GameStop
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GameStop Corp. is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer, headquartered in Grapevine, Texas (a suburb of Dallas–Fort Worth). The brand is the largest video game retailer worldwide. , the company operated 3,203 stores including 2,325 both in the United States, 193 in Canada (the Canadian operations were sold in May 2025), 374 in Australia and 311 in Europe under the GameStop, EB Games, Micromania-Zing, ThinkGeek and Zing Pop Culture brands. The company was founded in Dallas in 1984 as '''Babbage's''' and took on its current name in 1999.
Key facts
- Company.name
- GameStop Corp.
- Company.logo
- GameStop Logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 250px
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2021
- Company.former_name
- Babbage's (1984–1999)
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.hq_location_city
- Grapevine, Texas
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.num_locations
- 3,203 (February 2025)
- Company.key_people
- Ryan Cohen (chairman and CEO)
- Company.revenue
- (2024)
- Company.operating_income
- US-$26 million (2024)
- Company.net_income
- US$131.3 million (2024)
- Company.assets
- US$5.87 billion (2024)
- Company.equity
- US$5.46 billion (2024)
- Company.num_employees
- 8,000 full-time; part-time (Feb 2024)
- Company.parent
- NeoStar Retail Group (1994–1996)Babbage's Etc. (1996–1999)Barnes & Noble (1999–2004)
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
- State of incorporation
- MN
- Entity type
- other
- Fiscal year end
- Jan 31
- Latest filing
- S-4 · 2006-04-26
via SEC EDGAR
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Babbage's, Inc.
- Revenue
- 5272800000
- Official website
- www.gamestop.com
- Image
- GameStop (14666287269).jpg
- Motto
- Power to the Players
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- Commons category
- GameStop
- inception
- 1980-08-20
- WordLift URL
- data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/gamestop
- social media followers
- 137000
- total assets
- 2709000000
- total equity
- 1338600000
- net profit
- 6700000
- operating income
- -311600000
- market capitalization
- 7770000000
- location information URL
- www.gamestop.com/stores
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Article
42 sectionsContents
- History
- Babbage's (1984–1994)
- NeoStar Retail Group (1994–1996)
- Babbage's Etc. (1996–1999)
- Barnes & Noble Booksellers (1999–2004)
- Expansion (2004–2016)
- Acquisitions
- Brand expansion
- European expansion and stagnation
- Management changes
- Decline (2016–2024)
- Changes in market conditions
- Financial losses
- Management changes
- Turnaround efforts
- American division efforts
- Australian division efforts
- COVID-19 pandemic
- American division pandemic response
- Canadian division pandemic response
- Australian division pandemic response
- European decline
- January 2021 short squeeze
- Other news in 2021 to 2025
- NFT platform
- Business operations
- Atrix
- ''Game Informer''
- Trade-ins
- GameStop TV
- Pre-order bonuses
- GameTrust Games
- Controversies
- Lawsuit against BCG
- Nintendo Switch 2 launch day incident
- Corporate affairs
- Finances
- Store numbers
- Subsidiaries
- See also
- References
- External links
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