About this Dataset

A complete list of all McDonald's US restaurant locations including Guam (GU) and Northern Mariana Islands (MP).

Category

Location Lists

Keywords

mcdonalds,mcdonald's in us,mcdonald's,us restaurants,fast food

Row Count

13465

Price

$99.00

As of February 2023, the state with the highest number of McDonald's restaurants in the United States was California, which had 1,224 establishments in that month. Texas followed in the ranking with 1,163 restaurants in operation. Both of these states are home to many of the most well-known fast food restaurants in the United States. What city has the most McDonald's restaurants in the U.S.? Although California was the U.S. state with the largest number of McDonald’s restaurants, Houston, Texas ranked as the city with the highest number of McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. as of February 2023. The city accounted for a total of 126 McDonald’s restaurants in that month. Meanwhile, Chicago, Illinois had a total of 105 McDonald's establishments. How do McDonald's sales compare to other burger chains in the U.S.? In 2022, McDonald’s ranked as the leading quick service restaurant chain in the U.S., with systemwide sales totaling approximately 48.6 billion U.S. dollars. Wendy's sales, by comparison, amounted to only 11.6 billion U.S. dollars. Other burger chains in the ranking included Burger King, Sonic Drive-n, Jack in the Box, and more.

This dataset provides restaurant inspections, violations, grades and adjudication information

McDonald’s, the renowned global quick service restaurant chain, has maintained annual growth in its restaurant count for almost two decades, even during the years of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2024, the company operated and franchised 43,477 restaurants globally, marking a rise from the previous year’s count of 41,822 establishments. What country has the most McDonald's restaurants? McDonald’s has asserted its global dominance through the widespread expansion of its chains across the world. In 2023, France was the European region with the highest number of McDonald's restaurants, closely followed by Germany. Meanwhile, Brazil took first spot in the Latin American and the Caribbean region, and China emerged as the country with the most McDonald's restaurants in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions. That being said, the country with the most McDonald's restaurants in the world was, unsurprisingly, its home nation of the United States. Is McDonald’s the leading quick service restaurant chain globally? In 2023, coffee shop chain Starbucks claimed ranked second on the Forbes "Global 2000" list of the leading global food and beverage companies by sales. While it did not place first or second in the ranking, the McDonald’s Corporation placed third, also generating significant sales worldwide. However, McDonald’s was named the most valuable quick service restaurant brand of 2024, with an estimated brand value of 221.9 billion U.S. dollars worldwide.

In North America, fast food king McDonald’s operated and franchised by far the largest proportion of restaurants in its home country of the United States, accounting for 13,449 units in 2023. Meanwhile, there were 1,466 McDonald’s establishments in Canada that same year.

Globally famous brand McDonald’s recorded a net income of approximately 8.22 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. The net income of a business is its income minus cost of goods sold, expenses, and taxes for a specific period (in this case it is measured over the course of a year).The company's fiscal year ends on December 31st.

McDonalds reported 150K in Employees for its fiscal year ending in December of 2023. Data for McDonalds | MCD - Employees Total Number including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last March in 2025.

Global fast food burger chain McDonald's reported an operating income of approximately 11.71 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. This shows a slight increase over the previous year's total of 11.65 billion U.S. dollars.

This dataset is supplementary material of the manuscript "Dynamic modelling of n-of-1 data: Powerful and flexible data analytics applied to individualised studies. McDonald et al. (2016) presents a series of novel n-of-1 studies that intended to explore the relationship between physical activity change during the retirement transition. The file contains the data of one participant. The column names correspond to the following variables:

time: duration of follow-up (minutes); minute: time of day (hours and minutes); day_num: day since beginning of follow-up (the first two days were considered as adaptation phase and therefore removed); PAscore: accelerometer raw score; startBout: 1 (a bout of PA was initiated in this minute) or 0 (a bout of PA wasn't initiated in this minute); nPAbouts_day: number of PA bouts per day; nPAbouts_day.l1: number of PA bouts in previous day (lag 1); nPAbouts_day.l2: number of PA bouts two day before (lag 2); nBoutsLast2hours: number of PA bouts in previous 2 hours; retirement: 0 (before retirement) or 1 (after retirement) weekday: 0 (workday) or 1 (weekend) sleepLength: number of hours of sleep last night sleepLength.l1: number of hours of sleep the night before sleepLength.l2: number of hours of sleep two nights before pers: personalised measure of partner's influence (scale 0-1) periodDay: morning, evening or afternoon

McDonald, S., Vieira, R., O'Brien, N., White, M., & Sniehotta, F. F. (2016). Does physical activity and sedentary behavior change during the retirement transition? Findings from a series of novel n-of-1 natural experiments. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 23, S261-S261.

Global fast food burger chain McDonald's had total assets amounting to approximately 55.18 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. This shows a slight decrease over the previous year. The company's fiscal year ends on December 31st.

In 2023, the European country in which McDonald’s operated and franchised the majority of its establishments was France (including Monaco). The United Kingdom accounted for the second largest number of McDonald’s restaurants in 2023 with 1,436 units.

As of January 2025, New South Wales was home to the highest number of McDonald's locations in Australia, with over 330 stores. In comparison, there were only 16 McDonald's restaurants in Tasmania that same year. In total, almost 1,050 McDonald's stores were in operation nationwide in 2025. Australia: one of McDonald’s leading international markets Famous for its Big Mac, American quick service restaurant (QSR) chain McDonald’s is by far the most valuable fast food brand worldwide, with an estimated brand value of almost 222 billion U.S. dollars. The Australian McDonald’s franchise is one of the largest contributors to McDonald’s total revenue among the company’s internationally operated markets. In 2023, McDonald’s Australia Holdings Pty Ltd generated an annual revenue of around 831 million U.S. dollars. Battle of the burger chains McDonald’s and Hungry Jack’s are the most prevalent burger franchises in Australia, with McDonald’s recording the highest brand score index value across Australia’s QSRs in 2024. In terms of locations, McDonald’s boasted the highest number of locations of all burger franchises across Australia in 2025 and had more than double the number of stores compared to Hungry Jack’s. Nonetheless, by a small margin, Australian consumers voted Hungry Jack’s as being better value for money than McDonald’s. Furthermore, the Big Jack was rated higher across all categories than the Big Mac regarding taste, quality of ingredients, and value for money. Popular Australian burger chain Grill’d also keeps its foot in the door of Australia’s burger market due to its extensive variety of burger options and highly-rated dine-in experience. With Wendy’s and Mr. Charlie’s entering Australia’s fast food market, the battle of the country’s burger chains may become even more intense.

The net sales of McDonald's Australia Holdings Pty Limited amounted to approximately 831 million U.S. dollars in 2023, representing an increase compared to the previous year. More information on McDonald's Australia Holdings Pty Ltd and other companies worldwide can be found on the Statista Company Database.

Global fast food chain KFC is a subsidiary of YUM BRANDS INC. In the 2024 financial year, KFC accounted for 31,981 restaurants worldwide. This figure shows an increase of around seven percent over the previous year's total 29,990. KFC's history KFC is a quick service chicken restaurant chain, founded by Harland Sanders commonly known as Colonel Sanders. The first restaurant was opened under the name Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The name was formally changed to KFC in the 1990s in an attempt to create a healthier brand image. Despite the restaurant chain’s efforts to appear healthier to consumers, KFC’s most famous dishes are still fried chicken based, such as their original recipe buckets, popcorn chicken and fried chicken wings. As of 2024, KFC operated in 150 countries across the globe. Is KFC the largest QSR chain in the world? KFC’s international expansion has helped it to become one of the most recognizable quick service restaurant brands in the world. Yet despite its solid performance year-over-year, it was unable to beat other leading QSR chains in the market. Still in the lead was McDonald’s which had an estimated brand value of around 221 billion U.S. dollars in 2024.