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Burger King Corporation
The BURGER KING® system operates more than 12,000 restaurants in all 50 states and in 73 countries and U.S. territories worldwide. Approximately 90 percent of BURGER KING® restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. In 2008, Fortune magazine ranked Burger King Corp. (BKC) among America's 1,000 largest corporations and in 2010, Standard & Poor's included shares of Burger King Holdings, Inc. to the S&P MidCap 400 index. BKC was recently recognized by Interbrand on its top 100 “Best Global Brands” list and Ad Week has named it one of the top three industry-changing advertisers within the last three decades. To learn more about Burger King Corp., please visit the company's Web site at www.bk.com.
Franchisor Background
Year Established:
1954
Franchising Since:
1961
IFA Member
Operating Units:
Franchised Units:
10,144
90.4%
Company-Owned Units:
1,079
9.6%
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Total Operating Units:
11,223
100%
Geographic Distribution:
U.S.:
7,250
60%
In 50 States
Canada:
295
2.4%
In 10 Canadian Provinces
International:
4,533
37.5%
In 73 Foreign Countries
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Total:
12,078
100%
North America:
States/Provinces with the largest number of operating units:
Density
Units
Registered in Following Registration States:
California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, District Of Columbia, Alberta
