Dairy Queen locations map
Dairy Queen has about 4,200 locations in the United States, spread across 49 states. The most are in Texas (529), Ohio (257) and Illinois (248). Per person, North Dakota has the most, with 5.3 locations for every 100,000 residents.
- Category
- Burgers
- US locations
- about 4,200 (4,174 mapped)
- States
- 49
- Founded
- 1940
- Headquarters
- Minnesota
Dairy Queen locations by state
| State | Locations | Per 100,000 people | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 529 | 1.7 | 12.7% |
| Ohio | 257 | 2.2 | 6.2% |
| Illinois | 248 | 2.0 | 5.9% |
| Minnesota | 207 | 3.6 | 5.0% |
| Georgia | 204 | 1.8 | 4.9% |
| Indiana | 196 | 2.8 | 4.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 177 | 1.4 | 4.2% |
| Michigan | 159 | 1.6 | 3.8% |
| Florida | 145 | 0.6 | 3.5% |
| Kentucky | 140 | 3.1 | 3.4% |
| Wisconsin | 120 | 2.0 | 2.9% |
| Arizona | 109 | 1.4 | 2.6% |
| Missouri | 102 | 1.6 | 2.4% |
| Washington | 97 | 1.2 | 2.3% |
| Iowa | 95 | 2.9 | 2.3% |
| Oregon | 95 | 2.2 | 2.3% |
| North Carolina | 84 | 0.8 | 2.0% |
| Virginia | 84 | 1.0 | 2.0% |
| Tennessee | 83 | 1.1 | 2.0% |
| Colorado | 77 | 1.3 | 1.8% |
| New Jersey | 72 | 0.8 | 1.7% |
| California | 70 | 0.2 | 1.7% |
| West Virginia | 67 | 3.8 | 1.6% |
| Alabama | 64 | 1.2 | 1.5% |
| Kansas | 62 | 2.1 | 1.5% |
| Nebraska | 53 | 2.6 | 1.3% |
| North Dakota | 42 | 5.3 | 1.0% |
| South Dakota | 42 | 4.5 | 1.0% |
| Connecticut | 38 | 1.0 | 0.9% |
| New York | 38 | 0.2 | 0.9% |
| Montana | 35 | 3.1 | 0.8% |
| New Mexico | 35 | 1.6 | 0.8% |
| Arkansas | 34 | 1.1 | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | 34 | 0.7 | 0.8% |
| Massachusetts | 32 | 0.4 | 0.8% |
| Nevada | 28 | 0.9 | 0.7% |
| Maryland | 27 | 0.4 | 0.6% |
| Utah | 27 | 0.8 | 0.6% |
| Idaho | 26 | 1.3 | 0.6% |
| Mississippi | 26 | 0.9 | 0.6% |
| Maine | 21 | 1.5 | 0.5% |
| South Carolina | 20 | 0.4 | 0.5% |
| Oklahoma | 18 | 0.4 | 0.4% |
| Delaware | 14 | 1.3 | 0.3% |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 0.9 | 0.3% |
| Alaska | 11 | 1.5 | 0.3% |
| Wyoming | 9 | 1.5 | 0.2% |
| Hawaii | 6 | 0.4 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1% |
States without a Dairy Queen
2 states have no Dairy Queen location in our data: District of Columbia and Vermont.
Chains with a similar footprint
These chains are spread across the country in the most similar way:
- Edward Jones 80% overlap
- Buffalo Wild Wings 79% overlap
- Great Clips 79% overlap
- Hobby Lobby 79% overlap
- Subway 79% overlap
- Texas Roadhouse 79% overlap
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Locations come from All the Places, which collects them from each chain's public store locator (data from September 2026). Counts can be a little off: new stores open, old ones close, and a few locations may be missing. Population figures are Census Bureau estimates for 2024. Guess the Chain is not affiliated with Dairy Queen.