This Is America's Largest Pizza Chain, But You Probably Haven't Heard Of It

The pizza place with the most American locations isn't a big name like the notable chains hailing from Michigan. It isn't going to be in your rotation to call for delivery. And, yet, with more than 10,400 outlets (as of November 2025), it handily beats second-place Domino's with 7,108 stores or third-place Pizza Hut's 6,739 (according to data from ScrapeHero). Hunt Brothers Pizza is scattered across the country, with availability in 33 continental states — as of this writing, it hasn't spread to New England or the West Coast. If you're wondering why you can't recall having seen a Hunt Brothers franchise, it's because almost all the locations are within convenience stores, along with other third-party businesses like entertainment complexes. 

The best frozen pizza brand piles on the toppings, and Hunt Brothers wins acclaim for following a similar strategy. Franchisees install a pizza oven from Hunt Brothers and buy food prep ingredients from the company. There are no franchise fees or hidden costs involved. The pizza can be sold from small heated displays that sit on a counter. Hunt Brothers is known for its "hunks" of pizza, each of which is equivalent to ¼ of a whole pie, and these hunks are loaded with toppings. The company also offers bone-in and boneless chicken wings. One savvy menu addition, given the fact that Hunt Brothers is primarily gas station-based, is the breakfast pizza, which caters to hungry browsers looking for something yummy for the first meal of the day. America may have made pizza popular, but Hunt Brothers is making pizza accessible, filling a need in locations that may be too remote or underdeveloped to support a full-sized pizza restaurant.

The Hunt Brothers chain got its name from four IRL brothers who started a wholesale pizza company called Pepe's Pizza in the 1960s. The Hunts were sons of a restaurant owner, and food was apparently in the blood. In 1990, the family transitioned to selling pizza directly to consumers. They hit upon the convenience store partnership model and struck gold, spreading quickly through the Midwest and South.

The million dollar question is, is Hunt Brothers' pizza any good? That, it seems, is up in the air. "I've eaten the Hunts [sic] pizza at several gas stations," announced one Redditor. "It tastes just like you would expect a gas station pizza to taste." A Facebook commenter seemed pleased with the pies, given their innate limitations: "I order these every now and then [at the] local gas station when nothing else is open. Pretty decent for gas station pizza when you get it fresh." On yet another Reddit thread, a commenter waxed philosophical: "For me its [sic] all about the situation. They sell them at a lot of rural country gas stations in Louisiana since its so remote there is no delivery pizza. So for that situation its great."

As long as you don't saunter up to a Hunt Brothers display expecting gourmet 'za, you might just be pleasantly surprised. With as many locations as the company has, it can be comforting to have something familiar on a road trip, or when you need to grab an on-the-go meal. Many folks adhere to the maxim that there's no such thing as bad pizza, so this industry giant might be just the thing for you next time you enter a convenience store.