List of countries with McDonald's restaurants
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Template:Infobox McDonald's Hey Griffin This is a listing of countries with McDonald's franchises. McDonald's is the largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world.[1] It has more than 31,000 outlets worldwide.[2] The list of countries follows the company's own calculation, and contains several non-sovereign territories.
Countries currently with McDonald's franchises
# | Country | Date | First outlet location | Number of currently operating outlets | Notes |
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1 | United States | May 15 ,1940 | San Bernardino, California. | 13,381 (source: May 2009) | |
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. | 36 (source: March 2011) | 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[3] | 780[3] (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) | ||
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 | United Kingdom | October 1, 1974 | Woolwich, London | 1,250 (United Kingdom-wide, source: 2006) | |
18 | Hong Kong/ Hong Kong | January 8, 1975 | Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island.[4] | 200[4] (source:2009) | |
19 | Bahamas | August 4, 1975 | |||
20 | New Zealand | June 7, 1976 | Porirua Central, Wellington[5] | 152[5] (Sep 2011) | Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris[6] First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on 3 November 1987.[7] |
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 | 121 (source: 2004) | |
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 | 235 (source: 2004) | |
30 | Malaysia | April 29, 1982 | Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur[8] | 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 | 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)[9] | ||
42 | Cuba | April 24, 1986 | Guantanamo Bay | 1 (source: 2009) | Guantanamo Bay |
43 | Turkey | October 24, 1986 | Istanbul | 160[10] (source: 2010) | First outlet in the Greater Middle East. |
44 | Argentina | November 24, 1986 | Belgrano, Buenos Aires | 187 (source: 2009) | |
45 | Macau/ Macau | April 11, 1987 | Then Portuguese territory; McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later | ||
46 | Scotland | November 23, 1987 | |||
47 | Yugoslavia/ | 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) | |
49 | Hungary | April 13, 1988 | Budapest[11] | 100 (source: 2009[12]) | Second communist country, first Warsaw Pact member, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. |
50 | Soviet Union/ Russia | January 31, 1990 | 270 (source: 2010) | ||
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 | 91 (source: 2004) | |
55 | United Kingdom Northern Ireland | 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 | March 20, 1992 | 72 (source: 2006) | First outlet in Czech Republic. | |
60 | Guadeloupe | April 8, 1992 | |||
61 | Poland | June 17, 1992 | 249 (source: 2010) | ||
62 | Monaco | November 20, 1992 | |||
63 | Brunei | December 12, 1992 | 1 (source: 2004) | ||
64 | Morocco | December 18, 1992 | Casablanca | 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 | 60 (source: 2009) | ||
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 | 8 (source: January 2011)[13] | First outlet in the Baltics. | |
77 | United Arab Emirates | December 21, 1994 | |||
78 | Estonia | April 29, 1995 | 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 | 23 (source: 2011) | ||
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)[14] | |
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 | 13 (source: 2004) | ||
93 | India | October 13, 1996[15] | Delhi | 192 (source: 2010)[16] | |
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 | 10 (source: 2007) | ||
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 | |||
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 | |||
110 | Pakistan | September 19, 1998 | 25 (source: 2005) | ||
111 | Sri Lanka | October 16, 1998 | |||
112 | San Marino | July 6, 1999 | Borgo Maggiore. | 1 (source: 2010) | |
113 | Gibraltar | August 13, 1999 | |||
114 | Azerbaijan | November 6, 1999 | Baku | 7 (source: 2011) | |
115 | French Guiana | February 22, 2000 | |||
116 | American Samoa | September 29, 2000 | |||
117 | Mauritius | July 4, 2001 | Port Louis | 1 (source: 2010) | |
118 | 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[17] | Sarajevo | 2 (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 07/20/2011. Days later construction started on the first drive-thru, while ongoing planning is wrapping up for outlets in Banja Luka and Mostar. |
123 | Trinidad & Tobago | August 2011 | Westmoorings, Port of Spain | 1 (source: 2011) | Currently slated to re-open at The Falls At West Mall. McDonald's previously had stores in Trinidad (May 6 1997 - October 25 2003) but closed due to low sales. [2] |
Former locations
- (July 14-16, 1994) Iran [citation needed] - political reasons [citation needed]
- (November 10, 1985-March 9, 1995) Bermuda [3] - government influence
- (June 30-December 31, 1996) Barbados [4] - slow sales
- (February 1, 1997-December 31, 2002) Bolivia [5] - closed due to slow sales and cost
- (April 15, 1995-October 30, 2005) Jamaica [6] - closed due to government problems and slow sales
- (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 | File:San Jose Costa Rica Flag-------.svg 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 | File:Logo casa.png Casablanca | December 18 | 1992 |
See also
- 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
References
- ^ 2007 R&I Top 400 Chain Restaurants, retrieved August 18, 2008
- ^ McDonald's :: About Us :: FAQ, retrieved August 18, 2008
- ^ a b "Our Story - McDonald's Australia". Retrieved 2011-09-06.
- ^ a b McDonald's Official website Hong Kong - About McDonald's
- ^ a b "Organisation - Mcdonald's New Zealand". Retrieved 2011-09-06.
- ^ "McDonald's New Zealand founder dies". National Business Review. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ Hepözden, 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.
- ^ McDonald's Official website Malaysia - About McDonald's
- ^ http://www.mcdonalds.com.mx/#NPC:Institutional%231List1
- ^ McDonald's Official website Turkey - About McDonald's
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- ^ Győrben nyílik a McDonald’s 100. magyar étterme (100th McDonald’s in Hungary opens in Győr) Kisalföld.hu
- ^ "Restorāni Latvijā". mcdonalds.lv. Retrieved 26-01-2011.
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(help) - ^ McDonald's Official website India - About McDonald's
- ^ "How Big Mac plans to change Indian food habits". business.rediff.com. Retrieved 27 Oct 2010.
- ^ "Komsic and Moon opened McDonald's" (in English(translated)). Retrieved 19. July 2011.
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