Number of Starbucks stores in China FY 2005-2023

In fiscal year 2023 ended October 1, there were 6,804 company-operated Starbucks stores in China, with 857 newly open stores and 72 closures.

Starbucks in China

Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse chain worldwide, with revenues of 26.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2022 and more than 35 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 2022, the country with the most Starbucks stores worldwide was the United States, where nearly 16 thousand stores were located. China ranked second before Canada. 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.