KFC (Malta) is operated by Quinco (Malta, MSE: QNC) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2025; Quinco does not own the name.[1][2] The KFC name is owned by Yum! Brands.
Kentucky Fried Chicken reached Malta in 1996, when Food Chain opened an outlet in Gżira, and the franchise passed to Quinco Holdings with the rest of the food business in September 2025. Yum! Brands owns the name. Quinco reports that KFC held a robust position in the Maltese market through 2025 on the back of digital engagement, influencer-led campaigns and a growing network of restaurants.
Ownership timeline of KFC (Malta)
Where KFC (Malta) sits in Quinco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Other brands in burger & chicken chains, and who owns them
The 37 brands in burger & chicken chains on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Jollibee Group, with 5.
Quinco is a publicly listed company headquartered in Birkirkara, Malta, founded in 2025.
Quinco Holdings is the food business that Simonds Farsons Cisk separated from its brewery in 2025. It was incorporated in Malta on 8 May 2025, acquired Food Chain Limited and Quintano Foods Limited from Farsons on 10 September 2025, and was admitted to the Malta Stock Exchange on 6 October 2025, its shares handed to Farsons shareholders as an interim dividend in kind rather than sold. Food Chain runs seventeen quick service restaurants across Malta under Burger King, KFC and Pizza Hut franchises, thirty years after the first of them opened, and Quintano Foods imports and distributes food to supermarkets, independent retailers and the catering trade, taking on the Maltese distribution of the H.J. Heinz portfolio in March 2026. The group reported revenue of €13.3 million and profit before tax of €1.3 million in its first, part-year accounts to 31 December 2025.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States.
461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, KFC (Malta) among them.
Simonds Farsons Cisk separated its food business from its brewery. Shareholders approved the spin-off at the annual general meeting in June 2025; Quinco Holdings p.l.c., incorporated on 8 May 2025, acquired Food Chain Limited and Quintano Foods Limited from Farsons on 10 September 2025; the Malta Financial Services Authority approved the prospectus on 24 September; and the 36 million shares were distributed to Farsons shareholders as an interim dividend in kind before being admitted to the Malta Stock Exchange on 6 October 2025, with trading opening the next day. The Maltese Burger King, KFC and Pizza Hut franchises moved with the food business; Farsons kept the beer, the soft drinks and the water.
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