72/100BYum! Brands company profile
- CEO
- Christopher Lee Turner
- Employees
- 49,000
- Headquarters
- 1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, KY 40213, US
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Restaurants
- IPO date
- 17 Sept 1997
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US9884981013
Website:yum.com
About the company
YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a leading global quick-service restaurant enterprise that focuses on the creation, management, and franchising of its restaurant concepts internationally. Its business is organized into four main divisions: KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and The Habit Burger Grill. The company operates establishments under these well-known brands, offering diverse food categories such as chicken, pizza, Mexican-style dishes, and made-to-order chargrilled burgers and sandwiches, among other food products. As of December 31, 2021, YUM! Brands boasted a significant worldwide presence, comprising 26,934 KFC outlets, 18,381 Pizza Hut locations, 7,791 Taco Bell restaurants, and 318 The Habit Burger Grill units, spread across roughly 157 countries and territories. The company, which maintains its headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, was established in 1997. It was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc., before officially adopting the name YUM! Brands, Inc. in May 2002.
Employees
Yum! Brands had about 49,000 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 22.5% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Yum! Brands
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 88.8% of Yum! Brands's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,474 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Yum! Brands
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