Kmart

For the database of individual Kmart locations, see the data table for Infobox Kmart.

Kmart logo.

Kmart is a chain of 8 discount department stores in the United States, created by the S.S. Kresge Company and currently owned by Transform Holdco. The first Kmart store opened in San Fernando, California in January 1962, while the first full-size Kmart opened in Garden City, Michigan later that year.

Store history

In addition to its stores in the United States, Kmart also operated locations in Canada from 1963 to 1997, in Australia from 1969 to 1978 (when Kmart Corporation sold its direct financial stake in Kmart Australia), and in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from 1992 to 1996. Kmart also briefly experimented with joint ventures in Mexico and Singapore between 1994 and 1996. The store counts in the table below are taken from the annual financial reports of the S.S. Kresge Company, Kmart Corporation, and Sears Holdings Corporation.

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Total store locations, 1962-present

Date	United States	Canada	Outside North America	Total
12/31/1961	0	0	0	0
12/31/1962	18	0	0	18
12/31/1963	50	3	0	53
12/31/1964	80	8	0	88
12/31/1965	111	11	0	122
12/31/1966	145	17	0	162
1/31/1968	197	19	0	216
1/31/1969	247	26	0	273
1/31/1970	300	33	5	338
1/31/1971	363	40	8	411
1/31/1972	429	47	10	486
1/31/1973	516	53	11	580
1/31/1974	601	58	13	672
1/31/1975	714	64	25	803
1/31/1976	834	70	31	935
1/31/1977	1,094	78	34	1,206
1/31/1978	1,242	86	39	1,367
1/31/1979	1,395	101	0	1,496
1/31/1980	1,584	104	0	1,688
1/31/1981	1,775	110	0	1,885
1/31/1982	1,939	116	0	2,055
1/31/1983	1,998	119	0	2,117
1/31/1984	2,041	119	0	2,160
1/31/1985	2,055	118	0	2,173
1/31/1986	2,062	118	0	2,180
1/31/1987	2,086	118	0	2,204
1/31/1988	2,105	118	0	2,223
1/31/1989	2,145	119	0	2,264
1/31/1990	2,194	121	0	2,315
1/31/1991	2,205	122	0	2,327
1/31/1992	2,249	126	0	2,375
1/31/1993	2,281	127	13	2,421
1/31/1994	2,323	127	13	2,463
1/31/1995	2,316	128	17	2,461
1/31/1996	2,161	127	20	2,308
1/31/1997	2,134	123	4	2,261
1/31/1998	2,136	0	0	2,136
1/31/1999	2,161	0	0	2,161
1/31/2000	2,171	0	0	2,171
1/31/2001	2,105	0	0	2,105
1/31/2002	2,114	0	0	2,114
1/31/2003	1,831	0	0	1,831
1/31/2004	1,511	0	0	1,511
1/31/2005	1,479	0	0	1,479
1/31/2006	1,416	0	0	1,416
1/31/2007	1,388	0	0	1,388
1/31/2008	1,382	0	0	1,382
1/31/2009	1,368	0	0	1,368
1/31/2010	1,327	0	0	1,327
1/31/2011	1,307	0	0	1,307
1/31/2012	1,305	0	0	1,305
1/31/2013	1,221	0	0	1,221
1/31/2014	1,152	0	0	1,152
1/31/2015	979	0	0	979
1/31/2016	941	0	0	941
1/31/2017	735	0	0	735
1/31/2018	432	0	0	432
1/31/2019	332	0	0	332
12/31/2019	107	0	0	107
12/31/2020	35	0	0	35
12/31/2021	12	0	0	12
12/31/2022	8	0	0	8