Key Facts
—The firm. Arcos Dorados is the world’s largest independent McDonald’s franchisee, listed in New York as ARCO and based in Montevideo.
—The reach. It runs more than twenty-five hundred restaurants across twenty-one countries and territories, with over one hundred thousand staff.
—The contract. A twenty-year master franchise deal signed for January 2025 carries a royalty rising from six percent of sales to six and a half.
—The warning. In February the company told the market that first-quarter sales growth would slow on macro pressure across the region.
