Yum Brands Inc

Company Profile

• Business description

  Yum Brands is a US-based restaurant operator featuring a portfolio of four brands: KFC (29,900 global units at year-end 2023), Pizza Hut (19,866 units), Taco Bell (8,564 units), and The Habit Burger Grill (381 units). With $64 billion in 2023 systemwide sales, the firm is the second-largest restaurant company in the world behind McDonald’s ($130 billion), ahead of Restaurant Brands International ($43 billion) and Starbucks ($29 billion). Yum is 98% franchised, with the largest franchisee, wide-moat Yum China, spun out in 2016, after which Yum China agreed to pay 3% royalties to Yum Brands in perpetuity. Yum is the newest evolution of Tricon, formerly a division of PepsiCo, and generates the bulk of its revenue from franchise royalties and marketing contributions.

• Contact

  1441 Gardiner Lane
  LouisvilleKY40213
  USA

  T: +1 502 874-8300

  https://www.yum.com

• Sector

  Consumer Cyclical

  Stock type

  Cyclical

• Industry

  Restaurants

  Fiscal Year End

  31 December 2025

  Employees

  40,000