List of countries with McDonald's restaurants

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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 ]

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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 15,000 McDonald's restaurants in the United States, over 5,000 in Japan, over 4,500 in mainland China, over 2,200 in France, over 1,800 in Brazil, over 1,600 in Canada, over 1,500 in Germany, over 1,400 in the United Kingdom, over 1,100 in Australia, over 780 in Mexico and over 740 in the Philippines. McDonald's ceased to be operational in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in previous years.

History

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

#Country/territoryDate of first storeFirst outlet locationMax. no. of
operating
outlets		People per outletNotes
1United StatesMay 15, 1940
Franchise: April 15, 1955		 San Bernardino, California
Des Plaines, Illinois (Franchise)		15,00023,000First outlet. See McDonald's USA
2Canada ( details )June 3, 1967 Richmond, British Columbia
(Reopened June 23, 2017)		1,60024,000First outlet outside the United States. See McDonald's Canada
3Puerto Rico
(territory of United States)		November 10, 1967 San Juan 9529,583First McDonald's in Latin America and in the Caribbean and the first McDonald's in a Hispanophone area. See McDonald's Puerto Rico
4United States Virgin Islands
(territory of United States)		September 5, 1970 St. Croix 517,878
5Costa RicaDecember 8, 1970 San José, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue.7371,428Third country (not U.S. possession) where McDonald's opened. See McDonald's Costa Rica
6AustraliaMay 30, 1971 Yagoona, New South Wales [12] 1,10025,000First outlet in Oceania, outside the Americas, and in the Southern Hemisphere. See McDonald's Australia. Locally nicknamed as Maccas.
7Guam
(territory of United States)		June 10, 1971 Dededo 727,372First outlet in Micronesia. See McDonald's Guam & Saipan
8JapanJuly 21, 1971Ginza Mitsukoshi, Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 5,00026,000First outlet in Asia, McDonald's Holdings Company Japan, Inc. [13] locally known as makku (マック) and makudo. [14] See McDonald's Japan
9NetherlandsAugust 21, 1971 Zaandam 263 [15] 68,160This 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
10PanamaSeptember 1, 1971 Panama City 8171,912See McDonald's Panama
11GermanyNovember 22, 1971
(West Germany)
December 21, 1990
(former East Germany) [16] 		Munich
(West Germany)
Plauen
(former East Germany)		1,500 [17] [18] 56,000First 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
12France ( details )June 30, 1972 Créteil 2,200 [19] 31,000First 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.
13El SalvadorJuly 20, 1972 San Salvador 22318,900
14SwedenOctober 27, 1973 Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm 19655,478First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald's Sweden
15GuatemalaJune 6, 1974 Guatemala City 110179,894See McDonald's Guatemala
16Curaçao
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time)		August 16, 1974 Willemstad 532,203See McDonald's Curaçao
17United KingdomEngland: November 13, 1974 [20]
Wales: December 3, 1984
Scotland: November 23, 1987 [21]
Northern Ireland: October 12, 1991		 Woolwich, London (England)
Cardiff (Wales)
Dundee (Scotland)
Belfast (Northern Ireland)		1,43651,601Includes Isle of Man and Jersey (1 each)
England: 1,038
Scotland: 95
Wales: 62
Northern Ireland: 26
See McDonald's UK

Locally nicknamed as Maccies, and Maccy D's but not officially reconosed as the name for McDonald's UK

18Hong Kong
(British Hong Kong at the time)		January 8, 1975 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island (now closed) [22] 25431,190First 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
19BahamasAugust 4, 1975 Nassau 3131,787First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean. See McDonald's Bahamas
20New Zealand ( details )June 7, 1976 Porirua Central, Wellington [23] 17030,657Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris [24]
First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on November 3, 1987. [25] See McDonald's New Zealand.
21SwitzerlandOctober 20, 1976 Geneva 17950,013First outlet in a landlocked country. See McDonald's Switzerland
22IrelandMay 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin 9555,691First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin and first McCafé in Europe Grafton Street, Dublin. See McDonald's Ireland
23AustriaJuly 21, 1977 Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna 19944,693See McDonald's Austria
24BelgiumMarch 21, 1978 Brussels 111106,341See McDonald's Belgium
25BrazilFebruary 13, 1979 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro 1,800120,000First 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
26SingaporeOctober 20, 1979 Liat Towers, Orchard Road 15136,604First outlet in Southeast Asia at Liat Towers. See McDonald's Singapore [26]
27SpainMarch 10, 1981 Gran Vía, Madrid 605 [27] 81,802First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula. See McDonald's Spain
28DenmarkApril 15, 1981 Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen 26023,000See McDonald's Denmark
29Philippines ( details )September 27, 1981Nicanor Reyes Street (Morayta), Sampaloc, Manila 740155,988Licensed to Alliance Global Group. See McDonald's Philippines
30MalaysiaApril 29, 1982Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur [28] 37194,857Oldest surviving outlet in a Muslim-majority country. See McDonald's Malaysia
31NorwayNovember 18, 1983Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo 7968,612The world's northernmost branch is located in Tromsø. See McDonald's Norway
32TaiwanJanuary 28, 1984Minsheng East Road, Taipei 409 [29] 57,094All restaurants were temporarily closed in 1992 during investigations of restaurant bombings in Taiwan; they reopened after investigations had concluded. See McDonald's Taiwan
33AndorraJune 29, 1984 Andorra la Vella 515,393See McDonald's Andorra
34FinlandDecember 14, 1984 Hämeenkatu 17, Tampere 14040,000The branch in Rovaniemi was the world's northernmost McDonalds from 1997 to 2013 and again from 2022 to 2024. See McDonald's Finland
35ThailandFebruary 23, 1985 Bangkok 230304,140See McDonald's Thailand
36ItalyMarch 20, 1985 Bolzano [30] 70983,836See McDonald's Italy
37Aruba
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time)		April 4, 1985 Oranjestad 326,316See McDonald's Aruba
38LuxembourgJuly 17, 1985 Luxembourg City 1255,067See McDonald's Luxembourg
39VenezuelaAugust 31, 1985 El Rosal, Caracas (now closed)83240,451See McDonald's Venezuela
40MexicoOctober 29, 1985 El Pedregal, Mexico City 780 [29] 170,000See McDonald's Mexico
41CubaApril 24, 1986 Guantanamo Bay 111,480,000Guantanamo Bay; open only to U.S. military personnel. Not accessible for Cuban citizens.
42TurkeyOctober 24, 1986 Istanbul 263 [29] 328,121First 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
43ArgentinaNovember 24, 1986 Belgrano, Buenos Aires 420110,000See McDonald's Argentina
44Macau
(Portuguese Macau at the time)
April 11, 1987Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula 3923,058Then Portuguese territory; Technically first in Portugal land, McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later. see List of restaurants.
45Serbia
(part of Yugoslavia at the time)		March 24, 1988 Slavija Square, Belgrade 33190,400First outlet in a communist country and in the Balkans. See McDonald's Serbia
46South KoreaMarch 29, 1988 Gangnam District, Seoul 399115,145See McDonald's South Korea
47Hungary
(Hungarian People's Republic at the time)		April 13, 1988 Budapest [31] 11185,646First outlet in a Warsaw Pact country, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. Locally known as Meki. See McDonald's Hungary
48ChinaOctober 8, 1990 Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen 4,500310,000The most in a market besides Japan and the US. See McDonald's China
49ChileNovember 19, 1990 Las Condes, Santiago 30065,000See McDonald's Chile
50IndonesiaFebruary 23, 1991 Sarinah, Jakarta (now closed)290990,000First branch in Sarinah closed in 2020 due to refurbishment of Sarinah itself, the outlet would move 3 years later to the adjacent Jaya Building. [32] See McDonald's Indonesia
51PortugalMay 23, 1991CascaiShopping, Cascais 19953,955See McDonald's Portugal
52GreeceNovember 12, 1991 Athens Syntagma Square32349,416See McDonald's Greece
53UruguayNovember 18, 1991 Montevideo Shopping, Montevideo 33164,619See McDonald's Uruguay
54Martinique
(part of France)		December 16, 1991 Fort-de-France 1040,484See McDonald's French Antilles
55Czech Republic
(part of Czechoslovakia at the time)		March 20, 1992Vodičkova street, Prague 11992,543First McDonald's outlet to open after the Cold War. See McDonald's Czech Republic
56Guadeloupe
(part of France)		April 8, 1992Centre de Leyton Square Area, Capesterre-Belle-Eau 947,838See McDonald's French Antilles
57PolandJune 17, 1992 Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw in department store "Sezam" (now closed)546 [33] 71,496See McDonald's Poland
58MonacoNovember 20, 1992 Monte Carlo 139,050
59BruneiDecember 13, 1992Mission Hill Road, Bandar Seri Begawan 592,069See McDonald's Brunei
60MoroccoDecember 18, 1992 Casablanca 70602,931First 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
61Northern Mariana Islands
(territory of United States)		March 18, 1993 Saipan 227,572First outlet opened on the island of Saipan; second outlet opened in 1997
62Israel ( details )October 14, 1993 Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan 40024,000First outlet in the Middle East. See McDonald's Israel.
63SloveniaDecember 2, 1993Čopova Street, Ljubljana 2392,042See McDonald's Slovenia
64Saudi ArabiaDecember 8, 1993 Riyadh 41278,095Home 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

65KuwaitJune 15, 1994 Kuwait City (now closed)8745,207Home to the biggest McDonald's in the Middle East. [34] 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 [35]

See McDonald's Kuwait

66New Caledonia (territory of France)July 26, 1994 Nouméa 467,304See McDonald's New Caledonia
67OmanJuly 30, 1994 Salalah 34132,955See McDonald's Oman
68EgyptOctober 20, 1994 Cairo 189570,556See McDonald's Egypt
69BulgariaDecember 10, 1994 Plovdiv 42149,947See McDonald's Bulgaria
70BahrainDecember 15, 1994 Manama 3345,727See McDonald's Bahrain
71LatviaDecember 15, 1994 Riga 14131,588First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald's Latvia
72United Arab EmiratesDecember 21, 1994 (Dubai)
June 10, 1995 (Abu Dhabi)		 Dubai (1994)
Abu Dhabi (1995) [36] 		20344,843See McDonald's UAE
73EstoniaApril 29, 1995 Tallinn 11124,171See McDonald's Estonia
74RomaniaJune 16, 1995 Unirii Square, Bucharest [37] 102194,404Locally nicknamed as Mec. See McDonald's Romania
75MaltaJuly 7, 1995 Valletta 957,729See McDonald's Malta
76ColombiaJuly 14, 1995 Centro Andino, Bogota 65710,000See McDonald's Colombia
77SlovakiaOctober 14, 1995 Banská Bystrica 43130,004See McDonald's Slovakia
78South AfricaNovember 11, 1995 Blackheath, Gauteng 350170,000First outlet in Southern Africa. See McDonald's South Africa
79QatarDecember 13, 1995 Doha 7537,273See McDonald's Qatar
80HondurasDecember 14, 1995 Tegucigalpa 10842,273See McDonald's Honduras
81Sint Maarten
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time)		December 15, 1995 Philipsburg 313,703
82CroatiaFebruary 2, 1996 Zagreb 4684,170See McDonald's Croatia
83Samoa
(named Western Samoa at the time)		March 2, 1996 Apia 1196,440 Facebook
84FijiMay 1, 1996 Suva 4226,376See McDonald's Fiji
85LiechtensteinMay 3, 1996 Triesen 137,810See McDonald's Switzerland
86LithuaniaMay 31, 1996 Vilnius 17168,690See McDonald's Lithuania
87IndiaOctober 13, 1996 [38] Delhi 6002,400,000First outlet in South Asia. See McDonald's India
88PeruOctober 18, 1996 San Isidro, Lima 29804,250See McDonald's Peru
89JordanNovember 7, 1996 Amman 46249,670See McDonald's Jordan
90ParaguayNovember 21, 1996 Asuncion 24282,676See McDonald's Paraguay
91Dominican RepublicNovember 30, 1996 Santo Domingo 23347,419Country with the second most locations of McDonald's in the Caribbean, after Puerto Rico. See McDonald's Dominican Republic
92French Polynesia (territory of France)December 10, 1996 Tahiti 647,167
93Trinidad and TobagoMay 6, 1997The Falls at West Mall4228,167McDonald'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. [39]
94UkraineMay 24, 1997Near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv 117331,033All three restaurants in the peninsula of Crimea were permanently closed after the Russian military invasion in March 2014. [40] [41] The 2 restaurants in Donetsk and the only one in Luhansk were also permanently closed after the War in Donbas intensified in late 2014. [42] [43] 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. [44] 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. [45] See McDonald's Ukraine,
95CyprusJune 12, 1997 Larnaca 2451,841See McDonald's Cyprus
96Guernsey and Jersey
(British Crown dependencies)		August 1, 1997 Saint Helier 1100,080
97EcuadorOctober 9, 1997Centro Comercial Iñaquito (CCI), Quito 33514,216See McDonald's Ecuador
98Réunion
(part of France)		December 14, 1997 Saint-Denis 1655,356See McDonald's Réunion
99Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)December 15, 1997 Douglas 184,287
100SurinameDecember 18, 1997 Paramaribo 2192,000
101MoldovaApril 30, 1998 Chișinău 9280,480All restaurants are in the capital Chișinău. See McDonald's Moldova
102NicaraguaJuly 11, 1998 Managua 81,036,333All 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". [46] See McDonald's Nicaragua
103LebanonSeptember 18, 1998 Beirut 23230,296See McDonald's Lebanon
104Pakistan ( details )September 19, 1998 [47] Lahore 782,909,632See McDonald's Pakistan
105Sri LankaOctober 16, 1998 Colombo 121,848,417On 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. [48] [49] [50] See McDonald's Sri Lanka
106GeorgiaFebruary 5, 1999 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi 23160,376First outlet in the Caucasus. See McDonald's Georgia
107Gibraltar
(territory of United Kingdom)		August 13, 1999 Westside 134,571See McDonald's Spain
108AzerbaijanNovember 6, 1999 Fountains Square, Baku 22450,143See McDonald's Azerbaijan
109French Guiana
(part of France)		February 22, 2000 Cayenne 3148,356See McDonald's French Antilles
110American Samoa
(territory of United States)		September 29, 2000 Pago Pago 227,821
111MauritiusJuly 4, 2001 Port Louis 1681,841See McDonald's Mauritius
112IraqAugust 10, 2006 Baghdad 138,270,000One outlet in Baghdad opened for U.S. Army forces fighting in the US invasion of Iraq. Not accessible for Iraqi citizens. MaDonal only in the Iraqi Kurdistan ..
113VietnamFebruary 8, 2014 Ho Chi Minh City 333,030,303See McDonald's Vietnam
114Western Sahara (Area occupied by morocco)August 10, 2017 Laayoune 1560,000See
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Countries with McDonald's restaurants, showing their first year with its first restaurant

Former locations

#Country/territoryDate of first storeDate of closureReason for closure
1BarbadosAugust 25, 1989December 13, 1990Closed due to extremely poor sales. [51]
2Bermuda (territory of United Kingdom)November 10, 1985March 9, 1995Closed 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. [52]
3BoliviaNovember 21, 1997November 30, 2002Closed due to poor sales and high prices. McDonald's has since attempted to reenter the Bolivian market, but with little success.
4JamaicaApril 15, 1995October 14, 2005Closed due to governmental problems and declining sales. [53]
5Montenegro
(part of Serbia and Montenegro at the time)		June 1, 20042007A seasonal McDonald's restaurant was opened in Budva but was later closed due to the lack of a permanent location. [54]
6IcelandSeptember 9, 1993October 31, 2009Closed 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. [55]
7North Macedonia
(named Republic of Macedonia at the time)		September 6, 1997May 14, 2013Closed 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. [56]
8San MarinoJuly 6, 1999July 6, 2019The 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.
9Russia ( details )
(part of Soviet Union at the time)		January 31, 1990May 16, 2022First 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. [57] 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. [58] [59] It is expected McDonald's will have an option to reacquire the 850 restaurants in 15 years. [60]
10BelarusDecember 10, 1996November 27, 2022In 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!". [61] [62] [63] 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". [64] On April 18, 2023, the restaurant chain was renamed "Mak.by". [65] [66] [67]
11Bosnia and HerzegovinaJuly 20, 2011December 31, 2022Closed "until further notice" due to McDonald's having its license to operating in the country taken away. [68]
12KazakhstanMarch 8, 2016January 5, 2023Suspended due to supply restrictions that buying burger patties from Russia was prohibited due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. [69] 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. [70] 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). [71] On 23 November of the same year the brand was renamed again as "I'm" written in English. [72]

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Vkusno i Tochka is a Russian fast food chain based mostly in former McDonald's restaurants, with a menu that largely consists of rebranded McDonald's items. McDonald's closed their Russian stores in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Vkusno i Tochka restaurants mostly occupy former McDonald's restaurants that were sold to business magnate and entrepreneur Alexander Govor, who was a company licensee in Siberia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">German Doner Kebab</span> Fast casual kebab chain based in Glasgow

German Doner Kebab (GDK) is a fast casual kebab chain, specialising in German doner kebabs, owned by Hero Brands since 2017. Tracing its heritage to a restaurant in Berlin, Germany in 1989, the first site opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2013, the company was purchased with a majority share in 2017 by the Sarwar family and moved its headquarters to Glasgow, Scotland.

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