McDonald’s restaurants can be found in more than 120 countries around the

globe. More than 90% of our restaurants worldwide are owned and operated
by independent Franchisees.

American-based fast food restaurant chain McDonald’s has become one of the symbolic institutions of
globalization. The company is now active in around 120 countries and runs more than 36000 outlets around
the world. If seen as an icon of globalization, then the distribution of restaurants also is an indicator for the
underlying global inequalities: Europe and North America dominate the global picture, while especially China
has grown considerably ever since in 1990 the first outlet opened. Seven countries have seen the company
disappear from their market again (Barbados, Bermuda, Iceland, Iran, Jamaica, and Macedonia).

Philippines – 481 restaurants

Within the UK, there are approximately 1300 restaurants of which around 1100 are franchised.
McDonald's has over 36,000 restaurants in the world, operating in over 120 countries and
territories. There are approximately 120,00 people employed by McDonald's UK and over one million
worldwide.