[4] The first ever Jollibee branch was in Cubao, Quezon City which opened in 1975 as a Magnolia Ice cream parlor.
The first franchised outlet of Jollibee opened in Ronquillo Street, Santa Cruz, Manila in 1979.
[6] The fast food chain's first outlet outside Luzon was in Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao.
[6] There were 954 Jollibee branded restaurant locations in the Philippines officially recorded to be operating during November 2016.
The franchise in this country is jointly owned by Beeworks Inc. and a wholly-owned Jollibee subsidiary called Golden Plate Pte.
[30] After 21-year absence, the fast-food eatery returned in Malaysia following the opening its first outlet in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, in December 2018.
[31] Kota Kinabalu was chosen as their first return entry in the country due to the large Filipino diaspora in the city.
[40] The first Jollibee branch in Vietnam was opened in October 1996 at the Superbowl Mall [sic] in Ho Chi Minh City.
[55][56] This was followed by the first outlets in New York,[57][58] Hawaii,[59] Washington State,[60] Virginia,[61] Texas,[62] Illinois,[63] Florida,[64] Maryland and Arizona.
[107] Within the same month, JFC secured partnership with Ise Foods (renamed Tamago & Company Inc) to open a Jollibee outlet in Japan.
[109] On 4 April 2022, it was reported that Jollibee will be opening its first Australian branch in Campbelltown, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, with pre-construction plans already in progress.