page_title: Papa John's Pizza
section_title: Europe
hierarchical_section_title: Papa John's Pizza / Operations / Franchises outside the U.S. / Europe
caption_attribution_description: English: Scooters of a Papa John's Pizza store in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands
context_page_description: Papa John's is an American pizza restaurant franchise. It is the fourth largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States, with headquarters in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville.
context_section_description: Papa John's has operated in the United Kingdom since 2001. In July 2015, the company had 300 shops in the UK, although in 2010 it had plans for the number rising to between 400 and 500 within the next five years.
  Papa John's operates throughout Ireland, with its head office at Ballybrit, County Galway. The company has over 50 locations and operates mobile units around the country. The franchises are often located adjacent to Supermacs fast food outlets.
  Spain is the second most important European market for Papa John's. The chain has been operating in Spain since 2016, and due to its fast growth it already had 42 restaurants by late 2017. In particular, the restaurants achieved a significant presence in the Madrid province with more than half of the Spanish restaurants being located there. Papa John's expects to open at least 100 restaurants just in the province of Madrid, as well as expanding to other regions across Spain.
  Papa John's also operates in Russia and Belarus with plans to expand to several other Eastern European and Central Asian Countries.
  Papa John's restaurants in Portugal have closed or no longer operate under the brand name. Some of these locations still serve pizza, though the master-franchise Rest-Smart filed for bankruptcy.
  In May 2019 it was announced that Papa John's will enter the German market by taking over Halle/Salle-based Uno Pizza and converting their stores into Papa John's. The aim is to open up to 250 locations in Germany in the upcoming five to seven years.
  In Poland, Papa John's opened their first location in 2017.
  In 2018, Papa John's opened their first restaurant in Kazakhstan, which became the 46th country in the world where the chain is represented.
  In the Netherlands Papa John's opened its doors in 2019, starting in Amsterdam and expending further through the Netherlands in 2019.
caption: A Papa John's Pizza restaurant in Hoofddorp, Netherlands
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