QFM Group, the Sheffield-based KFC franchisee, has reported turnover of £80 million, according to hospitality title Propel on 9 November. By its own website the group runs 41 KFC restaurants in the UK, and in 2025 it left Costa Coffee by selling 21 stores to franchisee SimTrava.
QFM Group is a family-run multi-brand operator that, on its website, lists KFC and Taco Bell, and which a 2025 trade report described as also running 24 Dunkin’ stores.
What was reported
Propel’s headline on 9 November states that the KFC franchise business of QFM Group reported turnover of £80 million. The open page does not give the financial year, the number of restaurants that generated the turnover, or any profit measure. Until the company’s filed accounts at Companies House are checked, the figure stands as a reported number rather than an audited one.
The restaurants behind the figure
QFM Group’s own KFC page states that the group operates 41 restaurants across the UK, with more than 1,400 team members across them. A statistic block on the same page gives a different headcount, 1,249 hospitality professionals, and the two figures are not reconciled on the page. The page carries no publication date, and its metadata shows an update in August 2026.
A multi-brand group that has narrowed its portfolio
In July 2025, QFM Group sold 21 Costa Coffee stores to SimTrava, a Costa franchisee whose Costa estate rose from 58 to 79 sites, mostly in northern England. The sale ended a relationship with the brand of 17 years, according to a report by Verdict Food Service carried on Yahoo Finance. The financial terms were not made public. The same report said QFM intended to focus on its KFC and Taco Bell franchises, and on expanding a 24-store Dunkin’ franchise in the UK.
Good to know
A franchisee’s turnover is the total sales of the restaurants it operates, and is not the same as the system sales of the franchisor. The £80 million reported here relates to the QFM Group business, not to KFC UK as a whole.
What the figure can and cannot show
With 41 restaurants, £80 million would equate to an average of about £1.95 million in sales a restaurant, but only if every restaurant traded for the full period and the figure covers KFC alone. Neither condition is confirmed in the material available. The company’s accounts, which a limited company must file at Companies House, would show the period and the exact basis. More brands in this sector are listed in the fast food franchise listings, and the latest franchise news is on the L’Express Franchise homepage.
