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This is a list of countries with KFC franchises. In 2024, there are at least 29,000 KFC outlets in 147 countries and territories in the world where 10,000 of those stores are in China alone. [1] The first KFC franchise opened in the United States in 1952. [2] The first overseas franchise was established in the United Kingdom in May 1965.
In Singapore, the first KFC franchise was opened in 1977 along Somerset Road. In 1993, KFC Singapore was the first KFC in Asia to develop and launch the Zinger. KFC restaurants in Singapore are currently owned and operated by KFC (Malaysia) Holdings Bhd. In Cambodia, KFC first opened on Monivong Boulevard in Phnom Penh in 2008.
History of KFC. KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken) was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of restaurant franchising, and the first "Kentucky ...
KFC Corporation, [ 4] doing business as KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken ), is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with over 30,000 ...
Franchise Cost. Buying your own KFC franchise takes more than chicken feed. According to company documents, the cost to open a restaurant that is newly built ranges from $1.44 million to $3.16 ...
Kenny Rogers Roasters. Kenny Rogers Roasters is a chain of chicken-based restaurants founded in 1991 by the late great country musician Kenny Rogers and former KFC CEO John Y. Brown Jr., who was a former governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Brown had been an early investor in Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1964 to 1971.
Brands (spun off from PepsiCo in 1997) owns KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut restaurants outside of China. Yum China owns KFC , Taco Bell , Pizza Hut , East Dawning and Little Sheep restaurants in China.
Yum! Brands, Inc. (sometimes called simply Yum! ), formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., is an American multinational fast food corporation listed on the Fortune 1000. Yum! operates the brands KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, except in China, where the brands are operated by a separate company, Yum China.