<P> As of February 9, 2017, all of Dunkin' Donuts locations are franchisee owned and operated . Within its Northeast home base, Dunkin' Donuts is very popular, and particularly dominant within the six New England states, especially Massachusetts . In addition to its stand - alone shops, Dunkin' Donuts shops can be found within many gas stations, supermarkets, mall and airport food courts, and Walmart stores . Dunkin' Donuts is continuing to grow by adding more locations around the U.S., including the regions where it has been long established . In July 2013, Dunkin' Donuts opened its 500th restaurant in New York City . This location is combined with a Baskin - Robbins restaurant . While the greatest number of shops are located in the Northeastern United States, Dunkin' Donuts has since slowly expanded across to the west coast, with more shops planned for the next few years . In the U.S., there are at least 82 franchisees west of the Mississippi River, mostly in central Iowa, which is expected to have approximately 20 new locations over the next 6 years . Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas are all expected to see new locations over the next several years as well . </P> <P> In the past decade, Dunkin' Donuts has opened many locations in the Dallas / Fort Worth, Phoenix, and Las Vegas metropolitan areas . In 2013, Dunkin' Donuts opened their first eight locations in the Salt Lake City area, bringing the brand to Utah for the first time . Shop locations also opened in the Denver and Omaha regions . 2014 saw the return of Dunkin' Donuts to the state of Minnesota after nearly a decade's absence, with a new shop opened inside the Kahler Grand Hotel in Rochester . </P> <P> In the United States, Dunkin' Donuts is sometimes paired with Baskin - Robbins ice cream in a single multibranded store . While such locations usually maintain separate counters for each chain (much like co-branded Wendy's--Tim Hortons locations in Canada), depending on business that day, both chains' products can be bought at a single counter (usually Dunkin' Donuts'). The practice of single - counter service is similar to that of multibranded Yum! Brands stores such as KFC--Taco Bell, which share a single kitchen and cashier line . </P> <P> Since 2014, an increasing number of Dunkin' Donuts shops have begun appearing in California . Traditionally, California has been the stronghold of sister brand Baskin - Robbins, which was founded in Glendale . Dunkin' Donuts signed agreements to open 18 shops in Orange County, along with eight more shops planned for the North Inland Empire, including the first location in that region that opened in Upland in early 2015 . By December 2015, more than 20 California shops were opened, including locations in Barstow (at Barstow Station), Downey, Irvine, Laguna Hills, Long Beach, Modesto, Ramona, San Diego (at Embassy Suites), Santa Monica, Upland, and Whittier; along with a shop on the Camp Pendleton military base and a location inside the LAX Airport . The San Diego Embassy Suites shop, shared with Baskin - Robbins, was the company's first co-branded location in California when it opened in March 2014, while the Santa Monica shop was the first to open in the Los Angeles area in September 2014 . Going forward from 2015, the company expects to begin opening what could eventually total more than 1,000 shops in California . </P>

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