KFC to move its headquarters out of Kentucky into Texas

Published February 19, 2025 3:49pm ET



Kentucky Fried Chicken will no longer be headquartered in its namesake state but will instead call Plano, Texas, its home base.

Some 200 employees will relocate to Texas over the next six months after living and working in Louisville, Kentucky. This will move the company from the home state of its founder, Harland Sanders, affectionally named Colonel Sanders.

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