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Yum! Brands: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, United States that owns 4 consumer brands, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]

Yum! Brands was spun off from PepsiCo in 1997 as Tricon Global Restaurants, taking the restaurant chains PepsiCo had bought in the 1970s and 1980s. It separated its Chinese business as a licensee in 2016 and now operates almost entirely through franchisees.

Company facts

Legal name
Yum! Brands, Inc.
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Founded
1997
Tickers
NYSE: YUM
SEC CIK
0001041061
Wikidata
Q668687
Website
www.yum.com
Last verified
· 2 sources

Yum! Brands in numbers

Everything Yum! Brands owns

2026

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything Yum! Brands owns Tree of 4 brands under Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands KFC Pizza Hut Taco Bell The Habit Burger Grill

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Brand portfolio by category

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Acquisitions by Yum! Brands

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KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell separated from PepsiCo

PepsiCo spun off its restaurant business as Tricon Global Restaurants, taking KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell out of the drinks and snacks company. PepsiCo had found that operating restaurants competed for capital with its packaged goods brands and complicated its relationships with other chains. Tricon renamed itself Yum! Brands in 2002.

Value
Seller
PepsiCo
Regulatory
None recorded

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Yum! Brands own?

Yum! Brands owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including KFC, The Habit Burger Grill, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

Is Yum! Brands an American company?

Yes. Yum! Brands is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, United States and was founded in 1997.

Who owns Yum! Brands?

Yum! Brands is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as YUM on the NYSE.

What was Yum! Brands' most recent acquisition?

The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell on 6 October 1997.

Sources (2) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] Yum! Brands, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 February 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
  2. [2] Yum! Brands, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K; retrieved 6 September 2026.

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