International growth
As of August 2025, the chain has 240 stores worldwide.[26] Countries served include[27][28][29] the United States,[30] Canada,[31] Indonesia,[32] Qatar, China, the United Kingdom,[33][34] Bahrain, Malaysia,[35] Morocco, Hungary, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Japan, France,[36] Singapore, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand,[37] Oman and Macau.[38] % Arabica's largest international presence is in mainland China, where it operates 88 stores.[39]
% Arabica expanded to Thailand in June 2020, opening a 250m2 store in Bangkok's Iconsiam center which was described as the city's most popular specialty coffee cafe.[40] At the time, it was the brand's 48th global outpost.[40]
The first U.S. cafe opened in Dumbo, Brooklyn on June 11, 2021.[5] Most locations of % Arabica are franchise operations, however, the three locations in Kyoto are corporate managed.[41]
In August 2022, % Arabica opened its first store in Taiwan located at the foot of Taipei Elephant Mountain and the first Bali store at Kuta Beachwalk Mall. It is the first % Arabica store to forgo the usage of plastic cups, a standard that all % Arabica stores to follow in the future.[42][43][44] The stores were quickly followed by the first location in South Korea, opening in Seoul's Gangnam district in September 2022.[45] The store marked % Arabica's 113th global location.[45]
