Mikel Coffee Company

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Mikel Coffee Company
Company type S.A.
Industry Restaurants
GenreCoffee house
Founded2008
FounderEleftherios Kiriakakis [1]
Headquarters,
Number of locations
370+(2023)
Area served
Greece, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Romania, Canada, Turkey, North Macedonia, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Germany, Iraq, Serbia
Key people
Eleftherios Kyriakakis (Chairman & CEO)
Products Coffee
Tea
Pastries
Frappuccino beverages
Smoothies
ServicesCoffee
RevenueIncrease2.svg 62.439 million (2014) [2]
Increase2.svg 12.133 million (2014) [2]
Number of employees
3000 (2020)
Website www.mikelcoffee.com

Mikel Coffee Company, or Mikel, is a Greek coffeehouse chain, whose network consists of more than 400 coffee shops in 19 countries throughout the globe. [3] [4]

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History

MIKEL launched its first coffee store in 2008 in the city of Larissa. [3] In the years that followed, MIKEL gradually expanded throughout Greece with the city of Volos being the starting point. [3] MIKEL has expanded beyond Greece, launching its first coffee store in the United Arab Emirates in 2016. [5] As of March 2018, the company has also begun operating in London. [6]

Company Milestones:

Brand

The brand name, stylised as "MIKEL", stands for "Maybe it's knowledge entering life", the company's motto. [3] The brand logo features the father of its founder, Eleftherios Kyriakakis. [3]

Locations

As of September 2025 there were 406 stores in the following 19 countries

CountryNumber of stores
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 264
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 80
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 26
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 10
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 5
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 4
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1
Flag of Oman.svg Oman 1
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 1
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 1
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 1
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 1
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 1
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1
Flag of Albania.svg Albania 1

References

  1. "Η Εταιρεία - Mikel Coffee Company". Mikelcc.gr. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  2. 1 2 "Ι΢ΟΛΟΓΙ΢ΜΟ΢ ΥΡΗ΢Η΢ 2014 (01-01-2014 ΔΩ΢ 31-12-2014) ΜΙΚΔΛ ΚΑΦΔ ΑΔ" (PDF). Mikelcc.gr. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Η Εταιρεία - Mikel Coffee Company". Mikelcc.gr. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. Mourdoukoutas, Panos. "Greece's Competitive Advantage". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  5. "CoffeeBI - Mikel Coffee Company to Expand in UAE". CoffeeBI. 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  6. "Mikel: Premiere in London - All five continents within the next 60 days" (in Greek).