
As of January 2024, there are a staggering 40,275 McDonald’s restaurants operating worldwide! That’s a lot of Big Macs and McNuggets!
There are over 14,000 McDonald’s locations in the U.S. and over 1,400 in Canada.
No location in America is more than 110 miles from a McDonalds.
Be sure to check out the odd menu items from around the world before you leave this post.
INTERESTING FACTS
- McDonald’s was created by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernadino, California in 1940.
- Subway has more locations (43,895 stores in 112 countries) stores than McDonald’s does.
- McDonald’s sold a McPizza in the ’80s. There is one location where you can still get pizza.
- There is a McDonald’s with turquoise arches in Sedona, Arizona.
INTERESTING VIDEO
INTERESTING REFERENCES
- Statista.com – McDonald’s restaurants in North America
- Statista.com – McDonald’s restaurants worldwide
- FactSlides.com – McDonald’s

Those chili cheese balls look delish!
Lucky for you, you can go to Denmark and get them. 🙂