Several independent location-tracking sources put McDonald’s U.S. footprint in the mid‑13,000s. For example, ScrapeHero’s U.S. store count lists 13,814 McDonald’s locations as of Feb. 16, 2026, and StatsPanda reports 13,786 locations in early 2026.
These figures are consistent with the broader context in McDonald’s corporate reporting, which cites 43,477 restaurants globally at year‑end 2024 (McDonald’s Corporation annual report). That global total is not the U.S. count, so third‑party U.S.-specific location datasets are typically used to answer “how many in the United States?” precisely.