Item 2. Properties
Item 2. Properties
As of December 31, 2023, there were 5,906 Papa John’s restaurants worldwide. The following tables provide the locations of our restaurants. We define “North America” as the United States and Canada and “Domestic” as the contiguous United States.
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North America Restaurants:
Company (a)
Franchised Total
Alabama 3 89 92
Alaska — 10 10
Arizona — 67 67
Arkansas — 28 28
California — 165 165
Colorado — 48 48
Connecticut — 5 5
Delaware — 17 17
District of Columbia — 9 9
Florida 41 260 301
Georgia 91 104 195
Hawaii — 19 19
Idaho — 13 13
Illinois 8 73 81
Indiana 46 95 141
Iowa — 25 25
Kansas 16 21 37
Kentucky 37 68 105
Louisiana — 59 59
Maine — 4 4
Maryland 59 42 101
Massachusetts — 7 7
Michigan — 31 31
Minnesota — 37 37
Mississippi — 33 33
Missouri 41 27 68
Montana — 9 9
Nebraska — 13 13
Nevada — 24 24
New Hampshire — 3 3
New Jersey — 57 57
New Mexico — 17 17
New York — 86 86
North Carolina 104 81 185
North Dakota — 10 10
Ohio — 165 165
Oklahoma — 36 36
Oregon — 14 14
Pennsylvania — 88 88
Rhode Island — 2 2
South Carolina 9 77 86
South Dakota — 11 11
Tennessee 39 79 118
Texas — 310 310
Utah — 32 32
Virginia 26 119 145
Washington — 49 49
West Virginia — 24 24
Wisconsin 11 17 28
Wyoming — 10 10
Total U.S. Papa John’s Restaurants 531 2,689 3,220
Canada — 213 213
Total North America Papa John’s Restaurants 531 2,902 3,433
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(a) Company-owned Papa John’s restaurants include re staurants owned by majority-owned subsidiaries. There were 98 such restaurants at December 31, 2023 (59 in Maryland, 26 in Virginia, and 13 in G eorgia).
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International Restaurants:
Company Franchised Total
Azerbaijan — 15 15
Bahrain — 23 23
Bolivia — 5 5
Cambodia — 7 7
Chile — 154 154
China — 317 317
Colombia — 60 60
Costa Rica — 56 56
Cyprus — 10 10
Dominican Republic — 21 21
Ecuador — 31 31
Egypt — 78 78
El Salvador — 41 41
Germany — 14 14
Guam — 2 2
Guatemala — 35 35
Honduras — 15 15
Iraq — 1 1
Ireland — 80 80
Israel — 29 29
Jordan — 7 7
Kazakhstan — 11 11
Kenya — 1 1
Kuwait — 35 35
Kyrgyzstan — 3 3
Mexico — 50 50
Morocco — 7 7
Netherlands — 17 17
Nicaragua — 4 4
Oman — 28 28
Pakistan — 28 28
Panama — 34 34
Peru — 60 60
Philippines — 15 15
Poland — 11 11
Portugal — 3 3
Puerto Rico — 26 26
Qatar — 55 55
Saudi Arabia — 24 24
South Korea — 254 254
Spain — 90 90
Trinidad — 9 9
Tunisia — 14 14
Turkey — 55 55
United Arab Emirates — 92 92
United Kingdom 117 407 524
Uzbekistan — 3 3
Venezuela — 19 19
Total International Papa John’s Restaurants 117 2,356 2,473
Most Papa John’s Company-owned restaurants are located in leased space. The initial term of most Domestic restaurant leases is five years with most leases providing for one or more options to renew for at least one additional term. Generally, the leases are triple net leases, which require us to pay all or a portion of the cost of insurance, taxes and utilities. As a
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result of assigning our interest in obligations under property leases as a condition of the refranchising of certain restaurants, we are also contingently liable for payment of approximately 48 Domestic leases.
Our corporate office in Atlanta, Georgia, is located in a leased space. Nine of our 12 North America QC Centers are located in leased spaces, with the remaining three QC Centers located in buildings we own. Our corporate office located in Louisville, Kentucky is in a building owned by us. We also maintain a Company-owned office and a full-service QC Center outside of London, UK, where our International operations are managed. As of the fourth quarter of 2023, we leased the building of our previously-owned printing operations located in Louisville to a third-party. S ee “Note 22. Divestitures” of “ Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ” for additional information.
At December 31, 2023, we leased and subleased approximately 322 Papa John’s restaurant sites to franchisees in the UK. The initial lease terms on the franchised sites in the UK are generally 15 years. The Company has the option to negotiate an extension toward the end of the lease term at the landlord’s discretion. The initial lease terms of the franchisee subleases are generally five to ten years. See “Note 3. Leases” of “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for additional information.