List of countries with McDonald's franchises

McDonald's

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: MCD Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
Industry	Restaurants
Founded	May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California; McDonald's Corporation, April 15, 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois
Founder(s)	Richard and Maurice McDonald McDonald's restaurant concept; Ray Kroc, McDonald's Corporation founder.
Headquarters	Oak Brook, Illinois, U.S.
Number of locations	33,000+ worldwide
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	James A. Skinner (Chairman & CEO)
Products	Fast food (hamburgers • chicken • french fries • soft drinks • coffee • milkshakes • salads • desserts • breakfast)
Revenue	US$ 24.075 billion (2010)
Operating income	US$ 7.473 billion (2010)
Net income	US$ 4.949 billion (2010)
Total assets	US$ 31.975 billion (2010)
Total equity	US$ 14.634 billion (2010)
Employees	400,000 (January 2010)
Website	Global Corporate Website

This is a listing of countries with McDonald's franchises. McDonald's is the largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world. It has more than 33,000 outlets worldwide. The list of countries follows the company's own calculation, and contains several non-sovereign territories.

Countries currently with McDonald's franchises

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

McDonald's in Pécs, Hungary.

McDonald's in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

First McDonald's in Italy (Rome, 1986, near Piazza di Spagna, 425 seats).

McDonald's in Angeles City, Philippines.

McDonald's delivery service in front of a 24 hour branch in Seoul, South Korea.

#	Country	Date	First outlet location	Number of currently operating outlets	Notes
1	United States	May 15, 1940	San Bernardino, California.	18,590 (source: March 2011)
2	Canada	June 1, 1967	Richmond, British Columbia.	1,400 (source: March 2007)
3	Puerto Rico	November 10, 1967			First McDonald's in Latin America and in the Caribbean.
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	September 4, 1970
5	Costa Rica	December 28, 1970	San José, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue.	44 (source: February 2012)	Third country (not U.S. possession) and first outlet outside Northern America where McDonald's opened.
6	Guam	June 10, 1971			First outlet in Oceania and first outlet outside the Americas.
7	Japan	July 20, 1971	Tokyo	3,598 (source: 2004)	First outlet in Asia
8	Netherlands	August 21, 1971	Zaandam	225 (source: 2011)	First outlet in Europe.
9	Panama	September 1, 1971		37 (source: 2009)
10	Germany	November 22, 1971		1,361 (source: February 2010)	First outlet in West Germany: outlets in the former East Germany opened in 1991.
11	Australia	May 30, 1971	Yagoona, New South Wales	780 (Sep 2011)	First outlet in Oceania (in a sovereign state)
12	France	June 30, 1972		1,161 (source: December 2009)	First outlet in Créteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979
13	El Salvador	July 20, 1972		11 (source: Sept 2009)	Left in 1980 during the Salvadorian Civil War, but returned after the war in 1992.
14	Sweden	October 27, 1973	Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm	230 (source: December 2009)	First outlet in Scandinavia.
15	Guatemala	June 6, 1974		80 (source: 2011)
16	Curaçao	August 16, 1974
17	England, UK	October 1, 1974	Woolwich, London	2,600 (United Kingdom-wide, source: 2011)
18	Hong Kong Hong Kong	January 8, 1975	Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island.	200 (source:2009)	Then a British Crown colony/Dependent Territory.
19	Bahamas	August 4, 1975
20	New Zealand	June 7, 1976	Porirua Central, Wellington	152 (Sep 2011)	Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on 3 November 1987.
21	Switzerland	October 20, 1976		148 (source: March 2010)
22	Ireland	May 9, 1977	Grafton Street, Dublin	79 (source: February 2009)
23	Austria	July 21, 1977	Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna.	168 (source: 2009)
24	Belgium	March 21, 1978		64 (source: 2004)
25	Brazil	February 13, 1979	Rio de Janeiro	560 (source: 2009)	First outlet in South America.
26	Singapore	October 20, 1979	Liat Towers, Orchard Road	180 (source: 2011)
27	Spain	March 10, 1981		276 (source: 2004)
28	Denmark	April 15, 1981		83 (source: December 2009)
29	Philippines	September 27, 1981	Morayta, Sampaloc, Manila	320 (source: 2011)
30	Malaysia	April 29, 1982	Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur	194 (source: 2009)	First outlet in a Muslim-majority country.
31	Norway	November 18, 1983	Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo	68 (source: December 2009)
32	Taiwan	January 28, 1984	Taipei City, Taiwan	338 (source: 2004)
33	Andorra	June 29, 1984		3 (source: 2009)
34	Wales, UK	December 3, 1984
35	Finland	December 14, 1984	Tampere	93 (source: 2004)
36	Thailand	February 23, 1985		88 (source: 2004)
37	Aruba	April 4, 1985
38	Luxembourg	July 17, 1985		7 (source: 2009)
39	Venezuela	August 31, 1985		197 (source: 2009)
40	Italy	October 15, 1985	near Piazza di Spagna, Rome	392 (source: 2009)
41	Mexico	October 29, 1985		500+ (source: 2011)
42	Cuba	April 24, 1986	Guantanamo Bay	1 (source: 2009)	Guantanamo Bay
43	Turkey	October 24, 1986	Istanbul	160 (source: 2010)	First outlet in the Greater Middle East.
44	Argentina	November 24, 1986	Belgrano, Buenos Aires	200 (source: 2011)
45	Macao Macao	April 11, 1987			Then Portuguese territory; McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later.
46	Scotland, UK	November 23, 1987	Dundee		Second store was Kirkcaldy. It took over 13 years since McDonald's first appeared in the UK.
47	Yugoslavia Serbia	March 24, 1988		15 (source: 2011)	First outlet in a communist country and first outlet in the Balkans.
48	South Korea	March 29, 1988	Seoul	243 (source: 2011)	All Korean McDonalds store are located not on it's own building but in malls, buildings, etc.
49	Hungary	April 13, 1988	Budapest	100 (source: 2009)	Second communist country, first Warsaw Pact member, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain.
50	Soviet Union Russia	January 31, 1990	Pushkin Square, Moscow	310 (December 2011)
51	China	October 8, 1990	Shenzhen	850 (August 2010)
52	Chile	November 19, 1990		69 (source: 2009)
53	Indonesia	February 23, 1991	Sarinah, Jakarta	110 (source: 2009)
54	Portugal	May 23, 1991	CascaiShopping, Cascais	120 (source: 2008)
55	Northern Ireland, UK	October 14, 1991	Belfast	32 (source:2006)
56	Greece	November 12, 1991		48 (source: 2004)
57	Uruguay	November 18, 1991	Montevideo
58	Martinique	December 16, 1991
59	Czechoslovakia Czech Republic	March 20, 1992		72 (source: 2006)
60	Guadeloupe	April 8, 1992
61	Poland	June 17, 1992	Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw	271 (source: 2011)
62	Monaco	November 20, 1992
63	Brunei	December 12, 1992		1 (source: 2004)
64	Morocco	December 18, 1992	Casablanca	27 (source: November 2011)	First outlet in Africa - McDonald's is now present in all continents except Antarctica.
65	Northern Marianas	March 18, 1993		2 (source:August 2011)	First outlet opened on the island of Saipan - Along with the a second outlet in 1997
66	Israel	October 14, 1993		153 (source: May 2010)
67	Slovenia	December 2, 1993	In Čopova Street, Ljubljana	16 (source: 2009)
68	Saudi Arabia	December 8, 1993		114 (source: Local website 74 in East, North and Central. 40 in West and South)
70	Kuwait	June 15, 1994		37 (source: 2007)
71	New Caledonia	July 26, 1994
72	Oman	July 30, 1994		9 (December 2009)
73	Egypt	October 20, 1994		50 (source 2003)
74	Bulgaria	December 10, 1994		36 (source: 2011)
75	Bahrain	December 15, 1994		14 (source: 2010)
76	Latvia	December 15, 1994		10 (source: October 2011)	First outlet in the Baltics.
77	United Arab Emirates	December 21, 1994
78	Estonia	April 29, 1995	Tallinn	8 (source: 2011)
79	Romania	June 16, 1995		126 (source: 2010)
80	Malta	July 7, 1995		8 (7 in Malta, 1 in Gozo, source: 2009)
81	Colombia	July 14, 1995	Centro Andino, Bogota	78 (source: November 2009)
82	Slovakia	October 14, 1995		27 (source: 2012)
83	South Africa	November 11, 1995		129 (source: 2009)
84	Qatar	December 13, 1995		7 (source: 2003)
85	Honduras	December 14, 1995
86	Saint Martin	December 15, 1995
87	Croatia	February 2, 1996	Zagreb	19 (18 opened, 1 opening) (source: 2011)
88	Western Samoa	March 2, 1996
89	Fiji Islands	May 1, 1996		3 (source: 2001)
90	Liechtenstein	May 3, 1996		2 (source: 2009)
91	Lithuania	May 31, 1996		9 (source: 2011)
92	Cyprus	June 12, 1996		17 (source: 2011)
93	India	October 13, 1996	Delhi	192 (source: 2010)
94	Peru	October 18, 1996		22 (source: 2009)
95	Jordan	November 7, 1996
96	Paraguay	November 21, 1996		6 (source: 2009)
97	Dominican Republic	November 30, 1996
98	French Polynesia	December 10, 1996	Tahiti
99	Belarus	December 10, 1996	Minsk	6 (source: 2011)	The company claimed this as McDonald's "100th country" although this calculation included many non-sovereign territories even though McDonald's shut down in Iceland in 2009 it is the 99th country as of November 1, 2009.
100	Ukraine	May 28, 1997	Kiev	72 (source: 2011)
101	Yemen	August 22, 1997
102	Republic of Macedonia	September 6, 1997		6 (source: 2010)
103	Ecuador	October 9, 1997		20 (source: 2011)
104	Réunion	December 14, 1997
105	Isle of Man	December 15, 1997
106	Suriname	December 18, 1997		2 (source: 2010)
107	Moldova	April 30, 1998	Chişinău	4 (source: 2010)
108	Nicaragua	July 11, 1998		6 (source: June 2010)	McDonald's outlets ceased operation during the Nicaraguan civil war and re-established a presence in 1998 after an absence of two decades.
109	Lebanon	September 18, 1998		21 (source: 2011)
110	Pakistan	September 19, 1998		25 (source: 2005)
111	Sri Lanka	October 16, 1998
112	Georgia	February 5, 1999	Tbilisi	4 (source: 2010)	First outlet in the Caucasus.
113	San Marino	July 6, 1999	Borgo Maggiore	1 (source: 2010)
114	Gibraltar	August 13, 1999
115	Azerbaijan	November 6, 1999	Baku	9 (source: 2011)
116	French Guiana	February 22, 2000
117	American Samoa	September 29, 2000
118	Mauritius	July 4, 2001	Port Louis	2 (source: 2011)
119	Mayotte	May 1, 2003
120	Montenegro	June 1, 2004	Budva	1 (source: 2006)	A McDonalds restaurant was opened in Budva in 2004,but it has been closed in 2007 due to the lack of location.
121	Iraq	August 10, 2006	Baghdad	1 (source: 2006)	One location in Baghdad for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called MaDonal.
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina	July 20, 2011	Sarajevo	3 (source: 2011)	After 10 some years of trying to enter the Bosnian market with no success, McDonald's opened its first restaurant in BiH on 20.7.2011.
123	Trinidad and Tobago	August 2011	the Falls at West Mall, Westmoorings	6 (source: 2012)	Re-opened at The Falls At West Mall in 2011 and has expanded to 5 other locations. McDonald's previously had stores in Trinidad (May 6, 1997 - October 25, 2003) but closed due to low sales. [2]

Former locations

One of the three McDonald's restaurants in Iceland before their closing

1. (July 14–16, 1994) Iran^{[citation needed]} - political reasons^{[citation needed]}
2. (November 10, 1985-March 9, 1995) Bermuda [3] - government influence
3. (June 30-December 31, 1996) Barbados [4] - slow sales
4. (February 1, 1997-December 31, 2002) Bolivia [5] - closed due to slow sales and cost
5. (April 15, 1995-October 30, 2005) Jamaica [6] - closed due to government problems and slow sales
6. (September 3, 1993-October 31, 2009) Iceland [7] - Closed down by Icelandic affiliate citing prohibitive costs of importing foreign foodstuffs as required by McDonald's. Its former McDonald's outlets will be re-branded as its own chain of Metro restaurants offering similar service and menus with domestically produced ingredients.

Expansions by region

Continent	Location	City	Date	Year
North America	United States	San Bernardino	May 15	1940
Caribbean	Puerto Rico	San Juan	November 10	1967
Central America	Costa Rica	San José	December 28	1970
Oceania	Australia	Sydney	May 30	1971
Asia	Japan	Tokyo	July 20	1971
Europe	Netherlands	Zaandam	August 21	1971
South America	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	February 13	1979
Africa	Morocco	Casablanca	December 18	1992

See also

• International availability of McDonald's products
• List of countries
• List of countries with Burger King franchises
• Big Mac Index
• McDonaldization
• Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention
• McWorld
• Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
• MaDonal

External links

• McDonalds countries
• Another chronology of openings
• Alternate chronology