McDonald's

American fast food restaurant chain
Organization fast_food_restaurant_chain Q38076
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 19 annual filings
Revenue
$26.89B
▲ 3.7% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$8.56B
▲ 4.1% YoY FY2025
Assets
$59.52B
▲ 7.9% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$11.95
▲ 4.9% YoY FY2025
$0.00$7.73B$15.46B$23.19B$30.92B FY2007: $22.79B · NI $2.40B (10.5% margin)FY2008: $23.52B · NI $4.31B (18.3% margin)FY2009: $22.74B · NI $4.55B (20.0% margin)FY2010: $24.07B · NI $4.95B (20.5% margin)FY2011: $27.01B · NI $5.50B (20.4% margin)FY2012: $27.57B · NI $5.46B (19.8% margin)FY2013: $28.11B · NI $5.59B (19.9% margin)FY2014: $27.44B · NI $4.76B (17.3% margin)FY2015: $25.41B · NI $4.53B (17.8% margin)FY2016: $24.62B · NI $4.69B (19.0% margin)FY2017: $22.82B · NI $5.19B (22.8% margin)FY2018: $21.26B · NI $5.92B (27.9% margin)FY2019: $21.36B · NI $6.03B (28.2% margin)FY2020: $19.21B · NI $4.73B (24.6% margin)FY2021: $23.22B · NI $7.55B (32.5% margin)FY2022: $23.18B · NI $6.18B (26.6% margin)FY2023: $25.49B · NI $8.47B (33.2% margin)FY2024: $25.92B · NI $8.22B (31.7% margin)FY2025: $26.89B · NI $8.56B (31.9% margin) '07'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000063908-26-000035

McDonald's

Summary

McDonald's is a fast food restaurant chain[1]. McDonald's ranks in the top 1% of fast_food_restaurant_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133,222 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • McDonald's received the Silver Anvil Award[3].
  • McDonald's received the Silver Anvil Award[4].
  • McDonald's is in the country of United States[5].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as fast food restaurant chain[6].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as trademark[8].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as organization[10].
  • McDonald's's founder is recorded as Ray Kroc[11].
  • McDonald's's founder is recorded as Richard and Maurice McDonald[12].
  • McDonald's is owned by BlackRock[13].
  • McDonald's is owned by State Street Corporation[14].
  • McDonald's is owned by The Vanguard Group[15].
  • Richard and Maurice McDonald is named after McDonald's[16].
  • McDonald's's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[17].
  • McDonald's's headquarters location is recorded as Illinois[18].
  • McDonald's's flag is recorded as McDonald's flag[19].
  • McDonald's's chief executive officer is recorded as Chris Kempczinski[20].
  • McDonald's's has organizational division is recorded as McCafé[21].
  • McDonald's's child organization or unit is recorded as McDonald's Canada[22].
  • McDonald's's child organization or unit is recorded as McDonald's Philippines[23].
  • McDonald's's child organization or unit is recorded as McDonald's France[24].
  • McDonald's is part of S&P 500[25].
  • McDonald's is part of Dow Jones Industrial Average[26].
  • McDonald's is part of S&P 100[27].

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Founding

Founders include Ray Kroc[11] and Richard and Maurice McDonald[12]. May 15, 1940 marks the founding of McDonald's[28]. McDonald's's location of formation is recorded as San Bernardino[29].

Identity

Part of include S&P 500[25], a stock market index[30], in United States[31], founded in 1957[32]; Dow Jones Industrial Average[26], a stock market index[33], in United States[34], founded in 1896[35]; and S&P 100[27], a stock market index[36], in United States[37], founded in 1976[38].

Leadership

McDonald's's chief executive officer is recorded as Chris Kempczinski[20].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Chicago[17], a city of Illinois[39], in United States[40], founded in 1837[41] and Illinois[18], an U.S. state[42], in United States[43], founded in 1818[44]. Subsidiaries include McDonald's Canada[22], a business[45], in Canada[46], founded in 1967[47], headquartered in Don Mills[48]; McDonald's Philippines[23], a company[49], in Philippines[50], founded in 1981[51], headquartered in Makati[52]; and McDonald's France[24], a business[53], in France[54], founded in 1972[55], headquartered in Guyancourt[56].

Industry

Industries include quick service restaurant sector[57], food service[58], accommodation and food service activities[59], and food and tobacco industry[60].

Ownership

Owners include BlackRock[13], a company[61], in United States[62], founded in 1988[63], headquartered in New York City[64]; State Street Corporation[14], a business[65], in United States[66], founded in 1792[67], headquartered in Boston[68]; and The Vanguard Group[15], a business[69], in United States[70], founded in 1975[71], headquartered in Malvern[72]. McDonald's's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[73].

Recognition

Awards received include Silver Anvil Award[3], an award[74], in United States[75], founded in 1944[76].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for McDonald's include McDonaldization[77], a concept[78]; McJob[79], a pejorative[80]; McDonald's Video Game[81], a video game[82]; McDonald's Championship[83], a business[84], in Spain[85], founded in 1987[86]; and Dypsis mcdonaldiana[87], a taxon[88].

Why It Matters

McDonald's ranks in the top 1% of fast_food_restaurant_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133,222 views/month).[2] McDonald's has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[89] McDonald's is known by 117 alternative names across languages and contexts.[90]

Entities named for McDonald's include McDonaldization[77], a concept[78]; McJob[79], a pejorative[80]; McDonald's Video Game[81], a video game[82]; McDonald's Championship[83], a business[84], in Spain[85], founded in 1987[86]; and Dypsis mcdonaldiana[87], a taxon[88].

FAQs

What awards did McDonald's receive?

Honors received include Silver Anvil Award[3] and Silver Anvil Award[4].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Yivan000 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → mcdonalds-17dd9a, mcdonalds-86f814, mcdonalds-7872f6 +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8253]]: mcdonalds-33d36e"
  2. 14d ago · Bhousel · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → mcdonalds-17dd9a, mcdonalds-86f814, mcdonalds-7872f6 +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P8253]]: mcdonalds-33d36e, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  3. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 523E-5D4A-6679-C50E-EACC
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 523E-5D4A-6679-C50E-EACC, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  4. 9w ago · NMaia · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 9398
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14350]]: 9398, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297029177|McDonald's (#297029177)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consumer Rights Wiki a"
  5. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → BlackRock, State Street Corporation, The Vanguard Group
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ru, sr, uk, tt, ka, be, be-tarask, mul */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; remove alias=label/mul; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/Wikida"
  6. 12w ago · Danilo Two · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → BlackRock, State Street Corporation, The Vanguard Group
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P127]]: [[Q849363]]"
  7. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → macdonalds-fast-food-restaurants, mcdonalds, mcdonalds-fast-food-restaurants +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: macdonalds-fast-food-restaurants, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944323|macdonalds fast food restaurants (#289944323)]] in [[:toollabs:"
  8. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0238427-McDonalds-Corporation
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0238427-McDonalds-Corporation, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  9. 22w ago · Alexander Bantyev · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged at → —
    Image purged license → —
    Image unavailable reason → —
    Official website → https://www.mcdonalds.com, https://mcdonalds.ge, https://mcdonaldsrestaurant.nl/ +55
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://mcdonalds.ge"
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