Current Pizza Hut logo

Brand at a glance

Pizza Hut identity snapshot

Archive begins
2008
Current identity
Introduced 2019
Documented eras
2 logo periods
Logo history

Pizza Hut

Trace Pizza Hut’s famous red roof from hand-drawn restaurant lettering through polished global marks and its heritage-inspired return.

The lineage

Pizza Hut through the years

2008—2016

A polished roof supports global expansion

Dimensional color and streamlined lettering modernize the restaurant mark while retaining its roof cue.

Official source: Pizza Hut official newsroom

2019—present

The classic red roof returns in a circle

A flat heritage lockup combines nostalgia with strong visibility in delivery and digital channels.

Official source: Pizza Hut official newsroom

The story behind the changes

How the identity evolved

The roof turns a building into a symbol

Pizza Hut’s most durable asset is the red roof inspired by its restaurant architecture. Paired with loose, hand-drawn lettering, it created a friendly roadside identity that worked on signs, boxes, and television.

Global expansion adds polish

Later designs introduced cleaner typography, dimensional highlights, and swooping shapes. These versions aimed for consistency across many markets while preserving enough of the roof silhouette to maintain recognition.

Heritage returns in 2019

Pizza Hut revived a circular red lockup based on its celebrated 1970s and 1980s identity. The flat white roof and name sit inside a solid disc, making the brand feel both nostalgic and well suited to delivery apps.

The return to a classic restaurant asset parallels Burger King and KFC, which also rediscovered the strength of simpler historical forms.