures come from?

Each company's latest accounts filed at Companies House. Each links to its full Spark Intel profile, which names the filing it comes from.

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