Starbucks Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

McDonald's's competitors and similar companies include Costa Coffee and Subway.

	McDonald's McDonald's is a company that operates and franchises a chain of fast-food restaurants.	Costa Coffee Costa Coffee is a multinational coffeehouse chain.	Subway SUBWAY is a fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1954	Founding Date 1971	Founding Date 1965
Type	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Private
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage beverages processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages consumer products & services hospitality nutrition restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages restaurant
Locations	Locations Chicago, US HQ Pennant Hills, AU Brunn Am Gebirge, AT Zaventem, BE Cidade De Barueri, BR Toronto, CA Praha, CZ see more	Locations Houghton Regis, GB HQ	Locations Milford, US HQ
Employees	Employees 150,000	Employees 17,6312% decrease	Employees 108,7071% increase
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $26.9b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) £1.3b (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) N/A
Net income	Net income $8.6b (FY, 2025)	Net income £105.2m (FY, 2019)	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries 100 (FY, 2022)	Countries N/A	Countries 100 (Jun, 2023)
Restaurants	Restaurants 40.3 k (FY, 2022)	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 37 k (Jun, 2023)