McDonald's Corporation is the world's biggest fast food chain. Net sales break down by type of restaurants as follows:
- group-owned restaurants (67.5%): at the end of 2012, owned 6,598 restaurants;
- franchised and affiliated restaurants (32.5%): 24,219 franchises and 3,663 affiliates.
The group also manages the restaurant chain Pret A Manger located in the United Kingdom.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (32%), Europe (39.3%), Asia/Pacific/Middle East/Africa (23.2%) and other (5.5%).