Who owns McCafé?
McCafé is owned by McDonald's (the United States, NYSE: MCD).[1]
Evidence: McDonald's Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- McDonald's Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Chicago, Illinois
- Origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia, Melbourne
- Founded
- 1993
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Coffee & café chains
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: MCD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About McCafé
McCafé began as a single espresso counter in Melbourne in 1993 and grew into a coffee brand operated within McDonald's restaurants worldwide. In several markets it made the company one of the largest sellers of coffee by volume. The format was invented by an Australian franchisee rather than by the company, and later adopted globally.
Ownership timeline of McCafé
- Current owner McDonald's [1] verified
Where McCafé sits in McDonald's
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by McDonald's
McDonald's controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
- McDonald's (1940)
Other brands in coffee & café chains, and who owns them
The 22 brands in coffee & café chains on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is Jollibee Group, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Compose Coffee | Jollibee Group | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Coffee Couture | Famous Brands | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Elios Craft Cafe | BMMI | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| CHAGEE | Chagee | 🇨🇳 China |
| Costa Coffee | Coca-Cola | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dutch Bros | Dutch Bros | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dunkin' | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jeronymo | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
About the owner: McDonald's
McDonald's is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded in 1955. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: MCD.
McDonald's traces to a San Bernardino drive-in the McDonald brothers reorganised in 1948 around a limited menu and an assembly line. Ray Kroc franchised the system from 1955 and bought the brothers out in 1961. It is the largest restaurant company in the world by revenue and one of the largest property owners.
🇦🇺 McCafé and other Australian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 214 brands that began in Australia. 64 of them (30%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, McCafé among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of McCafé?
The parent company of McCafé is McDonald's, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is McCafé Australian or American?
McCafé originated in Australia in 1993, but it is owned today by McDonald's, which is headquartered in the United States. So McCafé is an Australian-origin brand under American ownership.
Is McCafé still owned by McDonald's?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, McCafé is still owned by McDonald's. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] McDonald's Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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