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Also known as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Wallmart, Wall Mart, Wall-Mart

Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 19 other countries. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded in 1962 by brothers Sam Walton and James "Bud" Walton in nearby Rogers, Arkansas. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses.

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Walmart is a United States company established in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. Headquartered in Bentonville, the organization operates with a workforce of 2,500,000 employees. Its financial records indicate a total revenue of 680,985,000,000 and total assets of 254,965,000,000. The company reports a net profit of 19,436,000,000 and an operating income of 29,348,000,000.

The entity maintains a market capitalization of 779,367,000,000 and total equity of 80,925,000,000. It has 1,362,025 social media followers and uses the hashtag "walmart". Walmart’s official websites include walmart.com, walmartbuy.cn, walmartphotocentre.ca, and photos.walmart.com. The company is associated with the IPv4 routing prefix 156.94.0.0/16.

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Key facts

Company.name
Walmart Inc.
Company.logo
Walmart logo (2025).svg
Company.logo_upright
0.7
Company.logo_caption
Wordmark used since 2025
Company.image
Walmart spark (2025).svg
Company.image_upright
0.6
Company.image_caption
Spark symbol used since 2025
Company.type
Public
Company.industry
Retail
Company.predecessor
Walton's Five and Dime
Company.foundation
, in Rogers, Arkansas, U.S.
Company.location_city
Bentonville, Arkansas
Company.location_country
United States
Company.locations
10,771 (2025)
Company.area_served
Worldwide
Company.operating_income
(2025)
Company.net_income
(2025)
Company.equity
(2025)

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Research organization · ROR

Type
Company
Founded
1962
Location
Bentonville, United States
Status
Active

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Encyclopedic overview

72 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 1945–1969: Early history
  • 1969–1990: Incorporation and growth as a regional power
  • 1990–2005: Retail rise to multinational status
  • 2005–2010: Initiatives
  • Environmental initiatives
  • Branding and store design changes
  • Acquisitions and employee benefits
  • 2011–2019
  • 2020s: Development
  • Acquisitions and employee benefits
  • Operating divisions
  • Walmart U.S.
  • Walmart Supercenter
  • Walmart Discount Store
  • Walmart Neighborhood Market
  • Former stores and concepts
  • Initiatives
  • Numbers of stores by state
  • Walmart International
  • Central America
  • Chile
  • Mexico
  • Canada
  • Africa
  • China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Germany
  • South America
  • United Kingdom
  • Japan
  • Corruption charges
  • Sam's Club
  • Global eCommerce
  • Subsidiaries
  • Private label brands
  • Entertainment
  • Online commerce acquisitions and plans
  • Corporate affairs
  • Business trends
  • Governance
  • Ownership
  • Competition
  • Customer base
  • Sales of guns and ammunition
  • Technology
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) partnership
  • Open source software
  • Big data analytics
  • Cash handling
  • Charity
  • COVID-19
  • Economic impact
  • Effects on customers
  • Effects on retailers
  • Effects on jobs
  • Effects on productivity
  • Impact on the environment
  • Labor relations
  • Gender
  • Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Criticism and controversies
  • Animal welfare
  • Business practices
  • Crime problems
  • Product safety
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 19 other countries. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded in 1962 by brothers Sam Walton and James "Bud" Walton in nearby Rogers, Arkansas. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses.

Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue and the largest private employer in the world, with 2.1 million employees. It is a publicly traded family-owned business (the largest such business in the world), as the company is controlled by the Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through both their holding company Walton Enterprises and their individual holdings.

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