Food service

McDonald's in Switzerland.

215 restaurants recorded across 23 cantons. 68.9 % of the population lives within 5 kilometres of one of them.

restaurants recorded

215

#14 network in the country by reach

Coverage within 5 km

68.9 %

of the country population

Coverage within 10 km

90 %

of the country population

Density

2.41

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.

Switzerland

2.41

restaurants / 100,000 inhab.

215 restaurants for 8,922,173 inhabitants

France

2.74

restaurants / 100,000 inhab.

1,834 restaurants for 66,964,453 inhabitants

Gap

-12 %

density in Switzerland vs France

The network is less dense in Switzerland than in France. At French density it would count 244 restaurants.

cantons

Where McDonald's actually stands .

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

canton Locations No. Share Index

Zürich

28 13 % 73

Bern/Berne

27 12.6 % 108

Vaud

23 10.7 % 112

Aargau

19 8.8 % 115

Genève

14 6.5 % 110

St. Gallen

14 6.5 % 113

Ticino

12 5.6 % 132

Valais/Wallis

11 5.1 % 119

Luzern

10 4.7 % 99

Basel-Landschaft

9 4.2 % 124

Fribourg/Freiburg

8 3.7 % 98

Neuchâtel

7 3.3 % 160

Basel-Stadt

6 2.8 % 143

Thurgau

6 2.8 % 88

Solothurn

5 2.3 % 76

Graubünden/Grischun/Grigioni

4 1.9 % 73

Schwyz

3 1.4 % 73

Zug

3 1.4 % 94

Food service

Other networks in the same sector .

Burger King

99 restaurants · 52.6 % within 5 km

Subway

53 restaurants · 42 % within 5 km

Starbucks

76 restaurants · 38.1 % within 5 km

Domino's Pizza

26 restaurants · 24.1 % within 5 km

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Reading the figures

The 215 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 canton — 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 Switzerland

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How many restaurants does McDonald's have in Switzerland?

The record of 23 August 2026 identifies 215 McDonald's restaurants in Switzerland, across 23 cantons. 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 Switzerland does McDonald's reach?

68.9 % of the population lives within 5 kilometres of a McDonald's, and 90 % 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 Switzerland or in France?

Per 100,000 inhabitants, McDonald's has 2.41 restaurants in Switzerland against 2.74 in France — a density 12 % 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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