List of countries with McDonald's restaurants

McDonald's is one of the largest chains of fast-food restaurants in the world,[1] with more than 40,000 outlets worldwide.[2] The majority of McDonald's outlets are franchises.[3]

The list of countries follows the company's own calculation and contains several non-sovereign territories. Today,[a] there are over 13,000 McDonald's restaurants in the United States, over 7,700 in mainland China, and over 3,000 in Japan. Its home country and the two largest foreign markets make up more than half of McDonald's stores worldwide.[4] In addition, there are also over 1,600 McDonald's restaurants in France, over 1,500 in Canada, over 1,500 in the United Kingdom, almost 1,400 in Germany, over 1,200 in Brazil, over 1,000 in Australia, over 800 in the Philippines and Italy, and over 700 in India.[5] McDonald's has also ceased operations in some countries it previously operated in.

History of global operations

Further information: History of McDonald's

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,[6] featuring a ten-item menu built around a 15-cent hamburger.

The company expanded outside the United States beginning in 1967, in Canada as well as the US territory of Puerto Rico.[7] In the early 1970s, within a few short years, McDonald's expanded further overseas by opening stores in Japan, Australia, Western Europe (Netherlands, West Germany, France and Sweden) and Central America (Costa Rica, Panama and El Salvador). By this time, there were over 1,600 McDonald's restaurants.[8]

McDonald's opened its first restaurant in South America in 1979 in Brazil[9] as well as the first in Southeast Asia in Singapore (followed by the Philippines and Malaysia in the early 1980s). It later expanded into Eastern Europe and the communist world in 1988 (Yugoslavia and Hungary).[10] In 1992 it opened its first restaurant in Morocco, becoming the first in Africa and the Arab World and meaning that McDonald's for the first time had operations in every inhabited continent of the world.[11] Today, McDonald's has operated more than 40,000 restaurants worldwide.[12]

Notable stores

The largest McDonald's store in the world is the World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's in Florida. The biggest temporary McDonald's restaurant in the world was opened during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, which was 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) by area.[13][14][15][16] 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),[17] and the southernmost in the world is located in Invercargill, New Zealand.[18]

Countries and territories with at least one McDonald's outlet

# Country/territory Date of first store First outlet location No. of
operating
outlets 		Source and date of source Population per outlet Notes
1 United States May 15, 1940
Franchise: April 15, 1955 		San Bernardino, California
Des Plaines, Illinois (Franchise) 		13,697 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 25,483 First outlet. See McDonald's USA
2 Canada (details) June 3, 1967 Richmond, British Columbia
(Reopened June 23, 2017) 		1,520 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 26,624 First outlet outside the United States. See McDonald's Canada
3 Puerto Rico
(territory of United States) 		November 10, 1967 San Juan 94 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 34,284 First McDonald's in Latin America and in the Caribbean and the first McDonald's in a Hispanophone area. See McDonald's Puerto Rico
4 U.S. Virgin Islands
(territory of United States) 		September 5, 1970 Saint Croix 5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 16,680
5 Costa Rica December 8, 1970 San José, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue. 79 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 65,504 Third country (not U.S. possession) where McDonald's opened. See McDonald's Costa Rica
6 Australia May 30, 1971 Yagoona, New South Wales[19] 1,076 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 25,304 First outlet in Oceania, outside the Americas, and in the Southern Hemisphere. See McDonald's Australia. Locally nicknamed as Maccas.
7 Guam
(territory of United States) 		June 10, 1971 Dededo 6 (source: McDonald's Guam 2025)[20] 28,364 First outlet in Micronesia. See McDonald's Guam & Saipan
8 Japan July 21, 1971 Ginza Mitsukoshi, Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 3,025 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 40,472 First outlet in Asia, McDonald's Holdings Company Japan, Inc.[21] locally known as makku (マック) and makudo.[22] See McDonald's Japan
9 Netherlands August 21, 1971 Zaandam 266 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 69,356 This 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
10 Panama September 1, 1971 Panama City 84 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 55,068 See McDonald's Panama
11 Germany November 22, 1971
(West Germany)
March 1, 1983 (West Berlin)[23]
December 21, 1990
(former East Germany)[24] 		Munich
(West Germany)
Plauen
(former East Germany) 		1,382 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 60,524 First 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
12 France (details) June 30, 1972 Créteil 1,629[note 1] (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 40,974 First outlet in Créteil 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.
13 El Salvador July 20, 1972 San Salvador 28 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 228,259
14 Sweden October 27, 1973 Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm 205 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 52,200 First outlet in Scandinavia. See McDonald's Sweden
15 Guatemala June 6, 1974 Guatemala City 124 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 152,968 See McDonald's Guatemala
16 Curaçao
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) 		August 16, 1974 Willemstad 5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 37,088 See McDonald's Curaçao
17 United Kingdom England: November 13, 1974[25]
Wales: December 3, 1984
Scotland: November 23, 1987[26]
Northern Ireland: October 12, 1991 		Woolwich, London (England)
Cardiff (Wales)
Dundee (Scotland)
Belfast (Northern Ireland) 		1,505 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 46,466 See McDonald's UK
18 Hong Kong
(British Hong Kong at the time) 		January 8, 1975 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island (now closed)[27] 266 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 27,739 First 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
19 Bahamas August 4, 1975 Nassau 3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 134,876 First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean. See McDonald's Bahamas
20 New Zealand (details) June 7, 1976 Porirua Central, Wellington[28] 176 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 30,042 Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris[29]
First South Island restaurants opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on November 3, 1987.[30] See McDonald's New Zealand.
21 Switzerland October 20, 1976 Geneva 188 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 47,914 First outlet in a landlocked country. See McDonald's Switzerland
22 Ireland May 9, 1977 Grafton Street, Dublin 95 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 56,389 First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin and first McCafé in Europe Grafton Street, Dublin. See McDonald's Ireland
23 Austria July 21, 1977 Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna 212 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 42,959 See McDonald's Austria
24 Belgium March 21, 1978 Brussels 128 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 91,989 See McDonald's Belgium
25 Brazil February 13, 1979 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro 1,230 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 173,628 First 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
26 Singapore October 20, 1979 Liat Towers, Orchard Road 153 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 38,600 First outlet in Southeast Asia at Liat Towers. See McDonald's Singapore[31]
27 Spain March 10, 1981 Gran Vía, Madrid 659 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 72,611 First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula. See McDonald's Spain
28 Denmark April 15, 1981 Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen 121 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 49,781 See McDonald's Denmark
29 Philippines (details) September 27, 1981 Nicanor Reyes Street (Morayta), Sampaloc, Manila 851 (source: mindanews.com June 30, 2025)[32] 138,337 Licensed to Alliance Global Group. See McDonald's Philippines.
30 Malaysia April 29, 1982 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur[33] 372 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 97,809 First outlet in a Muslim-majority country. See McDonald's Malaysia
31 Norway November 18, 1983 Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo 95 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 59,505 The world's northernmost branch is located in Tromsø. See McDonald's Norway
32 Taiwan January 28, 1984 Minsheng East Road, Taipei 430 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 53,515 All restaurants were temporarily closed in 1992 during investigations of restaurant bombings in Taiwan; they reopened after investigations had concluded. See McDonald's Taiwan
33 Andorra June 29, 1984 Andorra la Vella 5 (source: McDonald's Andorra December 27, 2024)[34] 16,751 See McDonald's Andorra
34 Finland December 14, 1984 Hämeenkatu 17, Tampere 90 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 62,464 The branch in Rovaniemi was the world's northernmost McDonalds from 1997 to 2013 and again from 2022 to 2024. See McDonald's Finland
35 Thailand February 23, 1985 Bangkok 242 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 295,701 See McDonald's Thailand
36 Italy March 20, 1985 Bolzano[35] 805 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 73,200 See McDonald's Italy
37 Aruba
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) 		April 4, 1985 Oranjestad 3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 36,055 See McDonald's Aruba
38 Luxembourg July 17, 1985 Luxembourg City 11 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 62,495 See McDonald's Luxembourg
39 Venezuela August 31, 1985 El Rosal, Caracas (now closed) 79 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 362,452 See McDonald's Venezuela
40 Mexico October 29, 1985 El Pedregal, Mexico City 380 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 349,994 See McDonald's Mexico
41 Cuba April 24, 1986 Guantanamo Bay 1 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 10,892,659 Guantanamo Bay; open only to U.S. military personnel. Not accessible for Cuban citizens.
42 Turkey October 24, 1986 Istanbul 306 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 287,340 First 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
43 Argentina November 24, 1986 Belgrano, Buenos Aires 231 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 199,150 See McDonald's Argentina
44 Macau
(Portuguese Macau at the time)
 April 11, 1987 Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula 41 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 17,639 Then Portuguese territory; Technically first on Portuguese land, McDonald's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later. see List of restaurants.
45 Serbia
(part of Yugoslavia at the time) 		March 24, 1988 Slavija Square, Belgrade 39 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 170,307 First outlet in a communist country and in the Balkans. See McDonald's Serbia
46 South Korea March 29, 1988 Gangnam District, Seoul 401 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 128,679 See McDonald's South Korea
47 Hungary April 13, 1988 Budapest[36] 123 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 77,933 First outlet in a Warsaw Pact country, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. Locally known as Meki. See McDonald's Hungary
48 China October 8, 1990 Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen 7,740 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 182,547 The most in a market besides the US. See McDonald's China
49 Chile November 19, 1990 Las Condes, Santiago 125 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 159,567 See McDonald's Chile
50 Indonesia February 23, 1991 Sarinah, Jakarta (now closed) 314 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 916,837 In 2008, McDonald's franchise license were transferred to Rekso Group. First branch in Sarinah closed in 2020 due to refurbishment of Sarinah itself, the outlet would move 3 years later to the adjacent Jaya Building.[37] See McDonald's Indonesia
51 Portugal May 23, 1991 CascaiShopping, Cascais 220 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 47,252 See McDonald's Portugal
52 Greece November 12, 1991 Athens Syntagma Square 34 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 291,092 See McDonald's Greece
53 Uruguay November 18, 1991 Montevideo Shopping, Montevideo 35 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 96,644 See McDonald's Uruguay
54 Martinique
(part of France) 		December 16, 1991 Fort-de-France 10 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 33,771 See McDonald's French Antilles
55 Czechia
(part of Czechoslovakia at the time) 		March 20, 1992 Vodičkova street, Prague 140 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 75,198 First McDonald's outlet to open after the Cold War. See McDonald's Czech Republic
56 Guadeloupe
(part of France) 		April 8, 1992 Centre de Leyton Square Area, Capesterre-Belle-Eau 9 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 41,384 See McDonald's French Antilles
57 Poland June 17, 1992 Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw in department store "Sezam" (now closed) 618 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 61,235 See McDonald's Poland
58 Monaco November 20, 1992 Monte Carlo 1 (source: McDonald's France September 2023)[38] 38,087
59 Brunei December 13, 1992 Mission Hill Road, Bandar Seri Begawan 7 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 67,111 See McDonald's Brunei
60 Morocco December 18, 1992 Casablanca 79 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 490,664 First 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
61 Northern Mariana Islands
(territory of United States) 		March 18, 1993 Saipan 2 (source:McDonald's US 2024) 21,457 First outlet opened on the island of Saipan; second outlet opened in 1997
62 Israel (details) October 14, 1993 Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan 235 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 41,054 First outlet in the Middle East. See McDonald's Israel.
63 Slovenia December 2, 1993 Čopova Street, Ljubljana 29 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 72,916 See McDonald's Slovenia
64 Saudi Arabia December 8, 1993 Riyadh 458 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 76,781 Home 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

65 Kuwait June 15, 1994 Kuwait City (now closed) 89 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 57,335 Home to the biggest McDonald's in the Middle East.[39] 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 [40]

See McDonald's Kuwait

66 New Caledonia

(territory of France)

July 26, 1994 Nouméa 4 (source: McDonald's New Caledonia 2025)[41] 74,473 See McDonald's New Caledonia
67 Oman July 30, 1994 Salalah 35 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 162,042 See McDonald's Oman
68 Egypt October 20, 1994 Cairo 194 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 619,078 See McDonald's Egypt
69 Bulgaria December 10, 1994 Plovdiv 47 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 141,865 See McDonald's Bulgaria
70 Bahrain December 15, 1994 Manama 32 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 52,362 See McDonald's Bahrain
71 Latvia December 15, 1994 Riga 14 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 131,138 First outlet in the Baltics. See McDonald's Latvia
72 United Arab Emirates December 21, 1994 (Dubai)
June 10, 1995 (Abu Dhabi) 		Dubai (1994)
Abu Dhabi (1995) [42] 		222 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 52,138 See McDonald's UAE
73 Estonia April 29, 1995 Tallinn 11 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 121,006 See McDonald's Estonia
74 Romania June 16, 1995 Unirii Square, Bucharest[43] 114 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 164,918 Locally nicknamed as Mec. See McDonald's Romania Archived 2020-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
75 Malta July 7, 1995 Valletta 10 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 54,901 See McDonald's Malta
76 Colombia July 14, 1995 Centro Andino, Bogotá 73 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 738,852 See McDonald's Colombia
77 Slovakia October 14, 1995 Banská Bystrica 54 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 100,951 See McDonald's Slovakia
78 South Africa November 11, 1995 Blackheath, Gauteng 407 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 160,818 First outlet in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Africa. See McDonald's South Africa
79 Qatar December 13, 1995 Doha 78 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 40,687 See McDonald's Qatar
80 Honduras December 14, 1995 Tegucigalpa 16 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 699,048 See McDonald's Honduras
81 Sint Maarten
(part of Netherlands Antilles at the time) 		December 15, 1995 Philipsburg 2 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 22,224
82 Croatia February 2, 1996 Zagreb 49 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 78,007 See McDonald's Croatia
83 Samoa
(named Western Samoa at the time) 		March 2, 1996 Apia 1 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 220,528 Facebook
84 Fiji May 1, 1996 Suva 5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 187,456 See McDonald's Fiji
85 Liechtenstein May 3, 1996 Triesen 1 (source: 2018) 40,368 See McDonald's Switzerland
86 Lithuania June 11, 1996 Vilnius 19 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 147,228 See McDonald's Lithuania
87 India October 13, 1996[44] Delhi 757 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 1,950,628 First outlet in South Asia. See McDonald's India Archived 2023-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
88 Peru October 18, 1996 San Isidro, Lima 30 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 1,164,072 See McDonald's Peru
89 Jordan November 7, 1996 Amman 45 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 257,545 See McDonald's Jordan Archived 2022-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
90 Paraguay November 21, 1996 Asunción 30 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 236,509 See McDonald's Paraguay
91 Dominican Republic November 30, 1996 Santo Domingo 25 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 464,380 Country with the second most locations of McDonald's in the Caribbean, after Puerto Rico. See McDonald's Dominican Republic
92 French Polynesia (territory of France) December 10, 1996 Tahiti 5 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 56,615
93 Trinidad and Tobago May 6, 1997 The Falls at West Mall 4 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 378,317 McDonald'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.[45]
94 Ukraine May 24, 1997 Near Lukianivska metro station in Kyiv 135 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 292,858 All three restaurants in the peninsula of Crimea were permanently closed after the Russian military invasion in March 2014.[46][47] The 2 restaurants in Donetsk and the only one in Luhansk were also permanently closed after the War in Donbas intensified in late 2014.[48][49] 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.[50] The restaurant in Kherson was destroyed during the Russian occupation and the restaurant in Melitopol remains closed as the city is under Russian control since March 2022.[51] See McDonald's Ukraine
95 Cyprus June 12, 1997 Larnaca 23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 42,603 See McDonald's Cyprus
96 Jersey
(British Crown dependency) 		August 1, 1997 Saint Helier 1 ? 104,540
97 Ecuador October 9, 1997 Centro Comercial Iñaquito (CCI), Quito 36 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 512,347 See McDonald's Ecuador
98 Réunion
(part of France) 		December 14, 1997 Saint-Denis 18 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 49,239 See McDonald's Réunion
99 Isle of Man (British Crown dependency) December 15, 1997 Douglas 1 ? 84,055
100 Suriname December 18, 1997 Paramaribo 2 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 322,628
101 Moldova April 30, 1998 Chișinău 11 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 269,205 See McDonald's Moldova
102 Nicaragua July 11, 1998 Managua 10 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 709,733 All 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".[52] See McDonald's Nicaragua
103 Lebanon September 18, 1998 Beirut 23 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 256,412 See McDonald's Lebanon
104 Pakistan (details) September 19, 1998[53] Lahore 70 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 3,704,283 See McDonald's Pakistan
105 Georgia February 5, 1999 Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi 27 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 140,913 First outlet in the Caucasus. See McDonald's Georgia
106 Gibraltar
(territory of United Kingdom) 		August 13, 1999 Westside 1 (source: 2018) 40,867 See McDonald's Spain
107 Azerbaijan November 6, 1999 Fountains Square, Baku 34 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 307,496 See McDonald's Azerbaijan
108 French Guiana
(part of France) 		February 22, 2000 Cayenne 3 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 106,291 See McDonald's French Antilles
109 American Samoa
(territory of United States) 		September 29, 2000 Pago Pago 1 (source: McDonald's US 2024) 45,319
110 Mauritius July 4, 2001 Port Louis 18 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 70,281 See McDonald's Mauritius
111 Vietnam February 8, 2014 Ho Chi Minh City 45 (source: Corporate McDonald's December 31, 2025)[5] 2,270,610 See McDonald's Vietnam Archived 2022-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
112 Saint Martin (territory of France) December 29, 2014[54] Marigot 1 (source: McDonald's Saint-Martin)[55] 31,496
113 Western Sahara (Area occupied by Morocco) August 10, 2017 Laayoune 1 (source: Publico) 610,813 See

Former locations

This is a list of sovereign states around the world where McDonald's previously operated restaurants in.[b]

# Country/territory Date of first store Date of closure Reason for closure Number of stores
1 Barbados August 25, 1989 December 13, 1990 Closed due to extremely poor sales. 1
2 Bermuda (territory of United Kingdom) November 10, 1985 March 9, 1995 Closed 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. 1
3 Bolivia November 21, 1997 November 30, 2002 Closed due to poor sales and high prices. McDonald's has since attempted to reenter the Bolivian market, but with little to no success. 8
4 Jamaica April 15, 1995 October 14, 2005 Closed due to political issues and declining sales. 11
5 Montenegro
(part of Serbia and Montenegro at the time) 		June 1, 2004 May 2007 A seasonal McDonald's restaurant was opened in Budva but was later closed due to the lack of a permanent location. 1
6 Iceland September 9, 1993 October 31, 2009 Closed 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. 3
7 North Macedonia
(named Republic of Macedonia at the time) 		September 6, 1997 May 14, 2013 Closed 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. 7
8 San Marino July 6, 1999 July 6, 2019 The 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 (and ultimately insurmountable competition from) restaurants in nearby Italian communities, which resulted in a great decline of sales. 1
9 Russia (details)
(part of Soviet Union at the time) 		January 31, 1990 May 16, 2022 First 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. 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.[56][57] It is expected McDonald's will have an option to reacquire the 850 restaurants in 15 years.[58] 850
10 Belarus December 10, 1996 November 27, 2022 In 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!". On April 18, 2023, the restaurant chain was renamed Mak.by. 25
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina July 20, 2011 December 31, 2022 Closed "until further notice" due to McDonald's having its license to operating in the country revoked. The restaurants were later rebranded as Bash. 6
12 Kazakhstan March 8, 2016 January 5, 2023 Suspended due to supply restrictions that buying burger patties from Russia was prohibited due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since August, the network had operated under different names, based on the names of company employees. On November 23, they were rebranded to I'm. 24
13 Sri Lanka October 16, 1998 March 25, 2024 On 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. McDonald's Corporation and International Restaurant Systems (Private) Limited have mutually agreed to end their franchise relationship in Sri Lanka. The companies reached a legal settlement that both parties found agreeable. 12

See also

Notes

  1. ^ As of 2024
  2. ^ There have been claims that McDonald's also operated stores in Iran until 1979, but this originated as a hoax here and has been incorrectly cited by several major secondary sources such as NY Times, LA Times and the Telegraph (a case of circular reporting).

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