Jump to content

List of countries with McDonald's restaurants

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Countries with current and former McDonald's locations

This is a list of countries with McDonald's restaurants. McDonald's is the largest chain of fast-food restaurants in the world,[1][failed verification][2] with more than 40,000 outlets worldwide.[3] The majority of McDonald's outlets outside of the United States are franchises.[citation needed]

The biggest temporary McDonald's restaurant in the world was opened during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) by area.[4][5][6][7] The biggest still standing is the World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's. The northernmost McDonald's restaurant in the world is located in Tromsø, Norway (previously held by Rovaniemi, Finland after the restaurant in Murmansk, Russia, was closed in 2022),[8] and the southernmost in the world is located in Invercargill, New Zealand.[9]

The list of countries follows the company's own calculation and contains several non-sovereign territories. Today or as of 2024, there are over 13,000 McDonald's restaurants in the United States, over 5,900 in mainland China, almost 3,000 in Japan, over 1,500 in France, over 1,400 in Canada, over 1,400 in the United Kingdom, almost 1,400 in Germany, over 1,100 in Brazil, over 1,000 in Australia, over 740 in the Philippines and over 700 in Italy. McDonald's ceased to be operational in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

History

[edit]

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald. However, on 15 April 1955, Ray Kroc launched the first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois,[10] featuring a ten-item menu built around a 15-cent hamburger.

Since that time, McDonald's has operated more than 40,000 restaurants worldwide, which has increased over 16 years.[11]

Countries and territories with at least one McDonald's outlet

[edit]
# Country/territory Date of first store First outlet location Max. no. of
operating
outlets 		Source and date of source Population per outlet Notes
1 United States May 15, 1940
Franchise: April 15, 1955 		San Bernardino, California
Des Plaines, Illinois (Franchise) 		13,449 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 25,539 First outlet. See McDonald's USA
2 Canada (details) June 3, 1967 Richmond, British Columbia
(Reopened June 23, 2017) 		1,466 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 28,807 First outlet outside the United States. See McDonald's Canada
3 Puerto Rico
(territory of United States) 		November 10, 1967 San Juan 95 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 34,127 First McDonald's in Latin America and in the Caribbean and the first McDonald's in a Hispanophone area. See McDonald's Puerto Rico
4 United States Virgin Islands
(territory of United States) 		September 5, 1970 St. Croix 5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 17,140
5 Costa Rica December 8, 1970 San José, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue. 73 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 69,939 Third country (not U.S. possession) where McDonald's opened. See McDonald's Costa Rica
6 Australia May 30, 1971 Yagoona, New South Wales[13] 1,032 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 25,631 First outlet in Oceania, outside the Americas, and in the Southern Hemisphere. See McDonald's Australia. Locally nicknamed as Maccas.
7 Guam
(territory of United States) 		June 10, 1971 Dededo 5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 33,301 First outlet in Micronesia. See McDonald's Guam & Saipan
8 Japan July 21, 1971 Ginza Mitsukoshi, Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 2,982 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 41,707 First outlet in Asia, McDonald's Holdings Company Japan, Inc.[14] locally known as makku (マック) and makudo.[15] See McDonald's Japan
9 Netherlands August 21, 1971 Zaandam 263[16] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 68,793 This was the first outlet in Europe. Opened in 1971 by European Master Franchisees Jan Sybesma McDonald's Europe – Plan to open 15 more stores in the next 4 years. See McDonald's Netherlands
10 Panama September 1, 1971 Panama City 81 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 55,046 See McDonald's Panama
11 Germany November 22, 1971
(West Germany)
December 21, 1990
(former East Germany)[17] 		Munich
(West Germany)
Plauen
(former East Germany) 		1,385[18][19] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 61,046 First outlet in West Germany opened in Munich-Obergiesing in 1971. McDonald's is locally known as Mäkkes. First outlet in the new states of Germany opened in Plauen in 1990 following reunification. See McDonald's Germany
12 France (details) June 30, 1972 Créteil 1,559[note 1][20] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 42,616 First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979. In 2019, France was the largest European market for the hamburger chain. See McDonald's France.
13 El Salvador July 20, 1972 San Salvador 22 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 286,801
14 Sweden October 27, 1973 Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm 196 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 53,834 First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald's Sweden
15 Guatemala June 6, 1974 Guatemala City 110 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 164,771 See McDonald's Guatemala
16 Curaçao
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) 		August 16, 1974 Willemstad 5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 37,085 See McDonald's Curaçao
17 United Kingdom England: November 13, 1974[21]
Wales: December 3, 1984
Scotland: November 23, 1987[22]
Northern Ireland: October 12, 1991 		Woolwich, London (England)
Cardiff (Wales)
Dundee (Scotland)
Belfast (Northern Ireland) 		1,434 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 47,896 See McDonald's UK
18 Hong Kong
(British Hong Kong at the time) 		January 8, 1975 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island (now closed)[23] 254 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 29,302 First outlet in a Chinese-speaking territory. Hong Kong was then a British Crown colony/Dependent Territory; McDonald's would open up a restaurant in China itself 15 years later. See McDonald's Hong Kong
19 Bahamas August 4, 1975 Nassau 3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 133,147 First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean. See McDonald's Bahamas
20 New Zealand (details) June 7, 1976 Porirua Central, Wellington[24] 170 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 30,428 Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris[25]
First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on November 3, 1987.[26] See McDonald's New Zealand.
21 Switzerland October 20, 1976 Geneva 178 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 49,835 First outlet in a landlocked country. See McDonald's Switzerland
22 Ireland May 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin 95 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 54,701 First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin and first McCafé in Europe Grafton Street, Dublin. See McDonald's Ireland
23 Austria July 21, 1977 Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna 199 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 45,882 See McDonald's Austria
24 Belgium March 21, 1978 Brussels 111 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 105,522 See McDonald's Belgium
25 Brazil February 13, 1979 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro 1,130 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 186,850 First outlet opened in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, in 1979. First outlet opened in South America and first outlet in a lusophone country. Locally known as Méqui. See McDonald's Brazil
26 Singapore October 20, 1979 Liat Towers, Orchard Road 151 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 38,338 First outlet in Southeast Asia at Liat Towers. See McDonald's Singapore[27]
27 Spain March 10, 1981 Gran Vía, Madrid 599[28] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 79,986 First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula. See McDonald's Spain
28 Denmark April 15, 1981 Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen 107 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 55,590 See McDonald's Denmark
29 Philippines (details) September 27, 1981 Nicanor Reyes Street (Morayta), Sampaloc, Manila 740 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 155,258 Licensed to Alliance Global Group. See McDonald's Philippines.
30 Malaysia April 29, 1982 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur[29] 371 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 94,680 Oldest surviving outlet in a Muslim-majority country. See McDonald's Malaysia
31 Norway November 18, 1983 Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo 79 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 69,863 The world's northernmost branch is located in Tromsø. See McDonald's Norway
32 Taiwan January 28, 1984 Minsheng East Road, Taipei 409[30] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 57,010 All restaurants were temporarily closed in 1992 during investigations of restaurant bombings in Taiwan; they reopened after investigations had concluded. See McDonald's Taiwan
33 Andorra June 29, 1984 Andorra la Vella 5 (source: 2018)[31] 16,171 See McDonald's Andorra
34 Finland December 14, 1984 Hämeenkatu 17, Tampere 75 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 74,682 The branch in Rovaniemi was the world's northernmost McDonalds from 1997 to 2013 and again from 2022 to 2024. See McDonald's Finland
35 Thailand February 23, 1985 Bangkok 230 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 311,750 See McDonald's Thailand
36 Italy March 20, 1985 Bolzano[32] 709 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 83,920 See McDonald's Italy
37 Aruba
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) 		April 4, 1985 Oranjestad 3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 35,980 See McDonald's Aruba
38 Luxembourg July 17, 1985 Luxembourg City 12 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 55,425 See McDonald's Luxembourg
39 Venezuela August 31, 1985 El Rosal, Caracas (now closed) 83 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 340,974 See McDonald's Venezuela
40 Mexico October 29, 1985 El Pedregal, Mexico City 369[30] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 351,598 See McDonald's Mexico
41 Cuba April 24, 1986 Guantanamo Bay 1 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 11,019,931 Guantanamo Bay; open only to U.S. military personnel. Not accessible for Cuban citizens.
42 Turkey October 24, 1986 Istanbul 255[30] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 342,237 First outlet opened in East Thrace; outlets in Anatolia would open later. Also first outlet in the Turkic-speaking world, with Azerbaijan coming second at 1999. See McDonald's Turkey
43 Argentina November 24, 1986 Belgrano, Buenos Aires 223 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 204,208 See McDonald's Argentina
44 Macau
(Portuguese Macau at the time)
 April 11, 1987 Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula 39 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 18,305 Then Portuguese territory; Technically first in Portugal land, McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later. see List of restaurants.
45 Serbia
(part of Yugoslavia at the time) 		March 24, 1988 Slavija Square, Belgrade 36 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 205,249 First outlet in a communist country and in the Balkans. See McDonald's Serbia
46 South Korea March 29, 1988 Gangnam District, Seoul 399 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 129,696 See McDonald's South Korea
47 Hungary
(Hungarian People's Republic at the time) 		April 13, 1988 Budapest[33] 111 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 87,265 First outlet in a Warsaw Pact country, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. Locally known as Meki. See McDonald's Hungary
48 China October 8, 1990 Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen 5,903 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 240,994 The most in a market besides the US. See McDonald's China
49 Chile November 19, 1990 Las Condes, Santiago 97 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 202,668 See McDonald's Chile
50 Indonesia February 23, 1991 Sarinah, Jakarta (now closed) 312 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 901,250 First branch in Sarinah closed in 2020 due to refurbishment of Sarinah itself, the outlet would move 3 years later to the adjacent Jaya Building.[34] See McDonald's Indonesia
51 Portugal May 23, 1991 CascaiShopping, Cascais 199 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 52,416 See McDonald's Portugal
52 Greece November 12, 1991 Athens Syntagma Square 32 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 320,091 See McDonald's Greece
53 Uruguay November 18, 1991 Montevideo Shopping, Montevideo 33 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 102,669 See McDonald's Uruguay
54 Martinique
(part of France) 		December 16, 1991 Fort-de-France 10 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 34,600 See McDonald's French Antilles
55 Czech Republic
(part of Czechoslovakia at the time) 		March 20, 1992 Vodičkova street, Prague 119 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 90,838 First McDonald's outlet to open after the Cold War. See McDonald's Czech Republic
56 Guadeloupe
(part of France) 		April 8, 1992 Centre de Leyton Square Area, Capesterre-Belle-Eau 9 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 41,835 See McDonald's French Antilles
57 Poland June 17, 1992 Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw in department store "Sezam" (now closed) 546[35] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 70,994 See McDonald's Poland
58 Monaco November 20, 1992 Monte Carlo 1 (source: McDonald's France September 2023)[36] 38,956
59 Brunei December 13, 1992 Mission Hill Road, Bandar Seri Begawan 5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 91,790 See McDonald's Brunei
60 Morocco December 18, 1992 Casablanca 70 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 538,750 First outlet in Africa and the first outlet in the Arab World; McDonald's is now present in all continents except Antarctica. See McDonald's Morocco
61 Northern Mariana Islands
(territory of United States) 		March 18, 1993 Saipan 2 (source:August 2011) 22,572 First outlet opened on the island of Saipan; second outlet opened in 1997
62 Israel (details) October 14, 1993 Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan 226 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 40,957 First outlet in the Middle East. See McDonald's Israel.
63 Slovenia December 2, 1993 Čopova Street, Ljubljana 23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 92,104 See McDonald's Slovenia
64 Saudi Arabia December 8, 1993 Riyadh 412 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 78,311 Home to the most McDonald's in the Middle East. First outlet in the Arabian Peninsula. See McDonalds's Central, Eastern and Northern.

See McDonald's Western and Southern

65 Kuwait June 15, 1994 Kuwait City (now closed) 87 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 55,618 Home to the biggest McDonald's in the Middle East.[37] See McDonald's Kuwait The first McDonald's in Kuwait closed after 25 years of service due to an expired contract between McDonald's and the Touristic Enterprises Company [38]

See McDonald's Kuwait

66 New Caledonia (territory of France) July 26, 1994 Nouméa 4 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 72,468 See McDonald's New Caledonia
67 Oman July 30, 1994 Salalah 34 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 148,508 See McDonald's Oman
68 Egypt October 20, 1994 Cairo 189 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 606,009 See McDonald's Egypt
69 Bulgaria December 10, 1994 Plovdiv 46 (source: Corporate McDonald's October 5, 2024)[12] 140,543 See McDonald's Bulgaria
70 Bahrain December 15, 1994 Manama 33 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 47,566 See McDonald's Bahrain
71 Latvia December 15, 1994 Riga 14 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 134,457 First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald's Latvia
72 United Arab Emirates December 21, 1994 (Dubai)
June 10, 1995 (Abu Dhabi) 		Dubai (1994)
Abu Dhabi (1995) [39] 		203 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 52,424 See McDonald's UAE
73 Estonia April 29, 1995 Tallinn 11 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 124,291 See McDonald's Estonia
74 Romania June 16, 1995 Unirii Square, Bucharest[40] 102 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 187,436 Locally nicknamed as Mec. See McDonald's Romania
75 Malta July 7, 1995 Valletta 9 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 59,217 See McDonald's Malta
76 Colombia July 14, 1995 Centro Andino, Bogota 76 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 688,436 See McDonald's Colombia
77 Slovakia October 14, 1995 Banská Bystrica 43 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 128,327 See McDonald's Slovakia
78 South Africa November 11, 1995 Blackheath, Gauteng 377 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 167,672 First outlet in Southern Africa. See McDonald's South Africa
79 Qatar December 13, 1995 Doha 75 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 39,721 See McDonald's Qatar
80 Honduras December 14, 1995 Tegucigalpa 10 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 1,064,485 See McDonald's Honduras
81 Sint Maarten
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) 		December 15, 1995 Philipsburg 2 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 21,375
82 Croatia February 2, 1996 Zagreb 47 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 25, 2024)[12] 82,894 See McDonald's Croatia
83 Samoa
(named Western Samoa at the time) 		March 2, 1996 Apia 1 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 216,663 Facebook
84 Fiji May 1, 1996 Suva 4 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 231,036 See McDonald's Fiji
85 Liechtenstein May 3, 1996 Triesen 1 (source: 2018) 39,598 See McDonald's Switzerland
86 Lithuania May 31, 1996 Vilnius 18 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 158,561 See McDonald's Lithuania
87 India October 13, 1996[41] Delhi 581 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 2,475,163 First outlet in South Asia. See McDonald's India
88 Peru October 18, 1996 San Isidro, Lima 29 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 1,167,090 See McDonald's Peru
89 Jordan November 7, 1996 Amman 46 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 248,679 See McDonald's Jordan
90 Paraguay November 21, 1996 Asuncion 24 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 285,173 See McDonald's Paraguay
91 Dominican Republic November 30, 1996 Santo Domingo 23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 492,664 Country with the second most locations of McDonald's in the Caribbean, after Puerto Rico. See McDonald's Dominican Republic
92 French Polynesia (territory of France) December 10, 1996 Tahiti 6 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 46,853
93 Trinidad and Tobago May 6, 1997 The Falls at West Mall 4 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 375,733 McDonald's previously had stores in Trinidad (May 6, 1997 – October 25, 2003) but closed due to low sales. Re-opened at The Falls at West Mall in 2011 and has since expanded to 5 other locations.[42]
94 Ukraine May 24, 1997 Near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv 117 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 322,503 All three restaurants in the peninsula of Crimea were permanently closed after the Russian military invasion in March 2014.[43][44] The 2 restaurants in Donetsk and the only one in Luhansk were also permanently closed after the War in Donbas intensified in late 2014.[45][46] All restaurants in Ukraine were temporarily closed down due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022; they reopened in September that same year.[47] The restaurant in Kherson was destroyed during the Russian occupation and the restaurant in Melitopol remain close as the city is under Russian control since March 2022.[48] See McDonald's Ukraine,
95 Cyprus June 12, 1997 Larnaca 24 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 56,041 See McDonald's Cyprus
96 Jersey
(British Crown dependency) 		August 1, 1997 Saint Helier 1 ? 103,674
97 Ecuador October 9, 1997 Centro Comercial Iñaquito (CCI), Quito 33 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 544,851 See McDonald's Ecuador
98 Réunion
(part of France) 		December 14, 1997 Saint-Denis 16 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 54,680 See McDonald's Réunion
99 Isle of Man (British Crown dependency) December 15, 1997 Douglas 1 ? 84,165
100 Suriname December 18, 1997 Paramaribo 2 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 314,443
101 Moldova April 30, 1998 Chișinău 12 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 340,786 See McDonald's Moldova
102 Nicaragua July 11, 1998 Managua 8 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 852,952 All McDonald's outlets in Nicaragua temporarily ceased operation during the Nicaraguan Civil War and were re-opened in 1998 after an absence of two decades. Amidst the war, however, one outlet continued operations as "Donald's".[49] See McDonald's Nicaragua
103 Lebanon September 18, 1998 Beirut 23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 249,282 See McDonald's Lebanon
104 Pakistan (details) September 19, 1998[50] Lahore 78 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 3,173,135 See McDonald's Pakistan
105 Georgia February 5, 1999 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi 23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 165,543 First outlet in the Caucasus. See McDonald's Georgia
106 Gibraltar
(territory of United Kingdom) 		August 13, 1999 Westside 1 (source: 2018) 38,471 See McDonald's Spain
107 Azerbaijan November 6, 1999 Fountains Square, Baku 22 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 469,009 See McDonald's Azerbaijan
108 French Guiana
(part of France) 		February 22, 2000 Cayenne 3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 101,134 See McDonald's French Antilles
109 American Samoa
(territory of United States) 		September 29, 2000 Pago Pago 1 (source: 2008) 23,761
110 Mauritius July 4, 2001 Port Louis 16 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 79,599 See McDonald's Mauritius
111 Iraq August 10, 2006 Baghdad 1 (source: 2006) 38,270,000 One outlet in Baghdad for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called MaDonal, located in Iraqi Kurdistan
112 Vietnam February 8, 2014 Ho Chi Minh City 33 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2023)[12] 3,040,976 See McDonald's Vietnam
113 Saint Martin (territory of France) December 29, 2014[51] Marigot 1 (source: McDonald's Saint-Martin)[52] 27,515
114 Western Sahara (Area occupied by Morocco) August 10, 2017 Laayoune 1 (source: Publico) 579,729 See [1]
Countries with McDonald's restaurants, showing their first year with its first restaurant

Former locations

[edit]
# Country/territory Date of first store Date of closure Reason for closure
1 Barbados August 25, 1989 December 13, 1990 Closed due to extremely poor sales.[53]
2 Bermuda (territory of United Kingdom) November 10, 1985 March 9, 1995 Closed after the passage of a government law banning franchised restaurants in the territory. The McDonald's restaurant was located on a US Naval Air Station and was thus exempt from the law. When the base closed in 1995, the restaurant was required to do likewise.[54]
3 Bolivia November 21, 1997 November 30, 2002 Closed due to poor sales and high prices. McDonald's has since attempted to reenter the Bolivian market, but with little success.
4 Jamaica April 15, 1995 October 14, 2005 Closed due to political issues and declining sales.[55]
5 Montenegro
(part of Serbia and Montenegro at the time) 		June 1, 2004 2007 A seasonal McDonald's restaurant was opened in Budva but was later closed due to the lack of a permanent location.[56]
6 Iceland September 9, 1993 October 31, 2009 Closed due to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis. All former McDonald's restaurants were renamed locally as Metro, which served the same menu as McDonald's along with domestic products.[57]
7 North Macedonia
(named Republic of Macedonia at the time) 		September 6, 1997 May 14, 2013 Closed due to a dispute in contract and contractual obligations with the franchise owner Sveto Janevski. McDonald's has since attempted to reenter the Macedonian market, with little success.[58]
8 San Marino July 6, 1999 July 6, 2019 The one and only Sammarinese McDonald's restaurant was located in Borgo Maggiore. It ceased operations on July 6, 2019, 20 years after its opening, due to its close proximity to restaurants in nearby Italian communities, which resulted in a decline of sales.
9 Russia (details)
(part of Soviet Union at the time) 		January 31, 1990 May 16, 2022 First restaurant was opened in Pushkin Square, Moscow in 1990. It was the first outlet in the Soviet Union itself, which then dissolved in December 1991 after its opening. In March 2022, McDonald's suspended all operations in Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. McDonald's later chose to permanently shut down all McDonald's operations in Russia, citing geopolitical concern. Before its closure, McDonald's had opened 850 restaurants in Russia.[59] The brand was relaunched on June 12, 2022, as Vkusno i tochka (Вкусно и точка, "Tasty and that's it") by local franchisee Alexander Govor, who acquired the operations in May from McDonald's. While the menu and equipment remains the same, most of the trademarks were dropped.[60][61] It is expected McDonald's will have an option to reacquire the 850 restaurants in 15 years.[62]
10 Belarus December 10, 1996 November 27, 2022 In November 2022, it was announced that McDonald's would be suspending operations in Belarus, and did so on November 27, and claimed the Russian fast food chain Vkusno i tochka (Вкусно и точка, Tasty and that's it) would take its place. Instead, the restaurants began operating under the sign, "We are open!".[63][64][65] In early April 2023, KSB Victory Restaurants (operators of McDonald's in Belarus) filed an application for registration of the name and trademark "Mak.by".[66] On April 18, 2023, the restaurant chain was renamed "Mak.by".[67][68][69]
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina July 20, 2011 December 31, 2022 Closed "until further notice" due to McDonald's having its license to operating in the country revoked.[70]
12 Kazakhstan March 8, 2016 January 5, 2023 Suspended due to supply restrictions that buying burger patties from Russia was prohibited due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.[71] On 23 January 2023 the local owner of the franchise, Food Solutions KZ, reopened the restaurants under the brand "MyOtkryty" (МыОткрыты, WeAreOpen) with the same menu under slightly altered names.[72] On 16 August 2023 this brand name was dropped and each of the restaurants in the country received its own name following the next pattern: "I'm" followed by any Kazakh or Russian first name, e.g. "Men Aidanamin" (Мен Айданамын, I'm Aidana).[73] On 23 November of the same year the brand was renamed again as "I'm" written in English.[74]
13 Sri Lanka October 16, 1998 March 25, 2024 On March 25, 2024, all 12 outlets were temporarily closed until further notice as a result of McDonald's terminating its agreement with its Sri Lankan franchisee, Abans Plc, after being ordered by the Colombo High Court not to use the McDonald's branding. There were also allegations of poor hygiene. McDonald’s Corporation and International Restaurant Systems (Private) Limited have mutually agreed to end their franchise relationship in Sri Lanka. The companies reached a legal settlement that both parties found agreeable.

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Excluding overseas departments

References

[edit]
  1. ^ List of the largest fast food restaurant chains "Subscribe Today". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
  2. ^ Alden, Kory (May 8, 2024). "The World's Top 10 Largest Fast Food Chains". Fast Food Club.
  3. ^ McDonald's :: About Us :: FAQ Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved August 18, 2008
  4. ^ Hanna, Laurie (June 25, 2012). "Fast food takeaway: Inside the world's biggest McDonald's which will be open for just six weeks". The Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Tepper, Rachel (April 30, 2012). "PHOTOS: World's Largest McDonald's Coming To London Olympics". HuffPost. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Addley, Esther (July 28, 2012). "Olympic Games 2012 olympics olys, McDonald's (business), Sport, Food and drink industry (Business sector), Business, Fast food (life and style), Food and drink (Life and style), Life and style". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  7. ^ Clarke, Nicky. "Top 10: Stylish McDonald's". askmen.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  8. ^ "'Until we meet again,' McDonald's tells Russia as it exits the country for good". dailyo.in. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  9. ^ Invercargill: The World's Southernmost… Archived 2023-03-24 at the Wayback Machine - Invercargill Holiday Park and Motels
  10. ^ "Lippo's Riady family to delist Singapore's Auric Pacific". Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  11. ^ "McDonald's: number of restaurants worldwide". Statista. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy McDonald’s. (2023, December 31). Restaurants by country 2023. McDonald’s. https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/content/dam/sites/corp/nfl/pdf/Restaurants%20by%20Market%202023.pdf
  13. ^ "Store Finder – McDonald's Australia". Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  14. ^ Matsuda, Kiyotaka; Yui, Monami (January 8, 2015). "McDonald's Japan Reports More Past Incidents of Objects in Food". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  15. ^ "Japanese McDonald's fans select 'Makudo' as official nickname". Nikkei Asia. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  16. ^ See: McDonald's App
  17. ^ "Erstes McDonald's in Ostdeutschland feiert Jubiläum" Archived January 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Voigtland-Anzeiger. December 26, 2010. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  18. ^ "Restaurant Suche – McDonald's Deutschland". McDonald's Deutschland. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  19. ^ (Luxembourg excluded)
  20. ^ "10 Nos chiffres". Archived from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  21. ^ "15 Fascinating facts about McDonald's in UK". The Daily Telegraph. 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  22. ^ "20 years of Big Macs as McDonald's marks Scottish anniversary". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  23. ^ "About Us :: McDonald's Hong Kong". mcdonalds.com.hk. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  24. ^ "Organisation- Mcdonald's New Zealand". Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  25. ^ "McDonald's New Zealand founder dies". National Business Review. May 26, 2010. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
  26. ^ Hepozden, Rosemary (2011). O'Flaherty, Brian (ed.). Golden Arches under Southern Skies: Celebrating 35 years of McDonald's in New Zealand. in co-op with McDonald's Restaurants (NZ) Ltd. Auckland: Renaissance Publishing. pp. 112–5. ISBN 978-0-9864521-1-6.
  27. ^ "Locate Us". McDonald's®. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  28. ^ "Mcdonalds lanza 4you". April 18, 2018. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  29. ^ "500 McDonald's outlets by 2020 – Business News – The Star Online". thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  30. ^ a b c "Countries with the Most McDonald's". Archived from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  31. ^ "Tu Restaurante – McDonald's España". mcdonalds.es. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  32. ^ "Chi siamo | Azienda". McDonald's Italia. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  33. ^ "McDonald's Magyarország". mcdonalds.hu. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  34. ^ "Setelah 30 Tahun, Malam Ini McDonald's Sarinah Resmi Tutup Pintu untuk Pelanggannya... Halaman all". May 10, 2020. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  35. ^ "Restauracje". February 6, 2022. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  36. ^ "McDonald's Monaco". mcdonalds.fr. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  37. ^ Makhoul, Mark (Jan 4, 2021). "McDonald's Gulf Road Now Open". 248AM. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  38. ^ "McDonald's Gulf Street Branch Closed Permanently After 25 Years Of Memories". Kuwait Local. Jun 17, 2019. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  39. ^ "June 10-25, 1995 - McDonald's widens persian gulf reach with 4th restaurant in Abu Dhabi". Orlando Sentimel. June 10, 1995. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  40. ^ "Despre companie". McDonald's Romania (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  41. ^ "McDonald's Official website India – About McDonald's". Archived from the original on March 14, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  42. ^ "November 2002 > Golden Arches to Leave Trinidad and Tobago | NACS Online". Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2006.
  43. ^ Walker, Peter (2014-04-04). "Crimea: no more McDonald's or methadone after annexation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  44. ^ "McDonald's quits Crimea as fears of trade clash grow". CNBC. 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  45. ^ Bondarenko, Veronika (2016-10-15). "In separatist-backed eastern Ukraine, entrepreneurs are turning abandoned McDonald's into 'DonMak'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  46. ^ "McDonald's probes copycat burger joint in separatist east Ukraine". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  47. ^ "McDonald's is Still Paying Its Workers in Ukraine Despite Restaurant Shut-Downs". March 13, 2022. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  48. ^ Carman, Tim (2022-08-11). "McDonald's to reopen in Ukraine to create a small sense of 'normalcy'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  49. ^ "Why you can't (legally) buy a Big Mac in El Salvador". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  50. ^ "McDonald's". mcdonalds.com.pk. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  51. ^ Rembotte, Igor (20 December 2014). "29 décembre 2014… Il est né le divin enfant et il s'appelle Ronald". sxminfo.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  52. ^ "McDonald's Saint-Martin". instagram.com. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  53. ^ "Press Articles – Big Mac To Be Grilled in JA". mcspotlight.org. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  54. ^ "McD's Banned in British Colony". hartford-hwp.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  55. ^ "McDonald's leaving Jamaica". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on December 10, 2005. Retrieved December 10, 2005.
  56. ^ Dautovic, Dragana (1 May 2007). "Montenegro: Not Lovin' It". The Vienna Review. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  57. ^ Scinto, Maria (18 July 2020). "The Real Reason Iceland Closed All Its McDonald's Locations". Mashed.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  58. ^ Marusic, Sinisa Jakov (17 May 2013). "McDonald's Restaurants Shut Down in Macedonia". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  59. ^ Kumar, Uday Sampath (May 17, 2022). "Golden arches to go dark in Russia as McDonald's exits after 30 years". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  60. ^ "McDonald's Russia restaurants to reopen under new brand from June 12, says local company". Reuters. May 26, 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  61. ^ "СМИ стало известно новое название McDonald's в России". May 23, 2022. Archived from the original on May 29, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  62. ^ "McDonald's will have a 15-year option to buy its restaurants in Russia back". The Globe and Mail. June 2, 2022. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  63. ^ "Рестораны McDonald's в Минске продолжают работу в прежнем формате". 22 November 2022. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  64. ^ "Бывший "Макдоналдс" в Беларуси назвали "Мы открыты" | New-Retail.ru". new-retail.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  65. ^ Digital Report (2023-03-30). "Макдоналдс в Беларуси стал называться "Мы открыты"". Digital Report (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  66. ^ "У бывшего McDonald's в Беларуси наконец появится название и свой логотип". 12 April 2023. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  67. ^ "Бывший McDonald's меняет название". tochka.by (in Russian). 12 April 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  68. ^ "Теперь точно Mak.by: бывшие рестораны МcDonald's меняют вывеску - Лайфстайл Onlíner". 18 April 2023. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  69. ^ "Бывший McDonald's в Белоруссии начал работать под брендом Mak.by". 18 April 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  70. ^ "McDonald's prestaje s radom u Bosni i Hercegovini". klix.ba (in Croatian). 30 December 2022. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  71. ^ ""Food Solutions KZ" ЖШС басқаратын жылдам қызмет көрсететін мейрамханалар McDonald's брендімен жұмыс істеуін тоқтатады". McDonald’s® Қазақстан | McDonald’s® (in Kazakh). Archived from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  72. ^ Rickleton, Chris (24 January 2023). "Rebranding McDonald's In Kazakhstan Is A Minefield Of National Identity, Geopolitics". RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  73. ^ "McDonald's в Казахстане сменил вывески на "Мен Мәдиярмын" и "Мен Араймын"". РБК. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  74. ^ "Бывшие рестораны McDonald's в Казахстане сменили название". РБК. 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_with_McDonald%27s_restaurants&oldid=1265237260"