# clm_CA48BEE768E8

subject: McDonald's (/record/mcdonalds.md)  
predicate: founded  
value: 1955-04-15  
valid_from: 1955-04-15  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-10  
confidence: 0.60  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-11  
cite: AsOf. "McDonald's founded: 1955-04-15", as of 1955-04-15. Claim clm_CA48BEE768E8, https://asof.is/claim/clm_CA48BEE768E8, accessed 2026-11-11. Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/mcdonalds-corp.  
checked: 2026-11-11 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Kroc's first McDonald's restaurant opened in Des Plaines , Illinois, near Chicago, on April 15, 1955 — the same year that Kroc incorporated his company as McDonald's Corporation.

What https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/mcdonalds-corp says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/mcdonalds-corp (secondary, encyclopedia.com)

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