Restaurants
Fried chicken, chicken sandwiches and related quick-service meals.
2026 FDD · newly constructed ground-up outlet
P6 2026 · US end-of-period total · company and franchise/license
P6 2026 · worldwide total · company and franchise/license
FY2025 · worldwide systemwide sales · issuer-reported
$2,107,575–$4,155,000
Opening costs vary by format, location and lease terms.
2026 FDD Item 7
Assumes purchased real property ($300,000–$1,200,000) and $1,200,000–$2,000,000 building/site costs; actual land and building costs vary. Includes $50,000–$100,000 for three months of initial operating funds; finance charges, interest and debt service are excluded. Separate $1,207,575–$2,805,000 remodel/reopen/conversion and $135,000–$540,000 development-rights tables are excluded from this ground-up range.
Selected ongoing charges, not a complete fee schedule. Confirm the current FDD and the terms for your format.
Revenue is sales before expenses, not owner income. Compare matching periods, formats and location samples.
3,424 U.S. locations (P6 2026 · US end-of-period total · company and franchise/license).
Existing locations do not establish that a new territory is available. Confirm your market with the franchisor.
3,424 U.S. KFC restaurants at the end of P6 2026, including 99 company and 3,325 franchise and license restaurants. The source reports YTD actual activity through P6 2026 and an end-of-period stock; new builds and closures are not substituted for the stock total. US excludes international markets; Guam and Saipan treatment is separately footnoted in the source country table and does not change the US activity total. The figure includes company and franchise/license restaurants, not only franchisees.
34,747 worldwide KFC Division restaurants at June 30, 2026, including 520 company-owned and 34,227 franchise and license restaurants. KFC Division scope; the total includes company-owned and franchise/license restaurants. The figure is an end-of-period stock as of June 30, 2026; openings, closures and ownership changes are not substituted. No U.S. count is inferred from the reported international percentage.
$36,434 million ($36,434,000,000 normalized whole USD) in reported worldwide systemwide sales for fiscal 2025. This is systemwide sales, not average unit revenue, franchisor revenue, profit or owner income.
$2,107,575–$4,155,000 for a newly constructed, ground-up KFC outlet. Assumes purchased real property ($300,000–$1,200,000) and $1,200,000–$2,000,000 building and site costs; actual land/lease and construction costs vary. Includes $50,000–$100,000 for three months of initial operating funds; finance charges, interest and debt service are excluded. The filing separately reports $1,207,575–$2,805,000 to remodel/reopen a closed outlet or convert another restaurant brand, and $135,000–$540,000 for 3–12 outlet development rights (which is not an outlet opening budget).
Research snapshot: . Sources and methodology
Compare KFC’s franchise model against starting or buying an independent business in chicken and wings (line-item CapEx, 0%-royalty owner SDE margins & SBA resale multiples):