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 (11,998 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 image is recorded as New-McDonald-HU-lg (43261171540).jpg[6].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as fast food restaurant chain[7].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as trademark[9].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as public company[10].
  • McDonald's's instance of is recorded as organization[11].
  • McDonald's's flag image is recorded as Flag of the McDonald's Corporation (pre-2006).svg[12].
  • McDonald's's founder is recorded as Ray Kroc[13].
  • McDonald's's founder is recorded as Richard and Maurice McDonald[14].
  • McDonald's's owned by is recorded as The Vanguard Group[15].
  • McDonald's's owned by is recorded as BlackRock[16].
  • McDonald's's owned by is recorded as State Street Corporation[17].
  • Richard and Maurice McDonald is named after McDonald's[18].
  • McDonald's's logo image is recorded as McDonald's with slogan 2020.svg[19].
  • McDonald's's logo image is recorded as McDonald’s grün logo.svg[20].
  • McDonald's's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[21].
  • McDonald's's headquarters location is recorded as Illinois[22].
  • McDonald's's flag is recorded as McDonald's flag[23].
  • McDonald's's chief executive officer is recorded as Chris Kempczinski[24].
  • McDonald's's has organizational division is recorded as McCafé[25].
  • McDonald's's ISNI is recorded as 0000000093224855[26].
  • McDonald's's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136891459[27].

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Founding

Founders include Ray Kroc[13] and Richard and Maurice McDonald[14]. +1940-05-15T00:00:00Z 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[30], a stock market index[31], in United States[32]; Dow Jones Industrial Average[33], a stock market index[34], in United States[35], founded in 1896[36]; and S&P 100[37], a stock market index[38], in United States[39], founded in 1976[40].

Leadership

McDonald's's chief executive officer is recorded as Chris Kempczinski[24].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Chicago[21], a city of Illinois[41], in United States[42] and Illinois[22], an U.S. state[43], in United States[44], founded in 1818[45]. Subsidiaries include McDonald's Canada[46], a business[47], in Canada[48], founded in 1967[49], headquartered in Don Mills[50]; McDonald's Philippines[51], a company[52], in Philippines[53], founded in 1981[54], headquartered in Makati[55]; and McDonald's France[56], a business[57], in France[58], founded in 1972[59], headquartered in Guyancourt[60].

Industry

Industries include quick service restaurant sector[61], food service[62], accommodation and food service activities[63], and food and tobacco industry[64].

Ownership

Owners include The Vanguard Group[15], a business[65], in United States[66], founded in 1975[67], headquartered in Malvern[68]; BlackRock[16], a company[69], in United States[70], founded in 1988[71], headquartered in New York City[72]; and State Street Corporation[17], a business[73], in United States[74], founded in 1792[75], headquartered in Boston[76]. McDonald's's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[77].

Recognition

Awards received include Silver Anvil Award[3], an award[78], in United States[79], founded in 1944[80].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for McDonald's include McDonaldization[81], a concept[82]; McDonald's Video Game[83], a video game[84]; McJob[85], a pejorative[86]; McDonald's Championship[87], a business[88], in Spain[89], founded in 1987[90]; and Dypsis mcdonaldiana[91], a taxon[92].

Why It Matters

McDonald's ranks in the top 1% of fast_food_restaurant_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,998 views/month).[2] McDonald's has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[93] McDonald's is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[94]

Entities named for McDonald's include McDonaldization[81], a concept[82]; McDonald's Video Game[83], a video game[84]; McJob[85], a pejorative[86]; McDonald's Championship[87], a business[88], in Spain[89], founded in 1987[90]; and Dypsis mcdonaldiana[91], a taxon[92].

FAQs

What awards did McDonald's receive?

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

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