If it seems like there’s a McDonald’s everywhere you go, that’s because there’s almost always a McDonald’s.
According to , the chain restaurant had approximately 41,800 locations worldwide in 2023. Statista via Chowhound.
To be exact, there are 41,822 locations, up from about 40,200 locations in 2022.
And McDonald’s growth isn’t over yet.
Late last year, the chain announced plans to open 9,000 new stores worldwide by 2027.
The United States has the largest number of McDonald’s restaurants, which is not surprising. This fast food giant opened his first store in San Bernardino, California in 1940 and has grown by leaps and bounds since its humble beginnings.
In four years, McDonald’s will have 50,000 stores. The company said in its announcement:. McDonald’s predicts that the net growth rate for new stores in 2024 will be 4%, increasing to 5% in subsequent years.
McDonald’s expects to open 2,100 more stores by the end of 2024, 500 of which will be in the United States.
But such menus would not be found in dozens of other countries, including six where restaurant chains are illegal. Go to World Population Reviewfor public health and cultural preservation purposes: Bermuda, Bolivia, Iceland, Iran, Macedonia, North Korea, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
McDonald’s hit product returns to homeland 13,449 locations in the United Statesthe city with the most locations in the United States is Houston, Texas, with 126 locations.
One of the McDonald’s stores in the US is actually called America’s “The most beautiful” McDonald’s and also became a historical landmark.
A dilapidated mansion in Nassau, Long Island, was renovated by McDonald’s in exchange for a permit to build a drive-thru. The store opened in 1991 and became his only franchised restaurant in the United States, housed in a fully restored building.
There is also a McDonald’s in Freeport, Maine. Referred to as the “most luxurious” on earth, The high-class finish and high-end menus such as lobster rolls are popular in the summer.
The store is located in Gore House, a Victorian mansion built by a local merchant in 1850, but converted into a McDonald’s in 1984.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, France (including Monaco) and the United Kingdom Most McDonald’s stores in Europewith approximately 1,600 and 1,400 stores, respectively.
Luxury and beauty aside, McDonald’s in Welshpool, Wales has been dubbed the “best in the world” by a Michelin-starred chef. The shop has a luxurious menu including truffle-flavored mayonnaise sandwiches and Cadbury chocolate McFlurries.
inside Asia Pacific and Middle East regionChina had the most Golden Arches restaurants with around 6,000 restaurants, followed by Japan and Australia with 2,980 and 1,030 restaurants respectively.
There are 123 countries without McDonald’s, including North Korea, Russia, Iran, Bermuda, and Iceland.
