Battle · 3 companies
Pizza chains
The winner takes the biggest slice. The rest get the crusts.
Domino's leads on 3 of the five measures that matter most: turnover, pre-tax profit, profit margin, growth and net assets. Domino's is the biggest by turnover at £685m, against £362m at PizzaExpress. Pizza Hut keeps the most of every £100 it takes, £14.18 as pre-tax profit.
The year ends are up to 12 months apart, so this compares each company's most recent filing rather than the same twelve months. Domino's files group accounts that include subsidiaries; Pizza Hut and PizzaExpress file for a single company, which flatters the group on size.
Accounts compared: Domino's to Dec 2025 · Pizza Hut to Dec 2024 · PizzaExpress to Dec 2024
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 | -1.2% | -£10m | -2.7% | 7,845 | £16,000 | £46,000 | £983m | £55m | Dec 2024 | Single company |
| 3 | Pizza HutPizza Hut Europe Limited | £28m | -7.1% | £4m | 14.2% | 86 | £58,000 | £329,000 | £135m | £7m | Dec 2024 | 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.).
Category winners
Biggest by turnover
Domino's
£685m
Most pre-tax profit
Domino's
£81m
Highest profit margin
Pizza Hut
14.2%
Fastest-growing turnover
Domino's
+3.1%
Biggest employer
PizzaExpress
7,845 staff
Highest pay per head
Pizza Hut
£58,000
Most turnover per head
Pizza Hut
£329,000
Largest net assets
PizzaExpress
£983m
Most cash
PizzaExpress
£55m
The Takeaway
- Pizza Hut converts the most of its turnover. Of every £100, £14.18 reaches pre-tax profit, against a loss of £2.67 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. Pizza Hut and PizzaExpress went backwards.
- PizzaExpress is the biggest employer with 7,845 people; Pizza Hut pays the most per head, an average staff cost of about £58,000.
- PizzaExpress has the largest balance sheet, net assets of £983m.
Who keeps the most of every £100 of sales?
Pizza Hut keeps the most: £14.18 of every £100 of turnover becomes pre-tax profit. PizzaExpress does worst, losing £2.67.
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
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 Hut (£28m).
By headcount, PizzaExpress leads with 7,845 employees.
The comparison holds with the dates stated plainly: Domino's to Dec 2025, Pizza Hut to Dec 2024, PizzaExpress to Dec 2024. 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 (-1.2%), Pizza Hut (-7.1%).
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, 7,845 people, against 2,402 at Domino's.
Pizza Hut has the highest average staff cost, about £58,000 a head; PizzaExpress the lowest, about £16,000.
Pizza Hut brings in the most turnover per employee, about £329,000, against £46,000 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.
Who owns each one?
Ownership as recorded on the Companies House register of people with significant control, in the bands the register uses.
Owned by its shareholders
Listed on the London Stock Exchange, so no single controller appears on the register.
Who owns Domino's →
Pizza Hut Europe Limited · 10401548Held by Yum! Brands, Inc.
A company recorded as a person with significant control.
Who owns Pizza Hut →
PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited · 02805490Held by Pizzaexpress Limited
A company recorded as a person with significant control. 2 outstanding charges on the register.
Who owns PizzaExpress →
What does the full ledger show?
| Measure | Domino's | Pizza Hut | PizzaExpress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered name | DOMINOS PIZZA GROUP PLC | PIZZA HUT EUROPE LIMITED | PIZZAEXPRESS (RESTAURANTS) LIMITED |
| Company number | 03853545 | 10401548 | 02805490 |
| Incorporated | 1999 | 2016 | 1993 |
| Accounts filed | 11 May 2026 | 1 August 2025 | 23 September 2025 |
| Turnover, prior year | £665m | £30m | £367m |
| Pre-tax profit, prior year | £125m | £9m | -£6m |
| Staff costs | £102m | £5m | £129m |
| Payroll share of turnover | 14.9% | 17.5% | 35.6% |
| Employees, prior year | 1,832 | 79 | 8,709 |
| Dividends paid | n/d | £30m | n/d |
| Charges outstanding | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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, Pizza Hut or PizzaExpress?
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 7,845 employees in its latest accounts.
Domino's or Pizza Hut: which is bigger?
Domino's, with turnover of £685m against £28m at Pizza Hut on their latest filings. On margin, Pizza Hut keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
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.
Pizza Hut or PizzaExpress: which is bigger?
PizzaExpress, with turnover of £362m against £28m at Pizza Hut on their latest filings. On margin, Pizza Hut 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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