How many McDonald franchises are in the United States?
too many 1. McDonald’s Corporation opened its first restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA (Country #1) in 1955. Today, the company operates more than 30,000 restaurants in 121 countries on six continents and serves over 46 million people each day. McDonald’s first began to expand internationally in 1967 with the opening of restaurants in Canada (Country #2) and Puerto Rico (Country #3). 2. Today, on average, McDonald’s opens a new restaurant every three hours. About 2/3 of new McDonald’s opened are located outside the U.S. 3. During the first twenty years of its international expansion, McDonald’s opened — on average — two countries per year, bringing the running total to 120. 4. The sun never sets on the Golden Arches. As a matter of fact, the northernmost McDonald’s is located above the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland (Country #35). The southernmost McDonald’s is located over 13,000 miles away in Invercargill, New Zealand (Country #20). The world’s easternmost McDonald’s res
