McDonald's employment contribution to UK regions

In London alone, McDonald's contributed almost 23,000 jobs to the United Kingdom's economy in 2017. The city region has the highest number of McDonald's restaurants of any other region of the UK.

Number of jobs contributed by McDonald's to the economy in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by region*

Characteristic	Number of jobs contributed
London	22,819
North West	21,430
South East England	20,334
East of England	15,983
West Midlands	15,274
Yorkshire and Humber	13,527
East Midlands	12,739
Scotland	12,208
South West England	11,102
Wales	8,311
North East	6,407
Northern Ireland	4,372

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Release date

June 2019

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

* Includes direct, indirect and induced jobs:
Direct includes restaurants managed by McDonald's and those operated by franchisees.
Indirect jobs include jobs in companies that supply goods and services to McDonald's that would not otherwise exist were contracts with McDonald's not in place.
Induced jobs refer to jobs created through the multipler effect, from employees (both directly employed and in the supply chain) who spend their wages in the UK.

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