Food service

McDonald's in Germany.

1,518 restaurants recorded across 16 federal states. 63.7 % of the population lives within 5 kilometres of one of them.

restaurants recorded

1,518

#16 network in the country by reach

Coverage within 5 km

63.7 %

of the country population

Coverage within 10 km

85.8 %

of the country population

Density

1.82

per 100,000 inhabitants

Cross-border comparison

McDonald's either side of the border .

Two networks of incomparable size only compare at equal population. Brought back to 100,000 inhabitants, the counts become readable side by side — and the gap points either to room for development or to saturation.

Germany

1.82

restaurants / 100,000 inhab.

1,518 restaurants for 83,526,777 inhabitants

France

2.74

restaurants / 100,000 inhab.

1,834 restaurants for 66,964,453 inhabitants

Gap

-34 %

density in Germany vs France

The network is less dense in Germany than in France. At French density it would count 2,288 restaurants.

federal states

Where McDonald's actually stands .

The index compares the network's density in the federal state with its national density: above 100, the brand is over-represented there relative to its own average.

federal state Locations No. Share Index

North Rhine-Westphalia

317 20.9 % 96

Bavaria

285 18.8 % 118

Baden-Württemberg

184 12.1 % 92

Lower Saxony

154 10.1 % 106

Hesse

120 7.9 % 106

Rhineland-Palatinate

75 4.9 % 98

Saxony

57 3.8 % 78

Schleswig-Holstein

56 3.7 % 104

Brandenburg

50 3.3 % 109

Berlin

45 3 % 65

Saxony-Anhalt

41 2.7 % 104

Hamburg

39 2.6 % 119

Thuringia

33 2.2 % 89

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

26 1.7 % 91

Saarland

21 1.4 % 116

Bremen

15 1 % 120

Food service

Other networks in the same sector .

Burger King

832 restaurants · 49.1 % within 5 km

Subway

817 restaurants · 47.3 % within 5 km

Domino's Pizza

444 restaurants · 35.1 % within 5 km

Starbucks

204 restaurants · 20.1 % within 5 km

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Reading the figures

The 1,518 restaurants are a record drawn from Foursquare Open Places, not a count published by the brand — this country has not been calibrated yet — its recorded counts have not been confronted with the network sizes brands publish.

The reach indicators — coverage, index by federal state — are robust to that bias: they measure a distance and a population, which a location described twice does not move. Recorded 23 August 2026.

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Frequently asked questions about McDonald's in Germany

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How many restaurants does McDonald's have in Germany?

The record of 23 August 2026 identifies 1,518 McDonald's restaurants in Germany, across 16 federal states. This is a record, not an official count: this country has not been calibrated yet — its recorded counts have not been confronted with the network sizes brands publish. The figure serves to compare networks rather than to count stores.

What share of Germany does McDonald's reach?

63.7 % of the population lives within 5 kilometres of a McDonald's, and 85.8 % within 10 kilometres. Coverage counts each population cell once, however many locations reach it, which makes it insensitive to the double-counting that affects raw location totals.

Is McDonald's denser in Germany or in France?

Per 100,000 inhabitants, McDonald's has 1.82 restaurants in Germany against 2.74 in France — a density 34 % lower. Both records come from the same source and the same method, which is the condition for the gap to mean anything.

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