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===Headquarters=== Burger King was formerly headquartered in a nine-story office tower by the [[Miami International Airport]] in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] Miami-Dade County, Florida.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bk.com/en/us/company-info/contact/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105061740/http://www.bk.com/en/us/company-info/contact/index.html |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |title=We're Listening |publisher=Burger King Corporation |access-date=January 31, 2009}}</ref> On Monday July 8, 2002, 130 employees began working at the Burger King headquarters with the remainder moving in phases in August 2002. Prior to the moving to its current headquarters in 2002, Burger King had considered moving away from the Miami area to Texas; Miami-Dade County politicians and leaders lobbied against this, and Burger King stayed. Before 2002, the company's previous headquarters was located in a southern Dade County campus located on Old Cutler Boulevard in the [[Cutler, Florida|Cutler]] [[census-designated place]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burgerking.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970415114954/http://www.burgerking.com/ |archive-date=April 15, 1997 |title=Home Page |publisher=Burger King |access-date=October 2, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US1215962&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |title=Cutler CDP, Florida |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121134116/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US1215962&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |archive-date=November 21, 2011 }}</ref> In August 2014, the future of the company's Miami headquarters was again in doubt as reports surfaced that Burger King was in talks about buying the Canadian restaurant chain [[Tim Hortons]]. The merger between Burger King and Tim Hortons created the fast food company now known as Restaurant Brands International Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-12-14/burger-king-s-so-so-tim-hortons-deal |title=That Tim Hortons Deal |date=December 14, 2016 |access-date=June 9, 2018 |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |last=Lachapelle |first=Tara |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612224403/https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-12-14/burger-king-s-so-so-tim-hortons-deal |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050512005446/en/Miami-Dade-Beacon-Council-Announces-Burger-King-World |access-date=June 9, 2018 |date=May 12, 2005 |title=The Miami-Dade Beacon Council Announces Burger King World Headquarters to Stay and Expand in Miami-Dade County |work=[[Business Wire]] |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140027/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050512005446/en/Miami-Dade-Beacon-Council-Announces-Burger-King-World |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, Burger King signed a build-to-suit lease agreement on a new {{convert|150000|sqft|m2}} five-story headquarters building to be built at 5707 Blue Lagoon Drive, just down the street from its existing nine-story headquarters at 5505 Blue Lagoon Drive.<ref name="Bandell1">{{cite news |last1=Bandell |first1=Brian |title=EXCLUSIVE: Burger King to build new HQ office in Miami-Dade |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2016/01/21/exclusive-burger-king-to-build-new-hq-office-in.html |access-date=October 22, 2023 |work=South Florida Business Journal |date=January 21, 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> This was slightly smaller than the {{convert|200000|sqft|m2}} it was leasing in its current headquarters building at the time.<ref name="Bandell1" /> In 2018, Burger King moved into its new headquarters at 5707 Blue Lagoon Drive.<ref name="Bandell2">{{cite news |last1=Bandell |first1=Brian |title=Lennar signs deal for new headquarters in South Florida |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2019/09/20/lennar-signs-deal-for-new-miami-hq.html |access-date=October 22, 2023 |work=South Florida Business Journal |date=September 20, 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref> As of August 2024, the Burger King system operates more than 18,700 locations in more than 100 countries and U.S. territories.<ref name="RBI">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbi.com/English/news/news-details/2024/Restaurant-Brands-International-Inc.-Reports-Second-Quarter-2024-Results/default.aspx|title=Restaurant Brands International Inc.|date=August 8, 2024|access-date=August 25, 2024|website=rbi.com}}</ref>
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