# YUM BRANDS INC

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## Overview

Yum! Brands, Inc. is a global restaurant company whose brands are KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill. Its business spans chicken, Mexican-inspired food, pizza and fast-casual burgers. The company primarily expands through franchising and licensing rather than operating restaurants itself. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P78056701)

Yum! Brands states that its mission is “to grow iconic restaurant brands globally.” At the end of 2025, its brands had more than 63,000 restaurants across 155 countries and territories, with 97% operated by independent franchisees or licensees. The company reported approximately $8.2 billion in 2025 revenue and employed about 49,000 people, excluding employees of independently operated restaurants. [2](https://s2.q4cdn.com/890585342/files/doc_financials/2025/ar/annual-report-2025/index.html)[1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P78056701)[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106126000084/yum-20251231.htm)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P55753443)
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## Products & services

Yum! Brands’ restaurant menus span four concepts. KFC sells fried and non-fried chicken, including chicken-on-the-bone, strips and sandwiches; its Original Recipe tenders are double hand-breaded with its 11-herb-and-spice blend. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P8640849)[6](https://global.kfc.com/press-releases/kfc-issues-battle-cry-to-tenders-rivals-introducing-new-original-recipe-r-tenders-and-zesty-comeback-sauce-from-the-original-fried-chicken-brand) Taco Bell offers Mexican-style items such as tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos and salads, as well as breakfast items. [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P8317843)[8](https://www.tacobell.com/food/breakfast) Pizza Hut focuses on ready-to-eat pizza and also offers pasta, while Habit Burger & Grill serves made-to-order, open-flame-chargrilled burgers and sandwiches. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P38819490)[10](https://www.pizzahut.com/c/content/pasta-delivery-near-me)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P47600430)

Customers can obtain food through combinations of dine-in, carryout, delivery and drive-thru service, depending on the brand and location. Yum! also supports ordering and payment through brand websites and apps and third-party platforms, with options including delivery, curbside pickup and mobile carryout. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P49693933)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P78609476)
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## Geographic presence

Yum! Brands operated 63,285 restaurants across 155 countries and territories at the end of 2025; 72% of its restaurants were outside the United States. KFC had the broadest geographic reach, with 33,897 restaurants in 149 countries and territories and 90% of its units internationally. Pizza Hut had 19,974 restaurants in 108 countries and territories, while Taco Bell had 9,030 in 38. [3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106126000084/yum-20251231.htm)

In a supplemental regional revenue breakdown for 2025, Yum! reported approximately $4.53 billion for the United States, $343 million for China and $3.35 billion for other markets—about 55%, 4% and 41%, respectively, of that breakdown’s total. These are Yum!’s reported revenue categories, not sales at all restaurants in its system; the supplemental amounts do not reconcile exactly to consolidated revenue. The China amount is franchise revenue: the separately operated Yum China pays Yum! a fee based on sales of its concepts in mainland China. Yum!’s principal executive office is in Louisville, Kentucky; KFC and Pizza Hut have divisional headquarters in Plano, Texas, and Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill in Irvine, California. [3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106126000084/yum-20251231.htm)
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## Business segments

Yum! Brands reports four worldwide, brand-based segments rather than separate geographic segments: KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill. KFC focuses on chicken, Taco Bell on Mexican-inspired food, Pizza Hut on pizza, and Habit Burger & Grill on fast-casual chargrilled burgers and sandwiches. [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P898909)[20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P94170098)[21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P59594189)[22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P59872338)[1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P78056701)

In 2025, KFC accounted for approximately 43% of combined division revenue, Taco Bell 38%, Pizza Hut 12% and Habit Burger & Grill 7%. On a system-sales basis—which includes sales at franchised restaurants—the respective shares were approximately 53%, 27%, 19% and 1%. These measures differ because division revenue includes franchise-related income and advertising contributions, whereas system sales measure restaurant sales across the network. [23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P64263590)[24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P121263667)
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## Company history

Yum! Brands’ roots lie in three restaurant chains founded separately: KFC grew from Harland Sanders’s chicken restaurant in Kentucky in 1930, Pizza Hut was founded by Dan and Frank Carney in 1958, and Glen Bell opened the first Taco Bell in 1962. PepsiCo later acquired the three chains and spun them off in 1997 as Tricon Global Restaurants, the company that became Yum! Brands. [25](https://global.kfc.com/our-history)[26](https://blog.pizzahut.com/our-story/)[27](https://www.tacobell.com/newsroom/taco-bell-celebrates-60-years)[28](https://www.yum.com/wps/portal/yumbrands/Yumbrands/company/history)

In 2002, Tricon acquired the Long John Silver’s and A&W brands and changed its name to Yum! Brands. It sold both brands in 2011. Yum China separated from the company in 2016 and began trading independently, while Yum! Brands expanded its portfolio again in 2020 by acquiring The Habit Restaurants, parent of Habit Burger Grill. [29](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106102000004/acquisition.htm)[30](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106102000008/namechang-bdapproval.htm)[31](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P193199606)[32](https://ir.yumchina.com/news-releases/news-release-details/yum-china-completes-separation-yum-brands-lists-new-york-stock)[33](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106121000008/yum-20201231.htm)
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