What is the growth in the international business of DNUT, in percentage
 give you that example of South Africa. You start to add up to 200 doors that they build out within the last year.
Brian Mullan -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst
And just a follow-up, keeping to the theme of the white space you have, there's many markets you're not in over the long term. I just want to ask about China. Is that a market where you're devoting any resources to explore today? Or is that perhaps something that you see more feasible several years from now? And any high-level thoughts on what that might look like one day, whether company-owned or if you think a local partner would eventually make sense down the line?
Mike Tattersfield -- President and Chief Executive Officer
So one of the things that we did when we acquired our six businesses that are the countries that we currently operate from an equity business was to make sure that we could leverage them, so they really build a partnership. You specifically mentioned China. There could be other countries like Brazil, a lot countries in Western Europe that we'll look to develop. Whether we choose to do that both on a partnership side or a franchise side, those are things where we see the growth significant.
But I see a lot of growth on the franchise side, particularly in international as that will continue to grow. And we'll look in pace and development in China or other countries as we see fit. We have a lot of growth to do in the core business that we're in today, not just in international, but as well as the transformation that continues in the United States. And we see continued growth in further countries with the franchise partners as well. 
Operator
Thank you. At this time, I'm showing no further questions. I would like to turn the call back over to Mike Tattersfield for closing remarks.
Mike Tattersfield -- President and Chief Executive Officer
So thanks, operator, and thank you, again, everyone, for joining us today. I trust you can hear how excited Josh and I are about the business and our runway for growth. We have a premium fresh product with exceptional quality, majority control of our operations, and are taking a disciplined approach to increasing points of access in order to maximize profitability. We have momentum and conviction in our story as we continue to advance this iconic Krispy Kreme brand that continues to prove to have long-term potential for growth and expansion over the long term.
I once again want to thank all the Krispy Kremers for the incredible work and appreciate you taking time to listen and engage with us.
Operator
[Operator signoff]
Duration: 57 minutes
Call participants:
Rob Ballew -- Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Mike Tattersfield -- President and Chief Executive Officer
Josh Charlesworth -- Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
John Glass -- Morgan Stanley -- Analyst
John Ivankoe -- J.P. Morgan -- Analyst
Jared Garber -- Goldman Sachs -- Analyst
Brian Mullan -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst
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 give you that example of South Africa. You start to add up to 200 doors that they build out within the last year.
Brian Mullan -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst
And just a follow-up, keeping to the theme of the white space you have, there's many markets you're not in over the long term. I just want to ask about China. Is that a market where you're devoting any resources to explore today? Or is that perhaps something that you see more feasible several years from now? And any high-level thoughts on what that might look like one day, whether company-owned or if you think a local partner would eventually make sense down the line?
Mike Tattersfield -- President and Chief Executive Officer
So one of the things that we did when we acquired our six businesses that are the countries that we currently operate from an equity business was to make sure that we could leverage them, so they really build a partnership. You specifically mentioned China. There could be other countries like Brazil, a lot countries in Western Europe that we'll look to develop. Whether we choose to do that both on a partnership side or a franchise side, those are things where we see the growth significant.
But I see a lot of growth on the franchise side, particularly in international as that will continue to grow. And we'll look in pace and development in China or other countries as we see fit. We have a lot of growth to do in the core business that we're in today, not just in international, but as well as the transformation that continues in the United States. And we see continued growth in further countries with the franchise partners as well. 
Operator
Thank you. At this time, I'm showing no further questions. I would like to turn the call back over to Mike Tattersfield for closing remarks.
Mike Tattersfield -- President and Chief Executive Officer
So thanks, operator, and thank you, again, everyone, for joining us today. I trust you can hear how excited Josh and I are about the business and our runway for growth. We have a premium fresh product with exceptional quality, majority control of our operations, and are taking a disciplined approach to increasing points of access in order to maximize profitability. We have momentum and conviction in our story as we continue to advance this iconic Krispy Kreme brand that continues to prove to have long-term potential for growth and expansion over the long term.
 I once again want to thank all the Krispy Kremers for the incredible work and appreciate you taking time to listen and engage with us.
Operator
[Operator signoff]
Duration: 57 minutes
Call participants:
Rob Ballew -- Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Mike Tattersfield -- President and Chief Executive Officer
Josh Charlesworth -- Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
John Glass -- Morgan Stanley -- Analyst
John Ivankoe -- J.P. Morgan -- Analyst
Jared Garber -- Goldman Sachs -- Analyst
Brian Mullan -- Deutsche Bank -- Analyst
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