Starbucks Stores Worldwide

In fiscal 2022, the number of total Starbucks stores operational worldwide as of October 2, 2022 was 35,711 compared to 33,833 in the prior year. The number of company operated stores has increased to 18.253 in 2022 compared to 17,133 in the prior year. There were 17,458 licensed Starbucks stores operational in 2022 compared to 16,700 in the prior year.

Starbucks Number of Stores Worldwide 2001- 2022

YearTotal storesCompanylicensed
20014709  
20025886  
20037225  
20048569  
200510241  
200612440  
200715011  
200816680  
20091663588327803
20101685888338025
20111700390317972
20121806694058661
201319767101949573
2014213661071310653
2015230431223510808
2016250851271112374
2017273391327514064
201829,32415,34113,983
201931,25615,83415,422
202032,66016,63716,023
202133,83317,13316,700
202235,71118,25317,458

Starbucks’ entire business is distributed across four reportable segments that  include  1) Americas, which is inclusive of the U.S., Canada, and Latin America; 2) China/Asia Pacific (“CAP”); 3) Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”) and 4) Channel Development (Starbucks Annual Report 2017).  Apart from it, the brand has  several non-reportable segments. The brand is operational is 75 countries with more than 27000 total stores operation in these markets. Its number of total stores operational globally has grown more ṭhan 6 times since 2001. There were total 4709 Starbucks stores running worldwide in 2001 and this number has increased to 27339 in 2017.

Since 2009, the number of its company owned and licensed stores has remained relatively balanced and now the number of licensed stores is 789 higher (in 2017) than US (49% v 51%).  However, the company owned stores are the bigger source of revenue for the coffee brand. In 2017, its company owned stores earned the brand 79% of its net revenue whereas the licensed stores generated 11% of the brand’s net revenue. After US and Canada, Mexico, China and Japan are major markets for Starbucks. As of October 1, 2017, these 2 markets had 1540 and 1218 Starbucks company operated stores operational respectively. Apart from it, China had 1396 licensed stores operational in October 2017. This also shows the growing importance of the China market for the famous coffee brand.

The number of US based and international Starbucks stores has grown relatively balanced towards 2017. In US, there are close to 14000 Starbucks stores operational whereas there are more than 13400 stores operational internationally.

US  
YearCompanylicensedUS TotalInternational
20044338183961772392
20054918243573532888
20065728316888963544
200767933891106844327
200872384329115675113
200967644364111285507
201067074424111315727
201167054082107876216
201268664189110557011
201370494408114578310
201473034659119629404
2015755949621252110522
2016788052921317211913
2017822257081393013409