Number of Starbucks stores in China 2005-2021

In 2021, there were 5,358 company-operated Starbucks stores in China, with 697 newly open stores and 43 closures.

Starbucks in China

Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse chain worldwide, with revenues of 24.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2021 and nearly 34 thousand stores across the globe. From its humble coffee bean-roasting origins in Seattle, Washington in 1971, Starbucks expanded rapidly during the 1980s and 1990s, opening its first store outside of North America in Tokyo, Japan in 1996. In January 1999, Starbucks opened its first store in Beijing, China and has since gone on to expand its fleet.

The Asian market of Starbucks

As of October 2021, the country with the most Starbucks stores worldwide was the United States, where over 15 thousand stores were located. China ranked second before Japan. The Americas is the largest market for Starbucks by far. In 2019, Starbucks generated around 16.7 billion U.S. dollars in the region with the rest of the world making a little over six billion U.S. dollars.