Taco Bell
Mexican-inspired fast food chain · 9,030+ locations · US nationwide, plus Canada, the UK, Spain, India, Australia and 32 other countries and territories
Taco Bell is a division of Yum! Brands, the public company behind KFC and Pizza Hut, and franchisees own 93% of its 9,000-plus restaurants. Yum's own proxy statement names a part-time Taco Bell worker as its median employee, at $15,346 a year.
The Big Picture
Taco Bell is one of four brands owned by Yum! Brands, which franchises 93% of its restaurants and reports 70% voluntary turnover at the ones it operates itself. Its supply chain runs both ways: Yum has been a Fair Food Program participating buyer since 2005, longer than any other company on the program's partner list, while in July 2026 the FDA traced a cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened 11,458 people to a single supplier of Taco Bell's shredded lettuce. Decisions run to a Louisville-headquartered public company answerable to shareholders, not to the franchisees who own most of the restaurants.
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Company data last updated September 2026
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