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 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 a Yum! Brands division, and franchisees own 93% of its restaurants. Yum has bought through the Fair Food Program since 2005, and reports 70% voluntary turnover in the restaurants it runs itself. In July 2026 the FDA traced a cyclosporiasis outbreak of 12,883 illnesses to one supplier of Taco Bell's shredded lettuce. It answers to Yum's shareholders, not the franchisees who own most of the stores.
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Company data last updated September 2026
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