List of countries with McDonald's restaurants


This is a listing of countries with McDonald's restaurants. McDonald's is the second largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world, with more than 35,000 outlets worldwide. The majority of McDonald's outlets outside of the United States are franchises.
The biggest temporary McDonald's restaurant in the world was opened during 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which had. The biggest still standing one is probably that at Will Rogers Turnpike.
The list of countries follows the company's own calculation, and contains several non-sovereign territories.

Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet

Former locations

#Name of countryDate of first storeDate of closureReason for closure
1August 25, 1989December 13, 1990Closed due to extremely poor sales.
2 September 6, 1997May 15, 2013Closed due to a dispute in contract and contractual obligations with the franchise owner Sveto Janevski.
8July 6, 1999July 6, 2019The one and only McDonald's restaurant based in the country was located in Borgo Maggiore. It ceased operations on 6 July 2019, 20 years after its opening, due to its close proximity to restaurants in nearby Italian communities, which resulted in the decline of that restaurant's sales.