The original IKEA store was opened in Sweden in 1958. The first stores outside Sweden were opened in Norway (1963) and Denmark (1969). In the 1970s, stores spread to other parts of Europe, with the first store outside Scandinavia opening in Switzerland (1973), followed by Germany (1974). During the same decade, stores were opened in other parts of the world, including Japan, (1974), Australia, Hong Kong (1975), Canada (1976), The Netherlands and Singapore (1978). Germany, with 45 stores, is IKEA's biggest market, followed by the United States, with 38. IKEA now has 338 stores in 40 countries. However, the company has thus far not shown much of a presence in the developing countries. The location for the store is vitally important for IKEA as it should be near major roads, freeways and/or public transport.
The following List of IKEA stores is arranged by date of first store in each country.
| Country | Debut | First store location | No. of stores | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1958 | Älmhult | 17 | Sweden has the world's largest IKEA (outside Stockholm; 55,200 square metres (594,000 sq ft)). |
| Norway | 1963 | Slependen | 6 | First IKEA outside Sweden. Stores: Oslo (Two stores, Slependen and Furuset), Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim and Bergen. The world's biggest IKEA is planned to be built in Larvik, Norway. Rumors say it will be as big as 60.000-80.000 square metres. |
| Denmark | 1969 | Copenhagen (Ballerup) | 5 | Ballerup store moved to Høje Tåstrup circa 1979. Other stores: Gentofte, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg. |
| Switzerland | 1973 | Spreitenbach | 7 | First IKEA outside Scandinavia. |
| Germany | 1974 | Munich (Eching) | 46 | IKEA's biggest market. Berlin alone has four stores. The Berlin "Landsberger Allee" store is the 2nd largest from Europe with 43,000 square metres (460,000 sq ft). |
| Japan | 1974 - 1986 (initial), 2006 (reentry) |
Kobe (initial), Funabashi (reentry) |
5 | A joint venture with a Japanese department store. IKEA withdrew from the market in 1986 because of stagnant sales, then returned in 2006 to Funabashi, Chiba under a distribution partnership with the Mitsubishi Corporation. |
| Australia | 1975 | Sydney (Artarmon) | 7 | There are seven stores in Australia. Rhodes and Tempe in Sydney, Richmond and Springvale in Melbourne, Logan in Brisbane, and also Perth and Adelaide, although Perth and Adelaide are a franchise owned by CEBAS Pty LTD. IKEA have announced they will open stores in Marsden Park, Sydney; Campbellfield, Melbourne; and North Lakes, Brisbane. The planned Campbellfield store will be the largest free-standing store in the Southern Hemisphere totaling 41,000 square metres. |
| Canada | 1976 | Richmond, British Columbia | 12 | According to the IKEA website under history, IKEA opened its first North American store in 1976 in Vancouver. To be precise the store was located in Richmond, BC a suburb of Vancouver. IKEA does not mention opening a store in Victoria or Dartmouth in 1975 as previously stated in this article. As of 2012, there are twelve stores in five provinces—two in British Columbia (Richmond and Coquitlam), two in Alberta (Calgary and Edmonton), one in Manitoba (Winnipeg), five in Ontario (Burlington, Etobicoke, North York, Ottawa, and Vaughan), and two in Quebec (Boucherville and Montreal). On December 7, 2011, IKEA opened its largest Canadian store in Ottawa. This store is approximately 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2), requiring replanning the area due to a potential in increasing traffic. IKEA 's twelfth Canadian location, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, opened November 28, 2012. |
| Hong Kong (1975-1997) Hong Kong (1997 onward) |
1975 | Kowloon (Tsim Sha Tsui) | 3 | The first store opened in Hong Kong (then a British colony) in Tsim Sha Tsui, the original store was later closed. As of 2007, IKEA has 3 stores and 1 warehouse in Hong Kong: Causeway Bay, Kowloon Bay, Shatin, and Sheung Shui. All are franchises owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings. The Shatin Store was expanded in December 2009. In summer 2010, the Kowloon Bay store was relocated from Telford Plaza to Megabox, with area of 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2) it is currently the largest store in Hong Kong. |
| Austria | 1977 | Vienna (Vösendorf) | 6 | A new store, the seventh of Austria, will have been opened by November 2008 in Klagenfurt. |
| Singapore | 1978 | Bukit Timah (Sixth Avenue) | 2 | Original store moved to Katong in 1984, then to Alexandra Road in Queenstown in 1995. A second store opened in November 2006 in Tampines. |
| The Netherlands | 1978 | Sliedrecht | 12 | Groningen store is the 3rd largest in Europe with 42,000 square metres (450,000 sq ft). Newest stores are in Haarlem and Amersfoort. The old store in Sliedrecht closed in 2006. |
| Spain | 1980 | Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) | 15 | There are 11 stores on mainland Spain & 4 stores in the Canary Islands & the Balearic Islands. |
| Iceland | 1981 | Reykjavík | 1 | Originally, IKEA started its business in a loft above a grocery store in Reykjavík. Later after having spent a decade in a large warehouse, it reopened (at around 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft)) in Garðabær in October 2006. |
| France | 1981 | Paris (Bobigny) | 28 | With 7 stores, Paris has more IKEAs than any other city. |
| Saudi Arabia | 1983 | Jeddah | 3 | Stores in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran. The Riyadh and Jeddah stores have been completely rebuilt and relocated in recent years. The store in Dhahran opened in 2008. |
| Belgium | 1984 | Brussels (Zaventem and Ternat) | 6 | A new store, the seventh of Belgium, will have been opened by November 2008 in Ghent. |
| Kuwait | 1984 | Kuwait City | 1 | Opened in the industrial district of Shuwaikh in 1984; transferred to a significantly larger new facility at The Avenues (a shopping mall) in early 2007. |
| United States | 1985 | Plymouth Meeting | 38 | Built in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; has since moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The original IKEA building has since been demolished and is now a Whole Foods Market. In 1992, IKEA acquired the California-based STØR chain, adding 3 of that chain's 4 locations to their US presence; that chain's Houston, Texas location, which operated under franchise agreement, became one of only a few independently franchised IKEA locations in the world. Most-recent stores opened since 2008 include Tampa, Florida; Charlotte, North Carolina; Brooklyn, New York; and Centennial, Colorado. New locations in the Miami suburb of Sweetwater, Florida and the Kansas City suburb of Merriam, Kansas are slated to open in Fall 2014. |
| United Kingdom | 1987 | Warrington, Cheshire | 18 | The largest UK stores are in Croydon in London and at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex, each with a capacity of 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft). The newest stores were completed in December 2007 in Coventry city centre and at the Holywood Exchange in Belfast. In November 2007 a planning application was approved for an 18th store in Southampton, which opened on February 12, 2009. Future UK locations under consideration are Portsmouth and Slough. Plans to build a store in Sheffield have been shelved. Ikea has planning permission to build a new 38,000 square metres (410,000 sq ft) store in Calcot, Reading, Berkshire. |
| Italy | 1989 | Milan (Cinisello Balsamo) | 20 | The last one opened in Chieti in 2012. The largest store is located in Carugate, Milan, extending for 38000 m2. |
| Hungary | 1990 | Budapest | 2 | There are two stores in Hungary, one in the capital city Budapest and one in Budaörs. Two other stores are planned. |
| Poland | 1991 | Warsaw (Janki) | 8 | Original location in central Warsaw is now closed. Warsaw has two stores in Janki and Targówek. There are also stores in Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Kraków, Poznań and Łódź. Five new stores are to be opened in the upcoming years: in Rzeszów, Lublin, Częstochowa, Szczecin, and Bydgoszcz. |
| Czech Republic | 1991 | Prague (Budějovická) | 5 | There are two IKEA stores in Prague - one at Zličín and one at Černý Most; both Zličín and Černý most are located at the periphery of Prague and at the endstations of underground line B. The first original store at Budějovická - Prague 4 was abandoned. In Czechia there are two locations - in the second largest city of Czechia, Brno, and in Ostrava. There are 3 stores planned within 6 years (Plzeň, Hradec Králové and third location in Prague). |
| United Arab Emirates | 1991 | Dubai | 2 | The U.A.E.'s stores are located in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The IKEA store in Abu Dhabi was located at the Marina Mall. It was then shifted to Yas Island with shuttle services from Marina Mall and Alwadha Mall. The Dubai store recently moved to the Festival Waterfront Centre. |
| Slovakia | 1992 | Bratislava | 1 | Original store was closed upon the opening of a new store in the Avion Shopping Park. There are two more stores planned in Slovakia, in Košice and Žilina. |
| Taiwan | 1994 | Taipei | 4 | The first store opened in Taipei in 1994, but was closed in 2002. There are currently 4 IKEA stores in Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan and Kaohsiung. There are plans to open a fifth store in Taichung. IKEA was initially owned by Jardine Matheson, but is currently owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings. |
| Finland | 1996 | Espoo | 4 | New store in Vantaa in 2005, in Raisio in 2008 and in Tampere in 2010. Tampere store is the biggest IKEA in Finland. Kuopio store was opened in 2011, while another store in Vaasa will be ready in 2012. |
| Malaysia | 1996 | Bandar Utama, Selangor | 1 | Re-located to Mutiara Damansara, Selangor, in 2003. The new IKEA store in Mutiara Damansara was the largest in Asia at that time with a shop floor area of approximately 27,000 square metres (290,000 sq ft). IKEA also set to open stores in Johor Baru, Penang and Klang Valley. Later in 2011, IKEA also plan to open second store in Kuala Lumpur within next two years. |
| China | 1998 | Shanghai | 11 | There are 2 IKEA stores in Shanghai, stores in Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Nanjing, Dalian and Shenyang. Most recent store opening in Wuxi in 2013. IKEA is also aiming at expanding a second store in Beijing as well as a new store in Wuhan. |
| Russia | 2000 | Moscow (Khimki) | 14 | There are 3 IKEA stores in Moscow (Khimki, Teply Stan and Belaya Dacha), 2 stores in St. Petersburg (Parnas and Dybenko), stores in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Novaya Adygea (in Adygea near Krasnodar), Samara, Omsk and Ufa. The IKEA stores in Russia are in connection with MEGA malls developed by IKEA. |
| Israel | 2001 | Netanya | 2 | The second store opened on March 9, 2010, in Rishon LeZion, a suburb of Tel Aviv. The store has an area of 38,000 square metres (410,000 sq ft). Also, it was reported that a third store will be built in Kiryat Ata, a suburb of Haifa. The store in Netanya was destroyed in a fire on February 5, 2011, and after extensive renovations it was reopened on March 6, 2012. |
| Greece | 2001 | Thessaloniki | 5 | The first store opened in Thessaloniki on October 24, 2001. The second store opened in Athens (Airport Retail Park) on April 23, 2004. The third store, also in Athens (Egaleo), opened on March 26, 2008. The fourth store, in Larissa, opened on October 14, 2009. The fifth store, in Ioannina, opened in December 2010. Three more stores are planned by 2013 in Athens (third store, possibly in Elefsina), Heraklion and in the new shopping center Iasmos Park in Komotini. |
| Portugal | 2004 | Lisbon (Alfragide) | 3 | Second store opened on July 31, 2007 in Matosinhos, with 36,000 square metres (390,000 sq ft), and third store opened on May 25, 2010, in Frielas, Loures, the largest store on the Iberian Peninsula with 39,000 square metres (420,000 sq ft). |
| Turkey | 2005 | Istanbul | 5 | There are two stores are in İstanbul (Bayrampaşa and Ümraniye), one store in İzmir (Bornova) and one store in Bursa (Osmangazi). The fifth store in Ankara opened in 2011. |
| Romania | 2007 | Bucharest (Băneasa) | 1 | 26,000 square metres (280,000 sq ft) store opened on March 21, 2007, in Baneasa "Feeria" Shopping Center. The second store will be opened in 2009, in Iaşi, in Era Shopping Park. Other stores are planned to be opened in Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Galaţi and Timişoara by 2013. |
| Cyprus | 2007 | Nicosia (Strovolos) | 1 | 22,000 square metres (240,000 sq ft) store opened in September 2007. |
| Ireland | July 2009 | Dublin (Ballymun) | 1 | The first IKEA store in the Republic of Ireland (and second on the island of Ireland) opened on July 27, 2009. The store was granted planning permission in 2007 with conditions, and although the store was completed in February 2009, planning conditions resulted in the delayed opening. |
| Dominican Republic | February 2010 | Santo Domingo | 1 | The first Dominican IKEA store opened 17 February 2010 in Santo Domingo. It is the first IKEA store in Latin America. The owner of the IKEA franchisee for Dominican Republic, Anders Alm, is reported as saying that the new store has created 400 jobs. |
| Bulgaria | September 20, 2011 | Sofia | 1 | The Swedish furniture giant IKEA is opening its first store in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on September 20, 2011.
IKEA eyes second Bulgarian store in Varna. |
| Thailand | 2011 | Bangkok | 1 | The first IKEA in Thailand opened its door on November 3, 2011, in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan. The store is adjacent to a major interchange where the Bang Na-Bang Pakong Highway and Kanchanaphisek Outer Ring Road intersect, with convenient access from the more affluent eastern suburbs of Bangkok. It is expected to have 43,000 square metres (460,000 sq ft).of retail space as a part of the Mega Bangna Shopping Center. |
| Egypt | 2013 | Cairo | 0 | IKEA will open its first store in Cairo by early 2013. The store will be located in Cairo City Festival Mall, located near the Cairo Suez road, the Police Academy and American University in Cairo. |
| Qatar | 2013 | Doha | 1 | The first IKEA in Qatar opened its door on March 11, 2013. The store is located in Doha Festival City Mall. |
| Lithuania | 2013 | Vilnius | 0 | The first IKEA in Lithuania will open in 2013 near Vilnius International Airport. |
| Indonesia | 2014 | Jakarta | 0 | IKEA has plans to open a new store in Jakarta, Indonesia, under a partnership with Hero Supermarket company. |
| South Korea | 2014 | Gwangmyeong | 0 | IKEA has acquired land for store in Gwangmyeong. |
| Serbia | 2015 | Belgrade | 0 | IKEA will open its first store in Belgrade by the end of 2015. One more store is planned for the capital and also in Kragujevac, Novi Sad and Niš. IKEA also announced that it will build a shopping mall next to its first store in 2015. |
| Croatia | 2015 | Zagreb | 0 | IKEA plans to open a store in Croatian capital Zagreb in 2015, and in Split and Rijeka in the following period. |
| Ukraine | TBA | Odessa | 0 | IKEA has acquired land for store in Odessa, but construction hasn't started yet although it will be expected to open in 2011. |
| New Zealand | TBA | Auckland | 0 | IKEA has plans to open a store somewhere in Auckland, and has engaged Auckland consultants RCG to help it find a site. However, it become uncertain as a result of opening of MyFlatPack store, an authorize dealer and supplier of IKEA products for New Zealand customers in Newmarket. |
| Puerto Rico | TBA | San Juan | 0 | IKEA has plans to open a store in Puerto Rico with a new concept. |
| Estonia | TBA | Tallinn | 0 | Two Icelandic entrepreneurs had planned to open an IKEA stores in Estonia once the Lithuania store has been successfully opened. |
| Latvia | TBA | Riga | 0 | Two Icelandic entrepreneurs had planned to open an IKEA stores in Latvia once the Lithuania store has been successfully opened. |
| India | TBA | TBA | 0 | IKEA has decided to enter India in a single-brand retail venture. It plans to open 25 stores, investing about 10,500 crore (US$ 2 billion) over the next 15 to 20 years. IKEA’s first India store is expected to open in 2014-15. |
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