This is a listing of countries with Chuck E. Cheese's restaurants. In this universe, Chuck E. Cheese's is the largest chain of family entertainment centers in the world. It has more than 33,000 outlets worldwide. The majority of Chuck E. Cheese's outlets outside of the United States are franchises.
The biggest standing is probably one at a shopping plaza in Vinita, Oklahoma.
The list of countries follows the company's own calculation, and contains several non-sovereign territories.
Countries and territories with a CEC outlet
# | Country/Territory | Date | First outlet location | Number of currently operating outlets | Source and date of source | Notes |
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1 | United States | Summer 1977 | San Jose, California | 14,267 | (source: 2013) | |
2 | Canada | May 1978 | Richmond, British Columbia | 1,427 | (source: 2013) | |
3 | Puerto Rico | November 10, 1978 | San Juan | 108 | (source: 2013) | First Chuck E. Cheese's in Latin America and in the Caribbean. |
4 | U.S. Virgin Islands | January 4, 1979 | St. Croix | 6 | (source: 2013) | |
5 | Costa Rica | May 28, 1979 | San Jose, 4th street, between 1st and Central Avenue. | 54 | (source: 2013) | Third country (not U.S. possession) and first outlet outside Northern America where Chuck E. Cheese's opened. |
6 | Australia | July 30, 1979 | Yagoona, New South Wales | 920 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in an independent country in Oceania. |
7 | Guam | September 10, 1979 | Dededo | 8 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in Oceania and first outlet outside the Americas. |
8 | Japan | November 20, 1979 | Tokyo | 3,164 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in Asia |
9 | Netherlands | January 21, 1980 | Zaandam | 236 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in Europe. Plans to open 15 more in next 3 years. |
10 | Panama | February 1, 1980 | Panama City | 57 | (source: 2013) | |
11 | Germany | February 26, 1980 | Munich | 1,468 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in West Germany. Outlets in East Germany opened in 1991. |
12 | France | March 30, 1980 | Créteil | 1,298 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in Creteil in 1980 even though CEC Entertainment officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1987. |
13 | El Salvador | April 20, 1980 | San Salvador | 13 | (source: 2013) | |
14 | Sweden | May 27, 1980 | Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm | 225 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in Scandinavia. |
15 | Guatemala | June 6, 1980 | Guatemala City | 76 | (source: 2013) | |
16 | Curacao | July 16, 1980 | Willemstad | 5 | (source: 2013) | |
17 | United Kingdom England |
August 1, 1980 | Woolwich, London | 1,038 | (source: 2013) | Includes Isle of Man and Jersey (1 each) |
18 | Hong Kong Hong Kong |
September 8, 1980 | Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island. | 237 | (source: 2013) | Then a British Crown colony/Dependent Territory. |
19 | Bahamas | October 4, 1980 | Nassau | 3 | (source: Dec. 2012) | First outlet in an independent country of the Caribbean. |
20 | New Zealand | November 7, 1980 | Porirua Central, Wellington | 162 | (source: 2013) | Founded in New Zealand by Wally and Hugh Morris. First South Island restaurants/fun centers opened at Linwood and Merivale, both Christchurch, on 3 November 1987. |
21 | Switzerland | November 20, 1980 | Geneva | 157 | (source: 2013) | |
22 | Ireland | December 9, 1980 | Grafton Street, Dublin | 84 | (source: 2013) | First ice cream bar in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin. |
23 | Austria | January 21, 1981 | Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna | 189 | (source: 2013) | |
24 | Belgium | February 21, 1981 | Brussels | 67 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in the Iberian Peninsula. |
25 | Brazil | March 13, 1981 | Rio de Janeiro | 812 | (source: 2013) | First outlet in South America. |
26 | Singapore | April 20, 1980 | Liat Towers, Orchard Road | 125 | (source: Dec. 2012) | First fun center in Southeast Asia. |
27 | Spain | April 23, 1981 | Madrid | 444 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
28 | Denmark | June 23, 1981 | Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen | 88 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
29 | Philippines | September 27, 1981 | Morayta, Sampaloc, Manila | 400+ | (source: Jan. 2014) | |
30 | Malaysia | April 29, 1982 | Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur | 314 | (source: June 2013) | First outlet in a Muslim-majority country. |
31 | Norway | November 18, 1983 | Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo | 74 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
32 | Taiwan | January 28, 1984 | Taipei City, Taiwan | 388 | (source: 2013) | |
33 | Andorra | June 29, 1984 | Andorra la Vella | 4 | (source: 2014) | |
34 | Wales | December 3, 1984 | Cardiff | 62 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
35 | Finland | December 14, 1984 | Tampere | 83 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
36 | Thailand | February 23, 1985 | Bangkok | 138 | (source: 2014) | |
37 | Aruba | April 4, 1985 | Oranjestad | 3 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
38 | Luxembourg | July 17, 1985 | Luxembourg City | 9 | (source: 2013) | |
39 | Venezuela | August 31, 1985 | Caracas | 140 | (source: 2013) | |
40 | Italy | October 15, 1985 | Piazza Walter, Bolzano | 456 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
41 | Mexico | October 29, 1985 | Mexico City | 402 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
42 | Bermuda | November 10, 1985 | Hamilton | 15 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
43 | Cuba | April 24, 1986 | Guantanamo Bay | 1 | (source: Dec. 2012) | Guantanamo Bay - Open only to base personnel. |
44 | Turkey | October 24, 1986 | Istanbul | 230+ | (source: April 2014) | First outlet in the Greater Middle East. |
45 | Argentina | November 24, 1986 | Belgrano, Buenos Aires | 209 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
46 | Macau Macau, China |
April 11, 1987 | Rua do Campo, Cathedral Parish, Macau Peninsula | 27 | (source: Dec. 2012) | Then Portuguese territory; Chuck E. Cheese's would only open a restaurant in Portugal itself 4 years later. |
47 | Scotland | November 23, 1987 | Dundee | 95 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
48 | Yugoslavia Serbia |
March 24, 1988 | Slavija Square, Belgrade | 22 | (source: September 2014) | First outlet in a communist country and first outlet in the Balkans. |
49 | South Korea | March 29, 1988 | Seoul | 349 | (source: April 2014) | |
50 | Hungary | April 13, 1988 | Budapest | 100 | (source: May 2014) | Second communist country, first Warsaw Pact member, thus first outlet behind the Iron Curtain. |
51 | Soviet Union | January 31, 1990 | Pushkin Square, Moscow | 433 | (source:August 2014) | |
52 | China | October 8, 1990 | Shenzhen | 2,000+ | (source: May 2014) | China will open 300 new restaurants in 2015. |
53 | Chile | November 19, 1990 | Santiago de Chile | 77 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
54 | Indonesia | February 23, 1991 | Sarinah, Jakarta | 160 | (source: 2014) | |
55 | Portugal | May 23, 1991 | CascaiShopping, Cascais | 138 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
56 | Northern Ireland | October 14, 1991 | Belfast | 26 | (source: Dec. 2012) | |
57 | Greece | November 12, 1991 | Athens Syntagma Sq. | 18 + 4 seasonal | (source: 2013) | |
58 | Uruguay | November 18, 1991 | Montevideo | 21 | (source: 2014) | |
59 | Martinique | December 16, 1991 | ||||
60 | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
March 20, 1992 | Vodičkova street, Prague | 93 | (source: 2013) | |
61 | Guadeloupe | April 8, 1992 | ||||
62 | Poland | June 17, 1992 | Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw | 333 | (source: April 2014) | |
63 | Monaco | November 20, 1992 | Monte Carlo | 4 | ||
64 | Brunei | December 12, 1992 | Bandar Seri Begawan | 1 | (source: 2004) | |
65 | Morocco | December 18, 1992 | Casablanca | 33 | (source: June 2013) | First outlet in Africa - Chuck E. Cheese's is now present in all continents except Antarctica. |
66 | Northern Marianas | March 18, 1993 | Saipan | 2 | (source:August 2011) | First outlet opened on the island of Saipan - Along with the a second outlet in 1997. |
67 | Iceland | September 3, 1993 | Reykjavík | 3 | (source: 2004) | |
68 | Israel | October 14, 1993 | Ayalon Mall, Ramat Gan | 180 | (source: Aug 2014) | First outlet in the Middle East. |
69 | Slovenia | December 2, 1993 | In Čopova Street, Ljubljana | 16 | (source: 2014) | |
70 | Saudi Arabia | December 8, 1993 | Riyadh | 114 | (source: Local website 74 in East, North and Central. 40 in West and South) | |
71 | Kuwait | June 15, 1994 | 67 | (source: 2011) | ||
72 | New Caledonia | July 26, 1994 | Nouméa | 2 | (source: 2012) | |
73 | Oman | July 30, 1994 | 15 | (source: 2014) | ||
74 | Egypt | October 20, 1994 | Cairo | 72 | (source: 2012) | |
75 | Bulgaria | December 10, 1994 | Sofia | 36 | (source: 2011) | |
76 | Bahrain | December 15, 1994 | Muharraq City | 14 | (source: 2010) | |
77 | Latvia | December 15, 1994 | Riga | 11 | (source: June 2012) | First outlet in the Baltics. |
78 | United Arab Emirates | December 21, 1994 | Abu Dhabi | 110 | (source: 2013) | |
79 | Jamaica | April 15, 1995 | Kingston | 20 | (source: 2013) | |
80 | Estonia | April 29, 1995 | Tallinn | 10 | (source: May 2014) | |
81 | Romania | June 16, 1995 | Bucharest | 62 | (source: 2010) | |
82 | Malta | July 7, 1995 | 10 | (source: 2012, 9 in Malta, 1 in Gozo) | ||
83 | Colombia | July 14, 1995 | Centro Andino, Bogota | 81 | (source: July 2013) | |
84 | Slovakia | October 14, 1995 | Banská Bystrica | 32 | (source: 2014) | |
85 | South Africa | November 11, 1995 | 200+ | (source: 2014) | ||
86 | Qatar | December 13, 1995 | 25 | (source: 2014) | ||
87 | Honduras | December 14, 1995 | 8 | |||
88 | Sint Maarten | December 15, 1995 | Philipsburg | 3 | (source: December 2013) | |
89 | Croatia | February 2, 1996 | Zagreb | 20 | (source: 2011) | |
90 | Samoa | March 2, 1996 | 1 | |||
91 | Fiji Islands | May 1, 1996 | 3 | (source: 2001) | ||
92 | Liechtenstein | May 3, 1996 | 3 | (source: 2014) | ||
93 | Lithuania | May 31, 1996 | 9 | (source: 2011) | ||
94 | Cyprus | June 12, 1996 | 17 | (source: 2011) | ||
95 | Barbados | June 12, 1996 | Bridgetown | 17 | (source: 2014) | |
96 | India | October 13, 1996 | Delhi | 250+ | (source: 2013) | |
97 | Peru | October 18, 1996 | Lima | 40 | (source: 2014) | |
98 | Jordan | November 7, 1996 | 19 | (source: 2014) | ||
99 | Paraguay | November 21, 1996 | Asuncion | 11 | (source: 2011) | |
100 | Dominican Republic | November 30, 1996 | The company claimed this as CEC's "100th country" although this calculation included many non-sovereign territories. | |||
101 | French Polynesia | December 10, 1996 | Tahiti | 6 | ||
102 | Belarus | December 10, 1996 | Minsk | 7 | (source: June 2014) | |
103 | Ukraine | May 24, 1997 | Kiev | 76 | (source: December 2013) | |
104 | Macedonia | September 6, 1997 | Skopje | 30 | (source: December 2013) | |
105 | Ecuador | October 9, 1997 | 6 de Diciembre Avenue, Quito | 27 | (source: 2014) | |
106 | Bolivia | October 24, 1997 | Sucre | 30 | (source: 2014) | |
107 | Reunion | December 14, 1997 | ||||
108 | Isle of Man | December 15, 1997 | 1 | |||
109 | Suriname | December 18, 1997 | Paramaribo | 2 | (source: 2010) | |
110 | Moldova | April 30, 1998 | Chisinau | 6 | (source: June 2014) | |
111 | Nicaragua | July 11, 1998 | Managua | 6 | (source: June 2010) | |
112 | Lebanon | September 18, 1998 | Beirut | 33 | (source: 2013) | |
113 | Pakistan | September 19, 1998 | 30 | (source: 2014) | ||
114 | Sri Lanka | October 16, 1998 | 5 | (source: March 4, 2013) | ||
115 | Georgia | February 5, 1999 | Tbilisi | 5 | (source: 2010) | First outlet in the Caucasus. |
116 | San Marino | July 6, 1999 | Borgo Maggiore | 1 | (source: 2010) | |
117 | Gibraltar | August 13, 1999 | 1 | |||
118 | Azerbaijan | November 6, 1999 | Baku | 9 | (source: 2011) | |
119 | French Guiana | February 22, 2000 | ||||
120 | American Samoa | September 29, 2000 | 2 | (source: 2008) | ||
121 | Mauritius | July 4, 2001 | Port Louis | 3 | ||
122 | Mayotte | May 1, 2003 | ||||
123 | Montenegro | June 1, 2004 | Budva | 1 | (source: 2004) | |
124 | Iraq | August 10, 2006 | Baghdad | 1 | (source: 2006) | One location in Baghdad for the U.S. Army, but there is also a knockoff called Cheesy Charlie's. |
125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | July 20, 2011 | Sarajevo | 5 | (source: 2012) | After some 10 years of trying to enter the Bosnian market with no success, Chuck E. Cheese's opened its first restaurant in BiH on 20 July 2011. |
126 | Trinidad and Tobago | August 2011 | the Falls at West Mall, Westmoorings | 6 | Opened at The Falls At West Mall in 2011 and has expanded to 5 other locations. | |
127 | Vietnam | February 8, 2014 | Ho Chi Minh City | 30 | (source: 2014) |