Home >> News Releases

News Releases

March 12, 2012

FamilyMart Achieves Global Network of 20,000 Stores

Thanks to its customers, on February 29, 2012, FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (“Family Mart” or “the Company”)(Toshima-ku, Tokyo; Junji Ueda, President) achieved its 20,000th store opening, making it a global network of 20,079 stores in total in Japan and overseas.

■International expansion begins in 1988 with first store in Taiwan
FamilyMart, a convenience store chain originating in Japan, established Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Taiwan in 1988, where it opened its very first overseas store. Subsequently, with the opening of stores in South Korea, Thailand, China, the United States, and Vietnam, the total number of stores in Japan and overseas has reached 20,000.

■Expansion by joint venture combining Japanese know-how and localization
In the development of its overseas business, FamilyMart manages stores, in principle, through chain operators, which are established as joint ventures with local businesses. In this way, we combine the store operation know-how of a Japanese convenience store in such areas as ready-to-eat items, with localization, thereby maximizing the synergy of both parties.

■Holding the FamilyMart Summit and global workshops
The FamilyMart Group implements measures and polices that unify and set the direction that it should take. Examples of these include the FamilyMart Summit, an annual event that brings together the top managements of each company and global FamilyMart workshops, which are global branding activities that are held several times each year.

■Aiming for a global network of 40,000 stores
The attainment of 20,000 stores is merely a checkpoint on the road to our goal of creating a global network (including stores in new regions) of 25,000 stores by fiscal 2015 and 40,000 by fiscal 2020.

As a global convenience store chain, FamilyMart ensures a shopping experience characterized by convenience, friendliness and fun by displaying hospitality in everything it does.

We look forward to your continued patronage.

(Reference 1: Number of stores by company)

FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (Japan)	8,164
Okinawa FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (Japan)	212
Minami Kyushu FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (Japan)	291
Hokkaido FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (Japan)	52
JR KYUSHU RETAIL, INC. (Japan)	115
Domestic area franchising stores	670
Domestic chain stores	8,834
Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)	2,809
BOKWANG FAMILYMART CO.,LTD (South Korea)	6,910
Siam FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (Thailand)	687
Shanghai FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (China)	639
Guangzhou FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (China)	121
Suzhou FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (China)	48
Hangzhou FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (China)	5
China sub-total	813
FAMIMA CORPORATION (United States)	8
VI NA FAMILYMART CO., LTD.／Family Company Ltd. (Vietnam)	18
Overseas area franchising stores	11,245
Total area franchising stores	11,915
Total chain stores	20,079

(Reference 2: FamilyMart Group history)

1972	Began convenience store research at The Seiyu Stores, Ltd.
Sept. 1973	First store opened on trial basis in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture
Sept. 1981	Spun off from The Seiyu Stores and FamilyMart Co., Ltd. was formed
Aug. 1988	Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd. established (1st store opened in Dec.)
July 1990	Concluded contract with BOKWANG FAMILYMART CO., LTD. of South Korea, for the transfer of convenience store operational know-how and the use of the FamilyMart service logo under license (1st store opened in Oct.)
Sept. 1992	Siam FamilyMart Co., Ltd. established in Thailand (1st store opened in July 1993)
Dec. 2003	Total number of stores in FamilyMart chain reached 10,000 in Asia
May 2004	Shanghai FamilyMart Co., Ltd. established in China (1st store opened in July)
Oct. 2004	FAMIMA CORPORATION established in the United States (1st store opened in July 2005)
Sept. 2006	Guangzhou FamilyMart Co., Ltd. established in China (1st store opened in Jan. 2007)
July 2007	Suzhou FamilyMart Co., Ltd. established in China (1st store opened in Sept.)
Aug. 2009	First convenience store chain from Japan with more overseas stores than domestic stores
Dec. 2009	Opened first store in Vietnam
June 2011	VI NA FAMILYMART CO., LTD. established in Vietnam

(Reference 3: Number of stores by fiscal year and country)

Fiscal Year	Japan	Taiwan	South Korea	Thailand	China	United States	Vietnam	Total
1978	13							13
1979	44							44
1980	74							74
1981	113							113
1982	190							190
1983	321							321
1984	526							526
1985	767							767
1986	1,042							1,042
1987	1,323							1,323
1988	1,619	12						1,631
1989	1,905	47						1,952
1990	2,162	66	9					2,237
1991	2,450	98	51					2,599
1992	2,772	109	133					3,014
1993	3,078	143	280	5				3,506
1994	3,454	201	285	5				3,945
1995	3,965	290	316	8				4,579
1996	4,496	383	367	30				5,276
1997	5,039	520	470	56				6,085
1998	5,286	685	481	79				6,531
1999	5,546	832	535	97				7,010
2000	5,812	1,033	659	112				7,616
2001	5,856	1,193	959	176				8,184
2002	6,013	1,332	1,528	250				9,123
2003	6,199	1,539	2,251	337				10,326
2004	6,424	1,701	2,817	509	50			11,501
2005	6,734	1,869	3,209	536	101	3		12,452
2006	6,974	2,023	3,471	538	104	12		13,122
2007	7,187	2,247	3,787	507	136	11		13,875
2008	7,404	2,336	4,180	525	194	12		14,651
2009	7,688	2,424	4,743	565	359	9	1	15,789
2010	8,248	2,637	5,511	622	566	10	4	17,598
2011	8,834	2,809	6,910	687	813	8	18	20,079