What is the name of the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut?

The parent company of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut is Yum! Brands.

Yum! Brands is an American multinational restaurant corporation headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Its principal restaurant brands include KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, which specialize respectively in chicken, pizza, and Mexican-inspired fast food. The company also owns Habit Burger & Grill.

The company was created in 1997 as Tricon Global Restaurants after PepsiCo spun off its restaurant division. That division included KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. Tricon adopted the name Yum! Brands in 2002 after merging with Yorkshire Global Restaurants.

PepsiCo is therefore part of the brands’ corporate history, but it is not their current parent company. Another important distinction is Yum China, which became a separate publicly traded company in 2016 and operates the Yum restaurant brands in mainland China. Outside China, Yum! Brands remains the parent corporation associated with these three major chains.