Sphera Franchise Group is the largest group in the food service industry in Romania, owning the companies that operate in a franchise system the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands in Romania as well as KFC in the Republic of Moldova, and in certain areas in Italy. The group owns over 175 restaurants in the three markets and employs around 5,000 people. Sphera Franchise Group has been listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange since 2017, under the symbol SFG, being the only HoReCa company included in the main BET index.