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McDonalds

2111 McDonalds Dr, Oak Brook, IL 60523-1928

Approximately 95-100% of the McDonalds restaurant locations are linked in the Atlas Research Platform.

Enterprise Snapshot
(US & CAN)

Public profile metrics.

~15,340 Restaurant locations
~$61B System sales (US & CAN)
50+ C-suite connections

Cuisines

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Burger American Chicken

States & Provinces

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Summary

McDonalds Corporation stands as the worlds leading fast-food chain, founded in 1940 in San Bernardino, California. During the 1950s, the brand was reimagined as a franchise powerhouse. Today, McDonalds operates out of its headquarters in the Chicago area and remains one of the most recognizable consumer brands.

What the Complete Profile Includes

The public profile introduces the enterprise. Subscribers can explore the connected records behind it.

Ownership & Concepts

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Contacts & Leadership

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Locations & Markets

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How This Profile Is Built

RestaurantData combines corporate disclosures, franchise documentation, public filings, company websites, location research, and proprietary verification. Parent-level figures may aggregate linked concepts. Certain sales and location totals are presented as estimates when companies do not publish a single current figure.

About This Enterprise Profile

The Restaurant Enterprise Index is RestaurantData’s research framework for organizing major restaurant enterprises, including franchisors, franchisees, multi-concept operators, and parent organizations.

Certain sales and location totals are presented as estimates when companies do not publish single current figures.

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Verify Our Data Methodology

  • Foundation: Active state business registries form the primary backbone of every record.
  • Sources: Publicly available filings throughout, including public Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs).
  • Integrity: Zero proprietary third-party databases utilized.
  • Verification: Entity/concept records are validated at the source by our in-house research team.

Leveraging Human-Verified Connections

  • Collection: Filings and public records are gathered through intake procedures.
  • Verification: In-house researchers review every record before it enters the database.
  • Ownership Chain: Where relationships can be established, researchers work upward from a concept headquarters or single concept through parent, grandparent, and ultimate parent, resolving operators into one connected structure.

Maintaining the Longitudinal Record

  • Duration: Continuous tracking since 1997. Twenty-nine years of unit-level history.
  • Method: Same methodology applied across the full period so year-over-year comparisons hold.
  • Change Tracking: Openings, closures, ownership transfers, and operator consolidation are recorded as they occur, not backfilled.
  • Result: Expansion and contraction trends visible over decades, not snapshots.
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