Item 2. Properties.
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Item 2. Properties.
As of year end 2019, the Company’s Concepts owned land, building or both for 337 restaurants worldwide in connection with the operation of our 913 Company-owned restaurants. These restaurants are further detailed as follows:
| • | The KFC Division owned land, building or both for 73 restaurants. |
| • | The Pizza Hut Division owned land, building or both for 5 restaurants. |
| • | The Taco Bell Division owned land, building or both for 259 restaurants. |
The Company currently also owns land, building or both related to approximately 500 restaurants and leases land, building or both related to approximately 400 restaurants, not included in the property counts above, that it leases or subleases to franchisees, principally in the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and France.
Company-owned restaurants in the U.S. with leases are generally leased for initial terms of 15 or 20 years and generally have renewal options; however, Pizza Hut delivery/carryout units in the U.S. generally are leased for significantly shorter initial terms with shorter renewal options. Company-owned restaurants outside the U.S. with leases have initial lease terms and renewal options that vary by country.
The KFC Division and Pizza Hut Division corporate headquarters and a KFC and Pizza Hut research facility in Plano, Texas are owned by Pizza Hut. Taco Bell leases its corporate headquarters and research facility in Irvine, California. The YUM corporate headquarters and a KFC research facility in Louisville, Kentucky are owned by KFC. Additional information about the Company’s properties is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8.
The Company believes that its properties are generally in good operating condition and are suitable for the purposes for which they are being used.
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