KFC is headquartered in the United States.
KFC . Headquartered in Louisville , Kentucky , it is the world 's second-largest restaurant chain ( as measured by sales ) after McDonald 's , with almost 20,000 locations globally in 123 countries and territories . Louisville ( [ ˈluː.ivɪl ] ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 30th-most populous city in the United States .