DoorDash Pulls Out of Japan and Singapore in Global Strategy Shake-up.
DoorDash, the U.S. delivery giant, has officially announced the cessation of its operations in four international markets: Qatar, Singapore, Japan, and Uzbekistan. The company stated that this decision follows a rigorous evaluation of each market's competitive landscape and its potential to achieve market leadership. Moving forward, DoorDash aims to concentrate its resources on regions where it can sustain long-term success and profitability.
The Subsidiaries Involved
The exit impacts several major brands under the DoorDash umbrella:
Singapore: Services were provided via Deliveroo, which DoorDash acquired just last year.
Japan: Operations were managed through Wolt, the Finnish delivery platform acquired by DoorDash in 2022.
Despite these exits, DoorDash maintains a presence in over 40 countries, primarily utilizing the Deliveroo and Wolt brands to spearhead its international growth outside the United States.
In the food delivery business, only the top two players will survive. In Singapore, Grab already dominates with 50-60% market share, while in Japan, Uber Eats and Demae-Can are very strong. DoorDash's withdrawal is therefore a way to reduce its "burn rate," or the amount of money being spent on markets that don't show short-term profitability.
The announcement of its closure, just a year after acquiring Deliveroo (in Singapore), reflects that DoorDash may have found that the cost structure or customer usage culture in Southeast Asia differs too much from the US.
Partial withdrawal from Asia and the Middle East allows DoorDash to focus its resources on Europe (via Wolt) and Canada, markets where they have a greater chance of becoming market leaders.
Investors in 2026 aren't just looking at the "number of countries reached," but also at "net profit." Therefore, withdrawing from unprofitable non-core markets has a positive impact on stock prices and investor confidence in the long term.
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Source: DoorDash
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