List of countries with Burger King franchises

Further information: Burger King franchises

This is a list of countries with Burger King franchises. Burger King (BK) itself began as a franchise of its progenitor company, Insta-Burger King. It grew in the United States using a combination of corporate locations and franchising, before divesting itself of its corporate holdings in 2013. It began its international expansion in 1969 with a location in Canada, followed by Australia in 1971, and Europe in 1975. Latin America and South America became part of its market later in that decade, Asia followed in the 1980s, and Northern Africa and the Middle East followed shortly thereafter. Sub-Saharan Africa and the former nations of the Iron Curtain came much later, beginning in the late 1990s and continuing into the 2010s.

Countries with current Burger King locations are in red, in blue showing their future locations, in green showing their (former) military locations, orange showing their former locations, and gray showing countries that have never had a location. In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's and is labelled in yellow.

As of 2014, Burger King operates in almost every country in the Western Hemisphere, and most of Europe and East Asia. It has embarked on a plan to base a good portion of its future growth in the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, Belarus, and China), with plans to open more than 3000 locations in three of those four countries. Burger King also has a longstanding presence at U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force installations worldwide, dating back to the 1980s under a contract with Army & Air Force Exchange Service. Today, while other chains such as Taco Bell, Popeyes, and Subway have a presence on military bases, virtually every major Army and Air Force installation hosts a BK restaurant.

History

A Burger King restaurant with drive-thru, playground and terrace in Orihuela Costa, Spain. Spain was the location of the first continental European Burger King.

Burger King was first founded in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1953, as Insta-Burger King. Shortly after the acquisition of the chain by Pillsbury in 1967, Burger King opened its first Canadian restaurant in Windsor, Ontario, in 1969.^{[1]: 66 [2]} Other international locations followed soon after: Oceania in 1971 with its Australian franchise Hungry Jack's, and Europe in 1975 with a restaurant in Madrid, Spain.^[3][4] Beginning in 1982, BK and its franchisees began operating stores in several East Asian countries, including Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea.^[5] Due to high competition, all of the Japanese locations were closed in 2001; however, BK reentered the Japanese market in June 2007.^[6] BK's Central and South American operations began in Mexico in the late 1970s, and by the early 1980s it was operating locations in Caracas, Venezuela, Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[5]

While Burger King lags behind McDonald's in international locations by over 12,000 stores, by 2008 it had managed to become the largest chain in several countries, including Mexico and Spain.^[7]

The company divides its international operations into three segments: The Middle East, Europe and Africa division (EMEA), Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In each of these regions, Burger King has established several subsidiaries to develop strategic partnerships and alliances to expand into new territories. In its EMEA group, Burger King's Switzerland-based subsidiary Burger King Europe GmbH is responsible for the licensing and development of BK franchises in those regions.^[8] In the APAC region, the Singapore-based BK AsiaPac, Pte. Ltd. business unit handles franchising for East Asia, the Asian subcontinent and all Oceanic territories.^[9][10] The LAC region includes Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean Islands.^{: 6, Exhibit 21:1}

Africa

Map of countries in Africa with Burger King locations

During 2012, the African market saw a new agreement with Grand Parade Investments of South Africa to enter then Africa's largest economy, with restaurants opening in 2013.^[11] The company began its move into Sub-Saharan Africa in May 2013 when Burger King opened its first outlets in South Africa. The company sold franchise rights to local gaming and slots machine operator Grand Parade Investments Ltd. The South African operation sold over double its initial forecasts in its opening weeks with sales of $474,838 at just one of its outlets in Cape Town in its first seven weeks. In a deal with local petrochemical company Sasol, outlets were opened at filling stations across the country starting in 2014.^[12] In April 2014 it was announced that due to high demand, the number of new outlets being opened in 2014 would be increased from 12 to 14 across the country.^[13] As of December 2015, there are 51 Burger King restaurants in South Africa.^[14] 10 restaurants are set to open in Mauritius by 2021.

The opening of BK's first outlet in South Africa, in May 2013

Country/territory	Year entered	Master franchisee	Notes	No. of stores
Djibouti	2022		First location in Bawadi Mall, Djibouti.
Egypt	2007	The Olayan Group	برغر كينغ (in Arabic) Olayan's food service subsidiary, Hana International, is the master franchisee for the Middle East and North Africa.[15][16]
Ethiopia	2020	Belayab Foods Production PLC.[17]	First location in Bole International Airport.	3
Ghana	2018	SIA QSR Ghana Ltd.[18]	First location is in the Accra Mall.	3
Ivory Coast	2015	Servair Côte d'Ivoire	First location is in Marcory.
Kenya	2016	Servair Kenya[19]	First location in the Hub Karen, Nairobi.[20]	5
Mauritius	2021	CG Royal Food	First location at Bagatelle Mall. 1000m2 of land dedicated for the drive thru and the outlet.
Morocco	2011	General First Food Services	First location is in Casablanca.	41
Nigeria	2021	Zammarieh	First location is in Victoria Island, Lagos[21]	15
South Africa	2013	Burger King South Africa (Pty) Ltd	First location opened in Cape Town on 9 May 2013, with plans for more nationwide.[22][23]	102
Tunisia	2019	General First Food Services Tunisia	First location is in Sousse in the Mall of Sousse; Halal.[24]	8

Asia

The first Burger King in Asia opened in Granville Road, Hong Kong on August 7, 1979, as the 2500th Burger King globally.^[25] In 1982, franchisees opened stores in several East Asian countries, including Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea.^[5]

In 1982, the license for Burger King's operations in Singapore was given to Food Systems. It planned to open its first outlet at Peninsular Plaza.^[26]

Burger King expanded to Japan in 1993 as a 50-50 venture with Seibu Railways Group. Its first outlet in Iruma opened on September 22, with another in Yokohama and another suburb expected to open that year. Additional outlets were expected to open in station buildings owned by Seibu. Burger King was a latecomer in Japan's hamburger market, coming at a time of "recession". Unlike its competitor McDonald's, Burger King plans to leave its original menu untouched.^[27] Later owned by Japan Tobacco,^[28] it withdrew from the Japanese market^[6] in February 2001 with all of its 25 outlets sold to Lotteria.^[28] Burger King reentered the Japanese market by opening the first outlet in Shinjuku, Tokyo in November 2006.^[29]

It also reentered the Hong Kong market in December 2007. This time its Hong Kong operation is wholly owned by North Asia Strategic, who obtained the exclusive right to operate from BK AsiaPac Pte Limited.^[30][31] The first outlet was opened on 29 December 2007 in the Sun Arcade, Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.^[31] As of 2008, 15 stores were in operation,^[32] including five in Hong Kong Island (Central, Wanchai, Causeway Bay and Fortress Hill), five in Kowloon (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hung Hom, Mongkok, Wong Tai Sin and Tsz Wan Shan) and five in the New Territories. However, due to fierce competition, legal problems, and rising rents, the number of stores was reduced to two (HKIA and The Peak) in late 2015.^[33]

2012 saw a major international expansion initiative. The primary thrust was aimed at the BRIC nations, with several new master franchise agreements in those countries that will eventually create upwards of 2500 new stores by 2020.^{[34][notes 1]} One of these deals also creates the single largest international franchise agreement in the company history, a deal to open over 1000 stores in China with a new "super"-franchise headed by the Kurdoglu family of Turkey.^[35] An updated agreement with its Russian franchisee will see a major expansion into Siberia. This move puts Burger King in a superior position to its chief rival McDonald's, as it currently does not operate any locations east of the Ural Mountains.^[36][37]

Country/territory	Year entered	Master franchisee	Notes
Bahrain	2007	Jawad Business Group (UAE)	Halal[38]
Bangladesh	2016	Tiffin Box (Bangla Trac)	Nine branches opened in Dhaka as of 2024.
Brunei	2014	Sinofood Express	The first outlet opened on 25 February 2014 in Ambrym Road[citation needed], Bandar Seri Begawan.
Cambodia	2013	?	Opened in Phnom Penh International Airport on 1 March 2013[39]
China	2005	TAB Food Investments	汉堡王 (in Chinese) First outlet opened in Shanghai on 28 June 2005.[40] 12,000th location opened in Beijing.[41][42] Some outlets in Nanchang were reported in 2020, through the CCTV 3.15 evening party, that use expired foods as materials.[43]
East Timor	2013[44]		Burger King is currently the first and only foreign fast food chain in East Timor. The first store opened in Dili in December 2013.
Hong Kong	1979	North Asia Strategic Holdings, Ltd.[45]	堡加敬 (1970s to early 1980s), 漢堡飽王 (1980s to 1990s), 漢堡王 (2006 to present) (in Chinese) First operated in Hong Kong (then a British colony) between the 1970s–1990s.
India	2014	Blue Foods (western India), Everstone (North India)	The first store opened in November 2014 in Delhi. 450 stores.
Indonesia	2007	PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk	Previously operated in the country from 1986 to 1998. The first outlet was opened in Jalan MT Haryono, West Tebet, South Jakarta with management from PT Bekasari Pratama Food, which is one of the Gelael business groups (the group also owned KFC franchisee PT Fast Food Indonesia Tbk),[46] and closed in 1998 after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. It was reopened on 26 April 2007 with the biggest outlet in Southeast Asia, with management from PT Sari Burger Indonesia, a subsidiary of PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk. The first outlet was in Senayan City, Central Jakarta.[47]
Israel	2016	Pierre Besnainou	ברגר קינג (in Hebrew) Previously operated in the country from 1994 to 2010. The locations were Re-branded as Burger Ranch.[48] In June 2015, the chain announced that it will relaunch in Israel. The first branch in Tel Aviv at the location of Rabin Square was opened on 1 February 2016. Burger King Israel has 8 outlets: 4 in Tel Aviv and another 4 in Beer-Sheva, Hertzliya, Ra’anana and Hod Hasharon.
Japan	2007	Affinity Equity Partners[49]	バーガーキング (bāgākin-gu, katakana spelling of Burger King) (in Japanese) Previously operated in the country from 1993 to 2001[50]
Iraq/Kurdistan Region	2019		The first branch was opened in Erbil on November 18, 2019, in 2022 ten more branches were opened in Iraq, the last of which was in Basra on May 3, 2022.
Kuwait	1990	Army and Air Force Exchange Service(AAFES) The Olayan Group	The AAFES location opened after the first Gulf War.[51] Olayan has license for Kuwait but there were no locations as of 2011.[15][16]
Kazakhstan	2012	Verny Capital	The first restaurant was opened in Almaty on May 28, 2012. 50 outlets as of December 2022.
Lebanon	2001	King Food SAL (Lebanon)	Subsidiary of Oyalan. Halal[52]
Malaysia	1997	Cosmo Restaurants Sdn Bhd[53]	First location opened at Sungai Buloh Overhead Bridge in Sungai Buloh in 1997.
Maldives	2013	Minor International & Conglomerate	Opened at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport on 8 July 2013
Macau	2007	North Asia Strategic Holdings, Ltd[45]	First outlet in Centro Praça Mui Foo Choo Siu, Cotai.[citation needed]
Mongolia	2015	Makc Group LLC	9 outlets as of December 2018.[54]
Myanmar	2016	Minor Food Group	Opened at Yangon International Airport on 1 July 2016[55]
Oman	2010	First Food Services Oman	Subsidiary of Oyalan. Originally operated in the country in 1994–2005[56]
Pakistan	2013	MCR Group	The first Burger King branch in Pakistan opened in Dolmen Mall, Karachi on October 5, 2013. This was followed by an aggressive expansion strategy which resulted in opening of Burger King branches nationwide.Burger King had more than twenty branches in Pakistan: various in Karachi, various in Lahore, one in Islamabad, one in Peshawar, one in Multan, one in Wah Cantt, one in Hyderabad, one in Faisalabad .[57] Burger King ceased operations in 2022 and is set to reopen under new management.[58]
Philippines	1997	Jollibee Foods Corporation and BK Titans Inc.	The first Burger King branch in the Philippines opened at Robinsons Galleria, Quezon City in December 1997.[59] PERF Restaurants Inc. (formerly PhilKing Restaurants and Development Corp.), the Philippine franchisee of Burger King, was owned by Ayala Corporation until it was sold to BK Titans Inc. in 2006.[60] In 2011, Jollibee Foods Corporation acquired the majority stake from BK Titans Inc., leading to Burger King's growth in the country from having 23 branches (mostly in Metro Manila) at the time of the acquisition.[61][62]
Qatar	1996[63]	Premier Food Services	Halal[64]
South Korea	1984	Affinity Equity Partners[65]	버거킹 (in Korean) South Korea received its first Burger King store in 1984, and has 236 outlets as of November 2016.[66] Burger King's 1000th store in Asia also opened in this country (Gwacheon) in January 2013.[67]
Saudi Arabia	1992[68]	The Olayan Group	برغر كينغ (in Arabic) Halal[69]
Singapore	1982	Burger King Singapore Pte. Ltd	Halal[70] First BK Whopper Bar in Asia[71]
Sri Lanka	2013	Softlogic Restaurants Pvt Ltd (a fully owned subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings PLC)	As of March 2022, there are 23 outlets in Sri Lanka.[72]
Taiwan	1989	Nexus Point Capital	漢堡王 (in Chinese)[73] There are 37 outlets in Taiwan as of January 2019.[74]
Thailand	1994	The Minor Food Group[75][76]	Offers delivery services
United Arab Emirates	1993[77]	First Food Services, LLC	Subsidiary of Oyalan. Halal[78]
Vietnam	2011	?	Opened at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on 27 November 2011

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  A Burger King restaurant in Kuala Belait, Brunei
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  A Burger King restaurant in Shenzhen, China
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  A Burger King restaurant in Dili, East Timor
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  A Burger King restaurant in Hong Kong
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  A Burger King restaurant in Sakae, Nagoya, Japan
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  A Burger King restaurant in Quezon City, Philippines
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  A Burger King restaurant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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  A Burger King restaurant in Kallang, Singapore
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  A Burger King restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan

Europe

Countries of Europe with Burger Kings

Burger King began its expansion in Europe in 1975 with its first location in Madrid, Spain.^[79] The first German branch of Burger King was opened in 1976 at the Kurfürstendamm in West Berlin. In 1990, an East German branch was opened in the town of Dresden.

In December 2012, BK returned to the French market, based on an agreement with multinational operator Autogrill,^[80] a move that has met with some excitement in the country.^[81][82] In July 1997, it was announced the chain would be leaving the country, closing its 22 franchised and 17 corporate locations, after a poorly executed entry into the market that left it unable to compete against McDonald's and local chain Quick.^[83][84] The partnership with Autogrill is a move to consolidate BK's presence in travel plazas along major highways in France, Italy, Poland and other European nations.^[85]

In late 2013, BK returned to Finland after three decades of absence. This caused so much interest that people had to stand in queue for half an hour just to get in.

In November 2013, Groupe Bertrand, who owns several restaurant franchises, acquired the BK master franchise Autogrill, becoming one of their franchisees.^[86] In September 2015, Groupe Bertrand announced being in talks with Quick's owner, investment fund Qualium, to take over all the franchise and convert all Quick restaurants in France into BKs.^[87]

In December 2013, BK returned to Finland, after three decades of absence. The first restaurant, located on Mannerheimintie in central Helsinki, instantly proved so popular that on every day since its opening, people queued in front of the restaurant to get in, sometimes for over half an hour. The only exception so far has been Christmas time, when the restaurant was closed. According to Mikko Molberg, the leader of the Finnish Burger King franchise, the restaurant has attracted over 2000 customers on every single day, which has surprised the restaurant employees and the franchise owners. The long queues have been extensively covered and ridiculed in social media, comparing them to people queuing in front of a McDonald's restaurant in Moscow in the early 1990s, and contrasting them with the nearly nonexistent queues at the BK restaurants in Stockholm.^[88]

In 2018, BK expanded into Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, and the partially unrecognozed state Kosovo, as well as re-entering the Slovakian market after nearly 7 years of absence under a exclusive license from AmRest. In June 2019, BK opened its doors in Albania after 7 months of hype in the QTU Shopping Mall.

In 2020, the first 3 BK restaurants opened in Estonia. This was the period of the COVID-19 pandemic so the outlets had to be opened via Tallink by the popular videoconferencing software program Zoom.^[89] In December 2020, BK restaurants were opened in Latvia and Lithuania.^[90][91] In October 2023, the first BK restaurant was opened in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[92]

Country/territory	Year entered	Number of locations	Master franchisee	Notes
Albania	2019	11	Buçaj Retail	The first outlet opened at the QTU Shopping Mall in early June 2019.[93]
Andorra	1981	5	Ibersol Group
Armenia	2017	5		Բուրգեր Քինգ (in Armenian) First outlet opened in 2017 at Dalma Garden Mall.[94]
Austria	2000	56	Theophil Holding GmbH	First outlet opened in Vienna.[95]
Belarus	2015	35	Burger BK LLC	First outlet opened in Minsk on July 9, 2015.
Belgium	2017	44	Kharis Capital	Former Quick restaurants rebranded as BK.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2023	4	Buçaj Retail	First outlet opened in Sarajevo. 4 outlets as of December 2024 (1 in Sarajevo, 1 in Mostar, 1 in Banja Luka and 1 in Ilidža).[96][97][98][99]
Bulgaria	2008	3	AmRest
Croatia	2014	8	Kraljevi Restorani d.o.o.[100]	First outlet is located at the Draganić rest area on A1 motorway near Karlovac. 6 outlets as of January 2023 (2 in Zagreb, 2 in Split, 1 in Rijeka, 1 again on A1 motorway).[101]
Cyprus	2003-2012, 2014	10	WOW Burgers[102]	All BK restaurants in Cyprus were closed down after BK Europe launched legal proceedings against King Franchises LTD (the Cyprus franchisee that belonged to businessman Lambros Christofi) in 2012.[103] BK re-entered Cyprus in 2014 by opening a restaurant in Paphos in March. As of November 2019, there are 10 outlets, one of which is located inside the departure halls of Larnaca Airport.[104][105] In December 2019, it was announced that the unofficial BK affiliate in Turkish-occupied Cyprus, called Burger City, would rebrand in 2020 to become BK.[106]
Czech Republic	2008	51	Rex Concepts CEE (McWin)[107]
Denmark	1977	53	King Foods [108]
Estonia	2020	8	Tallink	First 3 restaurants opened in May 2020. These were the first BKs to be opened via Zoom. Two restaurants opened in 2016 and 2022 operate aboard Tallink cruise ships MS Megastar and MyStar, sailing between Tallinn and Helsinki.[89][109]
Faroe Islands	?	1	King Foods[108]
Finland	1982–1985, 2013	60	Restel	First BKs opened in Helsinki and Tampere in 1982, but closed a few years on. Returning to Finland in late 2013, the first new BK was opened in Helsinki on December 13. As of July 2019, 58 restaurants has opened, including two aboard cruise ships of ferry company Tallink, sailing between Helsinki and Tallinn.[110]
France	1980-1998, 2012	469	Bertrand Group, Autogrill	There is one restaurant in Marseille Provence Airport, opened December 22, 2012. No restaurants in France between 1997 and 2012. BK returned with one outlet in Paris, Saint-Lazare Station on December 16, 2013. In late 2015, BK took over French competitor Quick and will convert most of their outlets into BK. As of December 2019, BK has 335 restaurants in France.[111]
Georgia	2013	5	TAB Gıda	ბურგერ კინგი (in Georgian)
Germany	1976	758	Burger King Deutschland GmbH[112]	First BK Whopper Bar in Europe (Munich). 700+ restaurants as of 2018.[113]
Gibraltar	1993	1	BKUK GROUP LIMITED	First and only operational outlet is located at Casemates Square.[114]
Greece	2018	4	SSP Hellas SA	First outlet opened at the airport of Rhodes, followed by the second at Athens' airport.[115] Two more opened at Thessaloniki and Corfu airports in 2021.
Hungary	1991	59	Fusion Kft.	First outlet opened in Budapest.[116][117]
Ireland	1981	47	OKR Group
Italy	1999	262	Kharis Capital	First outlet opened in Milan. 262 outlets as of Dec 2023.[118]
Jersey	2016	1	Sandpiper CI	Formerly three BK outlets in Jersey, now only one.[119]
Kosovo	2018	14[120]	Buçaj Retail	First outlet opened at Albi Mall, Pristina in early December 2018.[121]
Latvia	2020	4[122]	Tallink	First outlet opened at Akropolis shopping center in Riga on December 4, 2020.[90][123]
Lithuania	2020	5[124]	Tallink	First outlet opened at Akropolis shopping center in Vilnius, 11 Dec 2020.[91][125]
Luxembourg	2017	7	Kharis Capital	Former Quick restaurants rebranded as BK.
North Macedonia	2011	7	TAB Gıda	First BK opened in Aug 2011, located at the Skopje airport.
Malta	1995	7	Simonds Farsons Cisk
Montenegro	2022	4	Buçaj Retail	First BK restaurant opened on December 26, 2022 in capital of Podgorica, located near a big supermarket called "HD Lakovići" in Zabjelo (near a big roundabout in Zabjelo).
Netherlands	1981	62	BKNL B.V.[126]	62 restaurants in 2019.[127]
Northern Cyprus	2019	8	TAB Gıda	BK was opened after years of blockade in Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus by rebranding Burger City restaurants.[128]
Norway	1988	87	King Foods[108]
Poland	1992	100[129]	Rex Concepts CEE (McWin)[107]
Portugal	2001[130]	168	Restaurant Brands Iberia
Romania	2008	25	Rex Concepts CEE (McWin)[107]	BK expanded again in Romania by opening restaurants in Bucharest in 2019, after 7 years with only one location at the Henri Coanda-Otopeni Airport, functional as of 2008.[131][132]
Russia	2010	802	Burger Rus Ltd (joint company of VTB, Investment Capital Ukraine and Alexander Kobolov)[133]	Бургер Кинг (in Russian) The first Russian outlet opened in Moscow on 21 January 2010.
Slovakia	2010-2011, returned in 2018	8	AmRest	First outlet opened in March 2010 by Tekaz, a company with no previous experiences in gastronomy; closed in Dec 2011 due to bankruptcy. AmRest got an exclusive license in 2018 and opened their first outlet in Slovakia on November 23.[134]
Spain	1975	874	Restaurant Brands Iberia	First ever BK in Europe opened in Madrid.[79] Largest burger chain in Spain,[7] the country with the most numerous BK's in Europe, with 701 restaurants as of June 2017.[135]
Sweden	1976	117	King Foods[108]	The first store in Sweden opened on Gustav Adolfs torg, Malmö, it remains open to this day.[136]
Switzerland	1981	77	BKCH Holding SA	First location in Lugano. In May 2017 there were 55 restaurants, including Europe's first Burger King – Express.
Turkey	1995	747	TAB Gıda	BK was introduced into Turkey in 1995.[137] There are 747 BK restaurants in Turkey as of 2024.[138] Permissible for Muslims.[139]
United Kingdom	1976	530	BKUK GROUP LIMITED[140]	The first outlet was located on Coventry Street in Central London.

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  Burger King's first outlet in Armenia, located at Dalma Garden Mall
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  A vegan Burger King restaurant in Vienna, Austria
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  A Burger King restaurant in Fontaine-l'Évêque, Belgium
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  A Burger King restaurant in Mikkeli, Finland
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  A Burger King restaurant in Châtenay-Malabry, France
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  A Burger King restaurant in Bavaria, Germany
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  Inside a Burger King restaurant in Budapest, Hungary
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  A Burger King restaurant in Rome, Italy
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  Burger King restaurant beside Junction One Retail Park, Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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  A Burger King restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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  A Burger King restaurant in Sesimbra, Portugal
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  A Burger King restaurant in Moscow, Russia
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  A Burger King restaurant in Prešov, Slovakia
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  A Burger King restaurant in Cordoba, Spain
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  A Burger King restaurant in Huddinge, Sweden
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  A Burger King restaurant in Kartepe, Turkey
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  A Burger King restaurant in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

North America

Map of countries in North America with Burger King locations (excluding Caribbean Islands)

North America is the company's home territory and home to its first non-American stores; it opened its first international restaurant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 1969.^[1][2]

Since its purchase in 2011, Burger King has seen a 14% sales increase in its Latin American and Caribbean operations.^[141] The continued expansion in these market could provide a significant portions of Burger King's growth during the decade of the 2010s.^[142] In the Mexican market, Burger King sold 97 corporate-owned locations to its largest franchisee in that country. The deal means multi-chain operator Alsea, S.A.B. de C.V will eventually operate approximately half of Mexico's 400+ Burger King locations while receiving exclusive expansion rights in Mexico for a twenty-year period.^[143]

Elsewhere in Central America, Burger King entered in a deal with another of its franchises, the Beboca Group of Panama, to create a new corporate entity to handle expansion and logistics in the LAC region, which until this time had no centralized operations group.^{: 6, Exhibit 21:1 [144]} The deal follows a unification of the company's web presence in Latin America and the Caribbean,^[145] as well as aligning all of its various web initiatives including mobile services, Facebook presence and guest relation tools.^[146] The Latin American moves are part of a corporate plan to take advantage of the growing middle class in these regions.^[147]

Map of countries in the Caribbean with Burger King locations

Burger King's growth into the Caribbean began in 1963 when the company opened its first location in Puerto Rico. These locations were the first restaurants the company opened outside the continental United States.^[148]

Country/territory	Year entered	Master franchisee	Notes
Antigua and Barbuda	2012	?	Opened on 27 March 2012,[149] second branch opened in 1st half of 2013
Aruba	1981	All American Burgers Inc.	First hamburger QSR (quick service restaurant) to enter market
Bahamas	1966[150]	?	?
Barbados	2013	?
Canada	1968	Redberry Investments Inc.[151]	First international location[152]
Cayman Islands	1982[153]	?
Costa Rica	1992	?	Closed in October 2015 because of numerous issues with local franchiser and license usage; returned in June 2016 with a new restaurant opened in San José
Curaçao	2008	JDA Foods B.V.[154]
Dominican Republic	1994	?	31 Outlets See Burger King Dominican Republic
El Salvador	1994	?	It originally started in 1993 as a food truck
Guatemala	1989	?	First location in La zona nueve[155]
Honduras	1990	?
Jamaica	1985	Restaurant Associates Limited	First location in Ocho Rios[156]
Nicaragua	2008-2018, 2020	?
Mexico	1991	Burger King Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.	First outlet in Yucatán[157]
Panama	1981	Adiser S.A.[158]
Puerto Rico	1963	?	First Burger King Location outside the continental United States. 171 outlets as of 2025.
Saint Lucia	?	?
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2017	?
Sint Maarten	?	?
Trinidad and Tobago	2008	Restaurant Holdings Limited[159]
United States	1953 1959	Burger King Corporation	Founded as Insta-Burger King in 1953; purchased in 1959 by current company

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  A Burger King restaurant at Clifton Hills, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
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  A Burger King restaurant in Chalco, Mexico City, Mexico
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  A Burger King restaurant in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
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  A Burger King restaurant in Ripon, California, United States

Oceania

Map of countries in Oceania with Burger King locations

See also: Hungry Jack's

When Burger King moved to expand its operations into Australia, it found that its business name was already trademarked by a takeaway food shop in Adelaide.^[160] The Canadian-Australian franchisee, Jack Cowin, selected the "Hungry Jack" brand name, one of then Burger King's owner Pillsbury's U.S. pancake mixture products, and slightly changed the name to a possessive form by adding an apostrophe and "s" to form the new name "Hungry Jack's". In 1996, shortly after the Australian trademark on the Burger King name lapsed, Burger King began to open its own Australian stores in 1997.^{[161][162][163][164]} As a result of Burger King's actions, Hungry Jack's owner Jack Cowin and his company Competitive Foods Australia, began legal proceedings in 2001 against the Burger King Corporation. Hungry Jack's won the case,^{[165][166][167]} and Burger King eventually left the country.^[168] Hungry Jack's took ownership of the former Burger King locations and subsequently renamed the remaining Burger King locations as Hungry Jack's.^[162][169] As of June 2019, Burger King had 83 stores operating in New Zealand.^[170] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Burger King went into receivership in April 2020.^[171]

A Hungry Jack's/Coles Express/Shell outlet in Elizabeth Street, Hobart. From 1997 until it was rebranded in 2003 this was Hobart's first and only Burger King-branded outlet, and was the first Burger King in Australia to be located outside an airport.^[164]

Country/territory	Year entered	Master franchisee	Notes
Australia	1971	Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd	Hungry Jack's is the master franchisee for Australia.
Guam	?	Baba Corp
Fiji	2015	Motibhai Group
New Caledonia	2017[172]		The first store opened in Nouméa in 2017.
New Zealand	1993	Tahua Partners	Original owners, TPF Group, sold the company in 2009.[173] Went into receivership under Blackstone Group, sold to Tahua Partners in 2021.

South America

Map of countries in South America with Burger King locations

Country/territory	Year entered	Master franchisee	Notes
Argentina	1989	Fast Food Sudamericana S.A.[174]
Bolivia	1999	Samuel Doria Medina[175]
Brazil	2001	Multiple	Operates with a territorial franchises system[176]
Chile	1994	Fast Food Sudamericana S.A.[177]
Colombia	2008	Kinco S.A.[178]	Originally operated during 1980s.
Ecuador	1982[179]	Resrap/Alicosta Bk Holding[180]
French Guiana	?	?
Guyana	2017	?
Paraguay	1995	Grupo Vierci.[181]
Peru	1993[182]	Sigdelo S.A.
Suriname	2008	Multiple	The first outlet is located in the capital city of Paramaribo.[183]
Uruguay	2008	Adiser S.A.[184]
Venezuela	1980	?

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  A Burger King restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  A Burger King restaurant in Guarujá, Brazil
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  A Burger King restaurant in Viña del Mar, Chile
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  A Burger King restaurant in Asunción, Paraguay
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  A Burger King restaurant in Lima, Peru.

Former markets

Country/territory	Year entered	Year closed	Year re-entered	Master franchisee	Notes
Afghanistan	?	2021		Army & Air Force Exchange Service	Operated only for US troops in Bagram Airfield, closed down in 2021 after US military withdrawal.
Australia	1997 (by name)	2003		Trans-Pacific Foods (TPF)	Operated from 1997 to 2003 due to violating franchise agreements; all stores re-branded in 2003 as Hungry Jack's.[185] 10,000th location opened in Sydney.[186]
Azerbaijan	2018	2023	2024	TAB Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret	4 Burger King locations in Deniz Mall, Park Bulvar, 28 Mall and Ganjlik Mall suddenly closed down in February 2023 without warning. In February 2024, Burger King reopened. Currently, only available through Bolt Food.
Costa Rica	1992	2015	2016	?	29 restaurants were available in Costa Rica from 1992, but they all closed in October 2015, due to financial issues.[187][188] Reopened in June 2016.[citation needed]
Finland	1982	1985	2013	?	Burger King operated in Helsinki and Tampere for a short period in the 1980s, then came back and opened the first new restaurant in Finland in 2013.[189]
France	1980	1998	2012	?	Closed French outlets in 1998 (most of restaurants bought by Quick and McDonald's), and a return had begun at Marseille Airport on 22 December 2012.[190]
Greece	1997	2014	2018	?	It is unclear when Burger King first entered Greece but some articles stated that it was in 1997. The company returned to Greece in 2018.
Iceland	2004	2008		Tankur.ehf[191]	Left on 31 December 2008.[192]
Indonesia	1986	1998	2007	PT Bekasari Pratama Food (original)	Closed because of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Reentered on 26 April 2007.
Iraq	2003	2011	2019	?	Closed due to US troops pulling out.
Israel	1994	2010	2016	Burger King Israel	Closed on 9 May 2010. Rebranded as Burger Ranch.[48] In June 2015, the chain announced that it will relaunch in Israel. The first new restaurant is located on Rabin Square, Tel Aviv.
Jordan	2007	2021		Jordan American Food Co.	Halal[193]
Nicaragua	2008	2018	2020	?	Reentered in 2020.
Romania	2008	2012	2019	?	Opened in April 2008; closed in 2012 due to bankruptcy. Expanded again in 2019 by opening restarunts in Bucharest.
Serbia	1991	1999	2022	?	Operated in Belgrade and Novi Sad. Closed in March 1999 due to the Kosovo War.
Slovakia	2010	2011	2018	?	Opened in March 2010; closed in December 2011 due to bankruptcy. Reopened in 2018 under license from AmRest.
Slovenia	2011	2020	2025	Marché	Opened in March 2011; closed in 2020. Returned in early 2025.
Ukraine	2006	2006		?	Operated in Kyiv and Odesa for a short period in 2006.
U.S. Virgin Islands	1983	1997		?	Left both St. Croix and St. Thomas in 1997.

International subsidiaries

Burger King has approximately 20 foreign subsidiaries to oversee operations in the markets it does business in.

Subsidiary	Country/territory	Notes
Administracion de Comidas Rapidas, S.A. de C.V.	Mexico
BK Argentina Servicios, S.A.	Argentina
BK Asiapac (Japan) Y.K.	Japan	Oversees franchise operations in Japan
BK Asiapac, Pte. Ltd.	Singapore	Oversees franchise operations in east Asia, the Pacific rim and Oceania except Australia[9][10]
BK Grundstücksverwaltungs Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG	Germany
BK Venezuela Servicios, C.A.	Venezuela
BK (Hong Kong) Development Co. Limited	Hong Kong
Burger King (Gibraltar) Ltd.	Gibraltar
Burger King (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.	Luxembourg
Burger King (Shanghai) Restaurant Company Ltd.	China
Burger King (United Kingdom) Ltd.	United Kingdom
Burger King SEE S.A.	Belgium	Subsidiary of Burger King Luxembourg; master franchisee for the Burger King Brand in Italy, Poland, Greece and Romania[194]
Burger King A.B	Sweden
Burger King B.V.	Netherlands
Burger King Restaurant Operations of Canada, Inc.	Canada
Burger King de Puerto Rico, Inc.	Puerto Rico
Burger King do Brasil Assessoria a Restaurantes Ltda.	Brazil
Burger King España S.L.U.	Spain
Burger King Europe GmbH	Switzerland	Oversees franchise operations in Europe, Africa and west Asia
Burger King Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi	Turkey
Burger King Interamerica, LLC	Florida
Burger King Israel Ltd.	Israel
Burger King Italia, S.r.L	Italy
Burger King Korea Ltd.	South Korea
Burger King (RUS) LLC	Russia
Burger King Sweden, Inc.	Sweden

Notes

1. 1000+ locations in China, 1000+ in Brazil and 500+ in Russia. See citations below.