List of countries with McDonald's franchises

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This is a listing of countries with McDonald's franchises, followed by countries without any. McDonald's is the largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world. [1] It has a total of more than 31,000 outlets worldwide. [2]

Countries with McDonalds stores


Badge issued to celebrate the opening of the first McDonald's in Belarus, which by the company's calculation was its 100th country

Contents

[edit] By year

  1. (1940) United States
  2. (1967) Canada - 1 June
  3. (1967) Puerto Rico - 10 November
  4. (1970) United States Virgin Islands - 4 September
  5. (1970) Costa Rica - 28 December - First Mc Donald's outside of North America and second international franchise worldwide.
  6. (1971) Guam 10 June
  7. (1971) Japan - 20 July - with the opening of an outlet in Tokyo the company established a presence in Asia for the first time.
  8. (1971) Netherlands – 21 August - the first McDonald's in Europe.
  9. (1971) Panama – 1 September
  10. (1971) West Germany – 22 November
  11. (1971) Australia – 30 May - with the opening of an outlet in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona the company established a presence on the third new continent in the span of six months.
  12. (1972) France – 30 June – including the possessions of Martinique 16 December 1991, Guadeloupe 8 April 1992, Réunion 14 December 1997, French Guiana 22 February 2000.
  13. (1972) El Salvador - 20 July
  14. (1973) Sweden – 27 October
  15. (1974) Guatemala – 6 June
  16. (1974) Netherlands Antilles 16 August - Aruba (then part of the Netherlands Antilles) 4 April 1985, Sint Maarten 15 December 1995
  17. (1974) United Kingdom – 1 October - England 1 October 1974, (Powis Street, Woolwich, London) Wales 3 December 1984, Scotland 23 November 1987, (Reform Street, Dundee) Northern Ireland 14 October 1991,
  18. (1975) Hong Kong - 8 January at Paterson Street
  19. (1975) Nicaragua - McDonald’s outlets ceased operation during the Nicaraguan civil war and re-established a presence on 11 July 1998 after an absence of two decades.
  20. (1975) The Bahamas – 4 August
  21. (1976) New Zealand – 7 June
  22. (1976) Switzerland - 20 October
  23. (1977) Ireland – 9 May (Grafton Street, Dublin)
  24. (1977) Austria – 21 July
  25. (1978) Belgium 21 March
  26. (1979) Brazil – 13 February - with the opening of an outlet in Rio de Janeiro the company established a presence on the continent of South America for the first time.
  27. (1979) Singapore – 20 October at Liat Towers, Orchard Road.
  28. (1981) Spain - 10 March
  29. (1981) Denmark - 15 April
  30. (1981) Philippines – 27 September
  31. (1982) Malaysia – 29 April - with the opening of an outlet in Kuala Lumpur.
  32. (1983) Norway – 18 November
  33. (1984) Taiwan (Republic of China) – 28 January
  34. (1984) Andorra – 29 June
  35. (1984) Finland – 14 December
  36. (1985) Thailand – 23 February
  37. (1985) Luxembourg – 17 July
  38. (1985) Venezuela – 31 August
  39. (1985) Italy - 15 October
  40. (1985) Mexico – 29 October
  41. (1986) Cuba - 24 April - available only in Guantanamo Bay and inaccessible to Cuban citizens.
  42. (1986) Turkey – 24 October
  43. (1986) Argentina – 24 November
  44. (1987) Macau - 11 April
  45. (1988) Serbia – 24 March - the first outlet opened in Belgrade
  46. (1988) South Korea – 29 March
  47. (1988) Hungary – 30 April
  48. (1990) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - 31 January - (in Russian SFSR, now Russia)
  49. (1990) People's Republic of China - 8 October - in Shenzhen [4]
  50. (1990) Chile – 19 November
  51. (1991) Indonesia – 23 February
  52. (1991) Portugal - 23 May
  53. (1991) Greece - 12 November
  54. (1991) Uruguay - 18 November
  55. (1992) Czechoslovakia - 20 March (in what is now the Czech Republic)
  56. (1992) Poland - 17 June
  57. (1992) Monaco - 20 November
  58. (1992) Brunei - 12 December
  59. (1992) Morocco – 18 December - with the opening of an outlet in Casablanca the company had expanded into Africa and had a presence on all continents except Antarctica.
  60. (1993) Northern Mariana Islands 18 March
  61. (1993) Iceland - 3 September
  62. (1993) Israel - 14 October[5][6]
  63. (1993) Slovenia – 2 December
  64. (1993) Saudi Arabia – 8 December
  65. (1994) Botswana - 13 May
  66. (1994) Kuwait – 15 June
  67. (1994) New Caledonia - 26 July
  68. (1994) Oman – 30 July
  69. (1994) Egypt – 20 October
  70. (1994) Bulgaria – 10 December
  71. (1994) Bahrain – 15 December
  72. (1994) Latvia – 15 December
  73. (1994) United Arab Emirates – 21 December
  74. (1995) Estonia – 29 April
  75. (1995) Romania – 16 June
  76. (1995) Malta - 7 July
  77. (1995) Colombia – 14 July
  78. (1995) Slovakia – 13 October
  79. (1995) South Africa - 11 November
  80. (1995) Qatar – 13 December
  81. (1995) Honduras – 14 December
  82. (1996) Croatia – 2 February
  83. (1996) Samoa – 2 March
  84. (1996) Fiji – 1 May
  85. (1996) Liechtenstein – 3 May
  86. (1996) Lithuania - 31 May
  87. (1996) Cyprus - 12 June
  88. (1996) India – 13 October
  89. (1996) Peru – 18 October
  90. (1996) Jordan – 7 November
  91. (1996) Paraguay – 21 November
  92. (1996) Dominican Republic - 30 November
  93. (1996) Belarus - 10 December; the company claimed this as McDonald's "100th country" although this calculation included many non-sovereign territories
  94. (1996) French Polynesia - 10 December - in Tahiti
  95. (1997) Ukraine - 28 May
  96. (1997) Yemen - 22 August
  97. (1997) Macedonia - 6 September
  98. (1997) Ecuador - 9 October
  99. (1997) Isle of Man - 15 December
  100. (1997) Suriname - 18 December
  101. (1998) Moldova - 30 April
  102. (1998) Lebanon – 18 September
  103. (1998) Pakistan – 19 September
  104. (1998) Sri Lanka – 16 October
  105. (1999) Georgia - 5 February
  106. (1999) San Marino – 6 July
  107. (1999) Gibraltar - 13 August
  108. (1999) Azerbaijan - 6 November
  109. (2000) American Samoa - 29 September
  110. (2001) Mauritius - 4 July
  111. (2003) Kazakhstan
  112. (2004) Montenegro - June - the first outlet opened in Budva
  113. (2008) Algeria - December

[edit] Former locations

  1. (1997-2002) Bolivia [1] - closed due to slow sales and cost
  2. (1996 - six months) Barbados [2] - slow sales
  3. (1997-2003) Trinidad and Tobago [3]
  4. (1985-1995) Bermuda [4] - government influence
  5. (1995-2005) Jamaica [5]

[edit] Countries without McDonald's locations

Ask Yahoo! compared the United States Department of State's list of independent states to a list of franchises on the McDonald's website, and derived that the following countries don't have McDonald's locations.[6]

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (13 out of 35 countries)

In addition there is a McDonalds restaurant in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, land leased from Cuba that hosts a US Naval facility.

EUROPE (5 out of 48 countries)

THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (5 out of 19 countries) Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Tunisia.

ASIA (16 out of 30 countries)

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (45 out of 48)

OCEANIA (10 out of 14)

[edit] Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention

In Thomas L. Friedman's 1999 book The Lexus and the Olive Tree the following observation was presented: "No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's". While that statement was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, his point was that due to globalization, countries that have made strong economic ties with one another have too much to lose to ever go to war with one another. While the observation may have been true, the conclusions to be drawn are unclear. The global expansion of McDonald's restaurants is a relatively recent phenomenon when put into the context of the history of warfare, and, with a few notable exceptions, has proceeded into relatively stable markets.

The 2008 South Ossetia war between Russia and Georgia is a counterexample to the theory, both countries having McDonalds at the time (started in 1990 and 1999, respectively).[7] Other conflicts that provide possible counterexamples, depending on what one considers "a war", include the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, the bombing of Serbia, and the Kargil War along with ongoing skirmishes between factions of India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region.

The appearance of McDonald's does not end an existing state of war: the states of Lebanon and Israel have been under a state of war since 1973, with South Lebanon occupied until May 2000 and a significant flareup in 2006, which did not hinder the establishment of McDonald's franchises in Israel and Lebanon in 1993 and 1998, respectively. The two countries engaged in a brief state of warfare in the summer of 2006.

See also: Golden Arches#The Golden Arches theory

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 R&I Top 400 Chain Restaurants, retrieved August 18, 2008
  2. ^ McDonald's :: About Us :: FAQ, retrieved August 18, 2008
  3. ^ "First McDonald's in Central Asia to open in Kazakhstan in 2003", Kazahkstan News Bulletin Released Weekly By the Embassy of Kazakhstan, Volume 4, Number 3, October 9, 2002, retrieved August 10, 2008]
  4. ^ "McDonald's to open store in SW China city", People's Daily, July 20, 2005, retrieved December 8, 2005
  5. ^ McDonald's Israel, retrieved January 11, 2006
  6. ^ Israelis begin week-long observance of Passover, CNN, April 10, 1998, retrieved January 11, 2006
  7. ^ Russia, Georgia, and IR Theory: Part 1, Lawyers, Guns, and Money (featuring photos of McDonalds in both countries)

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