Colonel Sanders' chain has closed at least 312 U.S. restaurants in the last year, and Florida is on that list. A Local Falcon comparison of KFC's public location listings from July 15, 2025, and July 6, 2026, found 11 Florida losses.
C. A. Bridges on Florida
C. A. Bridges of Network-Florida compiled the Florida count using those public listings and Google Maps checks for permanent closure status. The tally shows how the chain's footprint changed in one state while the national total kept falling.
California lost 44 permanent KFC locations in the analysis, while Texas lost 34 and Ohio lost 18. Kansas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee each lost roughly an eighth of their KFC totals, putting Florida's 11-location loss in a wider pattern of shrinkage across the U.S.
Florida KFC since February 2025
Florida's recent count does not move in only one direction. By February 2025, the state had 281 KFC locations, and since then 12 KFC locations have closed while four more were added.
That leaves the Florida picture slightly different from the later comparison that showed only an eight-location drop since July 1, 2025. The two figures track different reference points, which is why the state total can show both losses and additions without matching the same net change.
Saucy in Orlando
KFC has also been adding new pieces to its Florida business. It launched Saucy in 2024 with its first location in Orlando, and there are now 15 Saucy locations across Florida.
The chain is testing an open-concept restaurant in McKinney, Texas, and an immersive, two-story restaurant in Dubai, while also launching 20 new sauces and several new beverages in overseas markets. For Florida customers, the practical takeaway is that the brand is still shifting its format and menu even as the core KFC count has fallen.
The closure total is the clearest measure of the change: 312 fewer U.S. restaurants in a year, with 11 of those losses in Florida. The state also still had some offset from four added locations, so the Florida footprint is smaller than it was, but not by the same margin every comparison uses.
