Where in the World is Dairy Queen®?

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The first Dairy Queen® store opened in 1940 in Joliet, Ill. The first location opened in Canada 13 years later, and one year after that, the first international location opened in Iceland. Today there are more than 5,600 Dairy Queen stores in the United States, Canada and 19 other foreign countries.

So where in the world could you find a DQ® store today? Below is a listing:

Afghanistan: 3

The Bahamas: 2

Bahrain: 12

Brunei: 8

Cambodia: 3

The Cayman Islands: 1

China: 145

Indonesia: 7

Malaysia: 2

Mexico: 80

Oman: 3

Panama: 8

The Philippines: 16

Qatar: 5

Singapore: 6

Thailand: 219

United Arab Emirates: 4

And the numbers continue to increase. During 2009, people in Kuwait and Trinidad and Tobago also learned about the great products sold at DQ stores, and now have the opportunity to join the league of loyal DQ customers. If you could go to any DQ location in the world outside the United States and Canada, where would you go?

Comments

I would like to see you in the UK I live in Suffolk and miss your stores

You would go down a storm over here trust me

Peter

I would go to Dairy Queen in the Bahamas! I want to go to the bahamas, so all the better if I could get some Dairy Queen for lunch while I’m there! My favorite DQ treat is the Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard, but with a tiny bit of choc cold fudge mixed in!

i just LOVE dq i go there every day.i am soo fat and im happy with it. my fav blizard is the choclate extreme

Thanks for the invite, David! At this point we are not yet expanding to England, however I do know it is on the radar for the future.

you have to come to the uk and resue us from mcdomination! we even have dairy queen beauty contests in rural england (because of the cows) !

I really truly believe dairy queen would do very well in the UK!!!!!! Your ice cream cakes would do very well indeed, as we have nothing over Here like it. Please start building in the Uk

We need. a dairy queen in each UK country. they are outstanding and there’s nothing like it over here. burger king mcdonalds and even hooters is over here so lets have a dairy queen.!!!!!!!

I’ve tried blizzard when i went for holiday in beijing and i really love it.. i would go miles just to taste it. hahaha… im addicted to it. where in malaysia can i find DQ Store?

There has to be a place for DQ in The UK not only for the millions here who have never experienced it but also the thousands of ex pats that live here my wife included!

Im sat outside DQ in Whistler having my very first DQ… We’ve got Moolatte and Blizzards!

I’m from Birmingham, England and we NEED these stores back home!

You would make a killing in the UK!!!!

You guys really need to expand into the UK. There is very little competition and a need for your deliciousness.

please visit us at DQ Airport Mall..our new store! We have a new blizzard , promotion.. Honey Banana Choclate and Honey GreenTea.. you guys should try..hehe and Banana Split PFS! -BRUNEI- see yeaaa..

Please come to Canandaigua NY we would love to have a new place to check out!!! We have almost everything except a DQ

I grew up on DQ in the Bahamas. Now i’m living in Costa Rica and constantly crave it. Over here doesn’t have good ice-cream at all!! Please come to Costa Rica!! It’s time to introduce to the people what a real ice-cream is!!

Hi Kristine,
Thanks for your post. We are constantly expanding and growing. I will be sure to share your desire for a DQ in Costa Rica with our International Development Group for their consideration. Thanks again, I agree our soft-serve is superb!

Please come to the UK, your ice creams are gorgeous and in the UK there is nothing like your store you could become a big name over here. Look at all the other comments, the majority of these comments are from people from the UK asking you to bring your amazing ice creams to the UK. So please do us all a favour and bring them to England.

Hi Gary,

Thanks for your post. International Dairy Queen is an evolving brand with many international restaurants already in existence. That being said, we have yet to expand into the United Kingdom. Thanks for letting us know you would like to see us in the U.K. I have shared your desire for a DQ in the U.K. with our International Development team, they will take your request under consideration!

Hi Ticiana:
Thanks for your post. Dairy Queen is constantly expanding, I will share your request for a Brazil with our International Franchise Group and who knows maybe in a few years you may jsut see a DQ in Brazil!!

love to see you expand into Europe like Gary said there is a massive untapped market here. you’d be crazy to miss up an opportunity, McDonald’s, subway, krispy Keene have all taken the leap

Hi Guy,
Thanks for your post. DQ is continually expanding into new and exciting markets. Our International Development Team is hard at work strategizing about where to expand next. I will let them know of your desire for us to expand into Europe. Who knows, maybe you’ll see us there very soon!

Here is one more vote for a DQ in England!
Come on, now how any time do you have to be told before you act? Bits love ice cream!!!

I’ve never had DQ, but I’ve heard a lot about it from my friend who lives in New York. I’d love to see what all the fuss is about, especially this ice cream that you tip upside down?

Thanks Sayed,

We are constantly expanding into new areas. Maybe one day we will make it to Wales, thanks for letting us know we would be well received!

Hello Camilo,

Thanks for your post. We are constantly expanding. Perhaps one day you will see us in Brazil. Thanks for letting us know you’d like us there!

i love DQ it is soOOOOOOOOO goood has great variety DQ is awesome keep up the good work DQ you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

please come to trinidad and tobago..i miss dairy queen it had one in the 80′s ..we need it again ..there are no one can compare to the quality of dq…please come

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your post. We are constantly and consistently expanding our DQ brand into new areas/countries. We aren’t in Trinadad and Tobago at present, but thanks for letting us know we would be well-received!

Hi Abdul! Thank you for your request for our restaurants to open in Malaysia. IDQ is currently developing in Mexico, China and the Middle East and we are constantly considering options elsewhere. Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before Dairy Queen and Orange Julius make it to Malaysia.

Stop by your Dairy Queen in Cambridge Maryland sometime and try some of the delicious food really will make you want to try more Dairy Queens.

We desperately need a DQ location in Johannesburg South Africa! You need to introduce real ice cream here, most is made out of vegatable fat and with common electricity failures (most stores don’t have generators) , it’s been refrozen 10x!

Hi Luisa! Thank you for your request for our restaurants to open in Johannesburg. IDQ is currently developing in Mexico, China and the Middle East and we are constantly considering options elsewhere. Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before Dairy Queen and Orange Julius make it to Johannesburg.

Seriously guys how are you not in the UK yet?! We would love you here reading the comments I think the majority say the UK! Come on you know you want to! I hate to see a company make a huge mistake, you cant afford not to come! Go with the majority and head on over here for a warm welcome.

Hi Andy! Thank you for your request for our restaurants to open in the U.K. IDQ is currently developing in Mexico, China and the Middle East and we are constantly considering options elsewhere. Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before Dairy Queen and Orange Julius make it to the United Kingdom.

AUSTRALIA!!! Come to Queensland! The sunshine state! Main towns: Gold Coast, Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns!!

I had DQ in Canada and absolutely loved it! Your Ice-cream Cakes and Blizards are AMAZING! I am having massive withdrawals!! Miss it sooo much! Please open up some stores in the land downunder!! :) It will be a massive hit as we have hot weather pretty much all year round and we need your cold sweet treats to cool us down!

Hi Sharon! Thank you for your request for our restaurants to open in Australia. IDQ is currently developing in Mexico, China and the Middle East and we are constantly considering options elsewhere. Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before Dairy Queen and Orange Julius make it to the land Downunder!

Would love it if there was a DQ in Scotland it would go down soooo well, Krispy Kreme doughnuts opened in Edinburgh today and the queue ALL day was huge, please co sider it, amazing business move :) )

Hi Carrie! Thank you for your request for our restaurants to open in Scotland. IDQ is currently developing in Mexico, China and the Middle East and we are constantly considering options elsewhere. Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before Dairy Queen and Orange Julius make it to Scotland.

Would love to try your ice cream. Ours is rubbish apart from the hard to obtain little local producers. We have take away burgers, fried chicken etc everywhere, nowhere for ice cream.

Hi Helena! As you may already know, the majority of Dairy Queen restaurants are independently owned and operated franchises, so we must first be approached by a prospective operator who would like to purchase/build a store in your area. If you or someone you know may be interested in owning a Dairy Queen franchise, please visit our “Franchise with Us” page at http://goo.gl/DI3zy. Thank you!

I wish dairy queen open more stores in malaysia cause in malaysia the weather are very hot so in the conclusion bisnesses like mcdonalds ice cream are very profitable in malaysia plus i eaten your ice cream in the thailand before and the was great and i wish your all will open at least 1 store in each states and we are very participated to try and eat your ice creams

Hi WongCalvin73! Thank you for your request for our restaurants to open in Malaysia. IDQ is currently developing in Mexico, China and the Middle East and we are constantly considering options elsewhere. Hopefully, you’ll see us soon in Malaysia!

My American wife is crazy for DQ (and so am I!) DQ would do grea out here. We could even franchise it for you here.

My family and I love DQ and frequent DQ outlets when we were in Shanghai. Now we r back in JB Malaysia and to our disappointment we cant find any here. Do you have any plan to open outlets here? If not, we would like to do it. pls. tell me how.

Hi Shawn,
I’m so sorry, we actually do not have any stores in Malaysia. We are constantly expanding and perhaps one day we will get to Malaysia. I’m glad to know we would be well received!

Why is DQ not in the UK? I think there is a real market here, we have nothing like it, a place to go and just enjoy amazing ice cream on a sunny day. Please come and bless us!

Hi Chontelle,
Thank you for letting us know you would like a DQ restaurant in the United Kingdom. IDQ is currently developing restaurants in Mexico, China and the Middle East and we are constantly considering options elsewhere. Great to know that we would be well received if we were to expand into the U.K.!

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