McDonald's Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Dairy Queen's competitors and similar companies include Papa John's, Subway and Burger King.

	Dairy Queen Dairy Queen is a chain of soft serve ice cream and fast-food restaurants.	Papa John's Papa John's International is a company that operates a pizza restaurant chain providing delivery, takeaway, and dine-in services.	Subway SUBWAY is a fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches.	Burger King Burger King Holdings is a fast-food restaurant chain that operates and franchises Burger King restaurants.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1940	Founding Date 1984	Founding Date 1965	Founding Date 1954
Type	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Private	Type Subsidiary
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage Media & Entertainment beverages nutrition restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages delivery restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage restaurant
Locations	Locations Burlington, CA HQ Bloomington, US	Locations Louisville, US HQ Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN see more	Locations Milford, US HQ	Locations Miami, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Barueri, BR Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN Hannover, DE München, DE see more
Employees	Employees 28,7552% increase	Employees 13,20010% increase	Employees 100,9381% increase	Employees 102,2722% increase
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries N/A	Countries 44 (Q3, 2017)	Countries 100 (Jun, 2023)	Countries N/A
Restaurants	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 742 (Q3, 2017)	Restaurants 37 k (Jun, 2023)	Restaurants N/A