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KFC's competitors and similar companies include The Cheesecake Factory, Whataburger, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Burger King.
 The Cheesecake Factory The Cheesecake Factory is a restaurant company and distributor of cheesecakes and desserts for their own restaurants as well as for external foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors. |  Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is a developer, operator and franchisor of quick-service restaurants. |  Burger King Burger King Holdings is a fast-food restaurant chain that operates and franchises Burger King restaurants. | |||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1930 | Founding Date 1978 | Founding Date 1950 | Founding Date 1972 | Founding Date 1954 |
Type | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Private | Type Subsidiary | Type Subsidiary |
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Locations | Locations Louisville, US HQ | Locations Agoura Hills, US HQ Rocky Mount, US | Locations San Antonio, US HQ | Locations Atlanta, US HQ | Locations Miami, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Barueri, BR Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN Hannover, DE München, DE see more |
Employees | Employees 1,000,000 | Employees 47,900 | Employees 21,6152% increase | Employees 25,7472% increase | Employees 116,9853% increase |
Financial | |||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $2.5b (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) $3.8b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) $268.9m (FY, 2016) | Revenue (est.) $1.5b (FY, 2024) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods $1.1b (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $901m (FY, 2024) |
Gross profit | Gross profit $1.4b (FY, 2019) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $549m (FY, 2024) |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income $148.4m (FY, 2025) | Net income N/A | Net income $42.8m (FY, 2016) | Net income N/A |
Operating ⚠ | |||||
Countries | Countries 144 (FY, 2019) | Countries 30 (Mar, 2019) | Countries N/A | Countries N/A | Countries N/A |
Restaurants | Restaurants 24.1 k (FY, 2019) | Restaurants 294 (Mar, 2019) | Restaurants N/A | Restaurants N/A | Restaurants N/A |
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The Cheesecake Factory
HQ
Agoura Hills, US
Employees
47,900
The Cheesecake Factory is a restaurant company and distributor of cheesecakes and desserts for their own restaurants as well as for external foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors.
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Whataburger
HQ
San Antonio, US
Employees
21,615↑ 2% increase
Whataburger is a regional fast food restaurant chain that specializes in hamburgers.
View companyPopeyes Louisiana Kitchen
HQ
Atlanta, US
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is a developer, operator and franchisor of quick-service restaurants.
View companyBurger King
HQ
Miami, US
Burger King Holdings is a fast-food restaurant chain that operates and franchises Burger King restaurants.
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