> Enrich.chat gives AI agents verified work emails and mobiles. To use it from an agent, read https://enrich.chat/agents.md . This is the Markdown version of https://enrich.chat/company/mcdonalds/ # McDonald's A restaurants organization with 100,000+ employees. Where it sits among its peers, the technology it runs and how to reach its people. By Enrich.chat Editorial. Updated October 21, 2026. **Short answer:** McDonald's (mcdonalds.com) is a restaurants organization with 100,000+ employees. Its public technology footprint includes Facebook Login, Cedexis Radar, Salesforce and AWS. ## How big is McDonald's? McDonald's has 100,000+ employees. Among the restaurants and restaurant chains on this site it sits among the largest. Each dot in the figure is one of its peers, placed by size; the orange dot is McDonald's. **Figure: Where McDonald's sits among restaurants and restaurant chains.** A strip of dots, one for each of 120 peers in restaurants, spread from 2,000 to 2,000,000 employees on a log scale. McDonald's is highlighted and falls in the 100,000+ employees range among the largest. *Peers in restaurants placed by employee count on a log scale. Sizes are rounded ranges from public profiles.* Headcount on public company profiles is rounded and moves as a company hires, so use the range as a guide, not as a payroll figure. ## Where is McDonald's headquartered? McDonald's is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. [Companies in Illinois](https://enrich.chat/companies-in/illinois/) ## What industry is McDonald's in? McDonald's works in [restaurants](https://enrich.chat/industries/restaurants/). This group covers independent restaurants, chains and food service operators that prepare and serve meals to customers. Closest matches on this site: [Panera Bread](https://enrich.chat/company/panera-bread/), [Yum! Brands](https://enrich.chat/company/yum-brands/), [AmRest](https://enrich.chat/company/amrest/), [BJ's Restaurants](https://enrich.chat/company/bjs-restaurants/) and [MOD Pizza](https://enrich.chat/company/mod-pizza/). ## What technology does McDonald's use? We detect 52 tools on McDonald's's public footprint across 17 categories, for example Salesforce for marketing automation and crm, AWS for cloud and hosting and Stripe for e-commerce and payments. The figure counts the tools in each category; the groups below name them and link to the companies that use each one. **Figure: Tools detected at McDonald's, by category.** A bar chart of how many tools were detected at McDonald's in each category: Advertising and retargeting 15, Analytics and tracking 5, Marketing automation and CRM 4, Video and media 4, Cloud and hosting 3, HR and recruiting 2, Data and observability 2. *Tools detected on the public footprint of McDonald's, by category.* ### Marketing automation and CRM [Salesforce](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/salesforce/)[HubSpot](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/hubspot/)[Adobe Marketing Cloud](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/adobe-marketing-cloud/)[igodigital (Salesforce)](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/igodigital/) ### Cloud and hosting [AWS](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/aws/)[NGINX](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/nginx/)[Vercel](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/vercel/) ### E-commerce and payments [Stripe](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/stripe/) ### Customer support and chat [Freshdesk](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/freshdesk/) ### HR and recruiting [SAP SuccessFactors](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/successfactors/)[iCIMS](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/icims/) ### Identity and authentication [Facebook Login](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/facebook-login/) ### Data and observability [Cedexis Radar](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/cedexis-radar/)[SOASTA](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/soasta/) ### Email and productivity [Amazon SES](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/amazon-ses/)[Mailjet](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/mailjet/) ### CDN and security [Amazon Route 53](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/route-53/)[Akamai](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/akamai/) ### Website platforms and CMS [WordPress (self-hosted)](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/wordpress-org/)[Drupal](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/drupal/) ### Analytics and tracking [Google Tag Manager](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/google-tag-manager/)[Google Analytics](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/google-analytics/)[Hotjar](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/hotjar/)[AT Internet](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/at-internet/)[Adobe Test&Target](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/adobe-testandtarget/) ### Advertising and retargeting [Facebook Custom Audiences](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/facebook-custom-audiences/)[DoubleClick](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/doubleclick/)[Adobe Media Optimizer](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/adobe-media-optimizer/)[DoubleClick Conversion Tracking](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/doubleclick-conversion/)[Google Dynamic Remarketing](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/google-dynamic-remarketing/)[LinkedIn Marketing Solutions](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/linkedin-marketing-solutions/)[Google Ads Conversion Tracking](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/google-adwords-conversion/)[DoubleClick Floodlight](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/doubleclick-floodlight/)[Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising)](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/bing-ads/)[Google AdSense](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/google-adsense/)[The Trade Desk](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/)[AppNexus (Xandr)](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/appnexus/) ### Video and media [Vimeo](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/vimeo/)[YouTube](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/youtube/)[iTunes](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/itunes/)[Adobe Scene7](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/scene7/) ### Social and widgets [Facebook Widget](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/facebook-widget/)[Disqus](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/disqus/) ### Frameworks and libraries [React Redux](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/react-redux/) ### Fonts, maps and embeds [Google Maps](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/google-maps/) Tools change as companies adopt and drop them. Check a single company at any time with the free [tech stack lookup](https://enrich.chat/tools/tech-stack-lookup/). ## Which companies are most like McDonald's? These are the closest matches among the restaurants and restaurant chains on this site. Each is compared on the business tools it runs (a rarer tool says more than a common one), how close its size is and, when both are known, where it is based. The second column says why it matched and gives its size range. | Company | Why it matches | | --- | --- | | [Panera Bread](https://enrich.chat/company/panera-bread/) | Shares Salesforce, Adobe Marketing Cloud and AWS; same size range. 100,000+ employees | | [Yum! Brands](https://enrich.chat/company/yum-brands/) | Shares AWS, Vercel and Amazon SES; a smaller company. 25,000 to 50,000 employees | | [AmRest](https://enrich.chat/company/amrest/) | Shares Freshdesk and SAP SuccessFactors; a smaller company. 25,000 to 50,000 employees | | [BJ's Restaurants](https://enrich.chat/company/bjs-restaurants/) | Shares Adobe Marketing Cloud, AWS and NGINX; a smaller company. 10,000 to 25,000 employees | | [MOD Pizza](https://enrich.chat/company/mod-pizza/) | Shares AWS, Stripe and SAP SuccessFactors; a smaller company. 10,000 to 25,000 employees | To build a longer list of accounts like McDonald's, with the people who run their software, ask your AI agent: ```text Use www.enrich.chat to find restaurants and restaurant chains that run AWS and Adobe Marketing Cloud, like McDonald's, and the owners, operations directors and franchise leaders at each, with titles and verified work emails ``` ## How do I find the right people at McDonald's? Start from the website, mcdonalds.com. Enter it in the free email finder with a name, or ask your AI agent for the people in the roles you sell to, such as owners, operations directors and franchise leaders. ```text Use www.enrich.chat to find the owners, operations directors and franchise leaders at mcdonalds.com, with titles and verified work emails ``` Staff addresses follow a known pattern: see the [McDonald's email format](https://enrich.chat/email-format/mcdonalds/). ## Which other companies use the same tools? See who else runs the tools McDonald's uses: [Vimeo](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/vimeo/)[Facebook Login](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/facebook-login/)[YouTube](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/youtube/)[Facebook Widget](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/facebook-widget/)[WordPress (self-hosted)](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/wordpress-org/)[Facebook Custom Audiences](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/facebook-custom-audiences/) ## Frequently asked questions ### How many employees does McDonald's have? McDonald's is in the 100,000+ employees range on its public company profile. Headcounts are rounded and change as companies hire, so treat the range as a guide. ### What industry is McDonald's in? McDonald's works in restaurants. This group covers independent restaurants, chains and food service operators that prepare and serve meals to customers. ### What technology does McDonald's use? Tools detected on its public footprint include Facebook Login, Cedexis Radar, Salesforce and AWS, across 17 categories. A detected tool shows it was seen, not what McDonald's pays for it. ### Where is McDonald's headquartered? McDonald's is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ### What companies are similar to McDonald's? The closest matches on this site are Panera Bread, Yum! Brands and AmRest. They are compared on the business tools they run, their size and where they are based; the profile above lists the reasons. ### What is the website of McDonald's? McDonald's's website is mcdonalds.com. Staff email usually uses a domain like it, so check the pattern with the free email format finder before you write to anyone. ## Try this prompt Find people at McDonald's ```text Use www.enrich.chat to find the owners, operations directors and franchise leaders at mcdonalds.com, with titles and verified work emails ``` ## Related - [Companies using a technology](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/) - [Panera Bread](https://enrich.chat/company/panera-bread/) - [Yum! Brands](https://enrich.chat/company/yum-brands/) - [AmRest](https://enrich.chat/company/amrest/) - [BJ's Restaurants](https://enrich.chat/company/bjs-restaurants/) - [MOD Pizza](https://enrich.chat/company/mod-pizza/) - [Tech stack lookup](https://enrich.chat/tools/tech-stack-lookup/)