McDonald’s locations in Europe

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McDonald’s restaurants can be found in many European countries, spanning from Western Europe to Eastern Europe and the Nordic countries. Major cities often have multiple locations, and even smaller towns might have at least one McDonald’s restaurant. The total number of McDonald’s restaurants in Europe is over 10,000. According to 2021 data, McDonald’s Corporation had over 39,000 restaurants worldwide. Thus, a quarter of all restaurants of this corporation are located in Europe.

Germany was the European country with the largest number of McDonald’s restaurants in 2021, with more than 1,500 restaurants. For comparison, Montenegro had only one McDonald’s restaurant operating in the country.

The Voronoi diagram below clearly illustrates the parts of Europe with the highest number of McDonald’s restaurants.

The number of McDonald’s restaurants in Europe (2021)

1. Germany: Over 1,500 McDonald’s restaurants
2. France: Over 1,500 McDonald’s restaurants
3. United Kingdom: Over 1,300 McDonald’s restaurants
4. Russia: Over 850 McDonald’s restaurants
5. Spain: Over 500 McDonald’s restaurants
6. Italy: Over 600 McDonald’s restaurants
7. Netherlands: Over 250 McDonald’s restaurants
8. Sweden: Over 220 McDonald’s restaurants
9. Poland: Over 450 McDonald’s restaurants
10. Switzerland: Over 170 McDonald’s restaurants
11. Belgium: Over 80 McDonald’s restaurants
12. Austria: Over 200 McDonald’s restaurants
13. Greece: Over 110 McDonald’s restaurants
14. Czech Republic: Over 100 McDonald’s restaurants
15. Hungary: Over 85 McDonald’s restaurants

Quick facts:

• In 1949 Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s in San Bernardino, California.
• McDonald’s feeds 68 million people every day (that’s more than the entire population of the UK).
• McDonald’s employs 1.8 million worldwide.
• McDonald’s is Brazil’s largest employer.
• McDonald’s sells more than 75 hamburgers per second. That’s more than five billion burgers per year (requiring an estimated 25 million cows).
• McDonald’s is the largest toy distributor in the world.
• Beer is served at McDonald’s in Germany.

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