In which Kentucky city is Yum! Brands headquartered?
Answer
Louisville
Answer
Louisville
Yum! Brands is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Yum! Brands operates major restaurant chains including KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. The company was created in 1997 when PepsiCo spun off its restaurant division as Tricon Global Restaurants; it adopted the name Yum! Brands in 2002.
Louisville has a particularly close connection with KFC because Colonel Harland Sanders developed his fried-chicken business in Kentucky. KFC's global scale eventually became part of the restaurant portfolio managed by Yum! Brands.
The headquarters answer is Louisville, not the location of a particular restaurant chain's origin. Yum! Brands' chains operate internationally through company-owned and franchised restaurants, so their restaurants and regional offices are spread across many countries.
Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026