Number of McDonald's restaurants in the United Kingdom in 2025

Last updated on May 13, 2025

How many McDonald's restaurants are there in the United Kingdom?

There are 1,462 McDonald's restaurants in the United Kingdom as of May 13, 2025. The country with the most number of McDonald's locations in the UK is England, with 1,242 restaurants, which is about 85% of all McDonald's restaurants in the UK.

1,462
Locations
763
Cities


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You can download the complete list of 1,462 McDonald's locations data as an Excel file, along with geo-coded addresses, phone numbers and open hours from our data store.

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Top 6 Countries with the most McDonald's restaurants

England

1,242 (85%)

A restaurant for every 45,320 people, in England with about 85% of the total number of McDonald's restaurants


Scotland

113 (8%)

A restaurant for every 48,345 people, in Scotland with about 8% of the total number of McDonald's restaurants


Wales

76 (5%)

A restaurant for every 41,487 people, in Wales with about 5% of the total number of McDonald's restaurants


Country Number of restaurants Population Population per restaurant
England 1,242 (85%) 56.29M 45.32K
Scotland 113 (8%) 5.46M 48.34K
Wales 76 (5%) 3.15M 41.49K
Northern Ireland 29 (2%) 1.89M 65.31K
Isle of Man (0%) 85.00K 85.00K
Channel Islands (0%) 174.00K 174.00K

There are no countries without McDonald's restaurants in the United Kingdom

Cities with the most number of McDonald's restaurants in the United Kingdom

City Country Number of Locations
Birmingham England 21
Glasgow Scotland 21
Liverpool England 16
Leeds England 15
Manchester England 13
Westminster England 13
Bristol England 12
Edinburgh Scotland 12
Nottingham England 11
Southampton England 9

McDonald's vs competitors

Number of locations Number of States Number of cities
McDonald's   vs   Costa Express 13,836 (+12,374 locations than McDonald's) 5 ( -1 states than McDonald's) 2,701 (+1,938 cities than McDonald's)
McDonald's   vs   Costa Store 2,587 (+1,125 locations than McDonald's) 4 ( -2 states than McDonald's) 1,093 (+330 cities than McDonald's)
McDonald's   vs   Greggs 2,389 (+927 locations than McDonald's) 4 ( -2 states than McDonald's) 1,188 (+425 cities than McDonald's)
McDonald's   vs   Subway 2,158 (+696 locations than McDonald's) 4 ( -2 states than McDonald's) 781 (+18 cities than McDonald's)
McDonald's   vs   Starbucks 1,395 ( -67 locations than McDonald's) 5 ( -1 states than McDonald's) 536 ( -227 cities than McDonald's)

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Download the complete database of McDonald's Locations in UK

You can download the full list of McDonald's locations used for this analysis from our data store. Here is a random sample of 10 records for you to look at the fields and the data that we provide.

Name Street City Country Zip Code Phone Latitude Longitude Address Last Updated Date
Towcester Brackley Road Towcester England NN12 6TQ 01327 352337 52.1283 -1.00371 Brackley Road, Towcester, England, NN12 6TQ 2025-05-13
Baynards G Baynards Green Bicester England OX27 7SG 01869 345325 51.959016 -1.202538 Baynards Green, Bicester, England, OX27 7SG 2025-05-13
Lymm Poplar 2000 Services Lymm England WA13 0SP 01925 758759 53.359121 -2.505315 Poplar 2000 Services, Lymm, England, WA13 0SP 2025-05-13
Belfast, W Westwood Centre Belfast Northern Ireland BT11 9AP 028 9022 1151 54.57724 -5.9793 Westwood Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT11 9AP 2025-05-13
Singing Ke A55 Junction 31 Lloc Nr Holywell Wales CH8 8RF 01352 721266 53.273791 -3.305123 A55 Junction 31, Lloc Nr Holywell, Wales, CH8 8RF 2025-05-13
Caernarfon South Road Caernarfon Wales LL55 2HS 01286 678003 53.134197 -4.269608 South Road, Caernarfon, Wales, LL55 2HS 2025-05-13
Abergavenn Iberis Road/Ffordd Iberis Abergavenny Wales NP7 9LQ 01873 853131 51.813621 -3.024282 Iberis Road/Ffordd Iberis, Abergavenny, Wales, NP7 9LQ 2025-05-13
Magor Msa M4 J23a (East & West Bound) Magor Wales NP26 3YL 01633 881983 51.588445 -2.836415 M4 J23a (East & West Bound), Magor, Wales, NP26 3YL 2025-05-13
Portlethen Muir End Road Aberdeen Scotland AB12 4XP 01224 780287 57.064372 -2.137802 Muir End Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB12 4XP 2025-05-13
Edinburgh Newbridge Industrial Estate Edinburgh Scotland EH28 8LQ 0131 335 0148 55.937737 -3.402334 Newbridge Industrial Estate, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH28 8LQ 2025-05-13

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