Papa John’s is an American pizza restaurant franchise. It is the fourth largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States,[3] with headquarters in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, a suburb of Louisville.
Papa John’s has over 5,199 establishments—4,456 franchised restaurants operating domestically in all 50 states and in 44 countries and territories. Papa John’s operates 246 “company owned stores” under joint ventures and 35 units in Beijing and North China. In September 2012 the 4,000th Papa John’s Pizza restaurant opened, in New Hyde Park, New York. The company celebrated the event by giving away 4,000 free pizzas to customers throughout New York City.