The extensive impact of Pizza Hut closures on UK high streets is now unveiled through an interactive map, highlighting one area set to lose seven out of its nine restaurants. Administrators have disclosed the closure locations of 68 Pizza Hut outlets as the company joins the list of prominent dining chains facing financial challenges.
As part of a restructuring effort, 11 delivery sites will also cease operations, putting 1,210 jobs at risk. Following the closure plan, only 64 Pizza Hut restaurants will remain operational in the UK.
The interactive map showcases the Greater Manchester region as significantly affected, with seven out of nine Pizza Hut locations in the area marked for closure, leaving only the outlets at the Trafford Centre and in Manchester city center.
Similarly, in Greater London, nine Pizza Hut establishments in outer boroughs will shut down, leaving just three in central London and one at Bluewater shopping center. Fortunately, the East Midlands will be spared from closures, with restaurants in Lincoln, Nottingham, Mansfield, Thurmaston, and Leicester set to remain open.
DC London Pie, the company operating Pizza Hut’s UK dine-in restaurants under a franchise agreement, has appointed administrators from FTI, a corporate finance firm. Yum! Brands, the American hospitality corporation that owns Pizza Hut globally, has acquired the UK restaurant operation through a pre-pack administration deal, safeguarding 64 sites.
Earlier in January 2025, Directional Capital took over 139 Pizza Hut restaurants, saving 3,000 jobs, after the collapse of the previous operator, Heart with Smart Limited, with debts amounting to nearly £40 million to investor Pricoa Capital. DC London Pie, established by Directional Capital, was tasked with managing Pizza Hut restaurants in the UK, with the first UK Pizza Hut opening in Islington, London, in 1973.
Pizza Hut has affirmed its commitment to operate across the UK through a combination of company-owned and franchise restaurants, including 351 delivery Huts serving the UK, Northern Ireland, and Ireland, alongside the 64 dine-in sites acquired in the recent deal.