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{{Hatnote|For the database of individual Walmart locations, see '''[
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'''Walmart''' is a brand of [[discount department stores]] and [[supercenters]] operated by [[Walmart Inc.]] [[Walmart Supercenter 1|The first Walmart Discount City store]] opened in July 1962 in [[Rogers, Arkansas]]. The Walmart format was expanded with the opening of [[Walmart Supercenter 172|the first '''Walmart Supercenter''']] in [[Washington, Missouri]] in March 1988. As of January 31,
==Store history==
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{{Image frame|caption=Walmart Discount Store (blue), Supercenter (orange), and Neighborhood Market (green) locations<br/>in the United States and Canada, 1962-present|content={{Graph:Chart|width=500|height=200|yAxisMin=0|type=line|x=1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023|y1=0,1,1,3,4,6,7,13,18,26,40,55,76,100,121,149,193,229,276,330,491,551,642,745,859,980,1114,1257,1399,1568,1714,
Walmart originated from a chain of [[Ben Franklin (company)|Ben Franklin]] variety stores operated by {{w|Sam Walton}} in northwest Arkansas. The first Wal-Mart Discount City store opened on July 2, 1962 in [[Rogers, Arkansas]] (it has since been replaced by [[Walmart Supercenter 1|Walmart Supercenter #1]] nearby).<ref>[http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-2-1962-first-walmart-opens.html "July 2, 1962 - The First Walmart Opens"], Pleasant Family Shopping, July 3, 2012.</ref> With the sale and closure of the company's remaining Ben Franklin Family Centers and Sav-Co Home Improvement Centers in 1978, Wal-Mart Discount City became the company's only store format until the first [[Sam's Club]] stores opened in 1983. The number of
The Walmart format was expanded with the opening of [[Walmart Supercenter 172|the first
[[Walmart Neighborhood Market 2741|The first store]] in the smaller
Walmart began to expand internationally with the opening of its first stores in Mexico in 1993, and the acquisition of 123 former [[Woolco]] stores in Canada in 1994. In addition to acquiring other brands of stores in various countries, Walmart Inc. also operates Walmart stores in China and five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Walmart stores also formerly operated in Argentina (1995–2020), Brazil (1995–2018), Indonesia (1996–1997), Germany (1997–2006), and South Korea (1998–2006).
The table below shows the number of Walmart-branded stores operating at the end of each fiscal year since the chain was created in 1962. Stores in the United States and Canada are broken down by format. Location totals outside of North America are generally given as of December 31 of the preceding year.<ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1971''' || 26 || 26 || 26 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>Walton, Sam M. [https://www.walmartmuseum.com/content/walmartmuseum/en_us/timeline/decades/1970/artifact/2427.html Letter to stockholders], February 1971, via the Walmart Digital Museum.</ref>
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| '''1/31/1972''' || 40 || 40 || 40 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[
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| '''1/31/1973''' || 55 || 55 || 55 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1974''' || 76 || 76 || 76 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[
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| '''1/31/1975''' || 100 || 100 || 100 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1976''' || 121 || 121 || 121 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1977''' || 149 || 149 || 149 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1978''' || 193 || 193 || 193 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1979''' || 229 || 229 || 229 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1980''' || 276 || 276 || 276 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1981''' || 330 || 330 || 330 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1982''' || 491 || 491 || 491 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1983''' || 551 || 551 || 551 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1984''' || 642 || 642 || 642 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1985''' || 745 || 745 || 745 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1986''' || 859 || 859 || 859 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1987''' || 980 || 980 || 980 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1988''' || 1,114 || 1,114 || 1,114 || 0 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1989''' || 1,259 || 1,259 || 1,257 || 2 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1990''' || 1,402 || 1,402 || 1,399 || 3 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1991''' || 1,573 || 1,573 || 1,568 || 5 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1992''' || 1,720 || 1,720 || 1,714 || 6 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1993''' || 1,
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| '''1/31/1994''' || 2,023 || 2,021 || 1,953 || 68 || || || 0 || 0 || || 2 || || || || || || || || || || || || <ref>[https://
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| '''1/31/1995''' || 2,
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| '''1/31/1996''' || 2,
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| '''1/31/1997''' || 2,
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| '''1/31/1998''' || 2,
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| '''1/31/1999''' || 2,
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| '''1/31/2002''' || 3,
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| '''1/31/2003''' || 3,
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| '''1/31/2004''' || 3,
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| '''1/31/2005''' || 3,
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| '''1/31/2007''' ||
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| '''1/31/2008''' || 4,
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| '''1/31/2009''' || 4,
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| '''1/31/2010''' || 4,
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| '''1/31/2011''' || 4,
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| '''1/31/2012''' ||
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| '''1/31/2013''' || 5,
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| '''12/31/2013''' || 5,
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| '''12/31/2014''' || 5,
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| '''1/31/2016''' ||
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| '''1/31/2017''' ||
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| '''1/31/2018''' || 6,
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| '''1/31/2019''' ||
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| '''1/31/2022''' || 5,829 || 4,730 || 370 || 3,573 || 683 || 104 || 408 || 65 || 343 || 294 || || || 361 || || || || 14 || 6 || 10 || 4 || 2 || <ref name=unitcount-20220131>[https://docs.publicnow.com/viewDoc?hash_primary=B4ABBB758CF193104DE93DF72F9B3978F79430F9 "Unit Counts by Country"], Walmart, January 31, 2022.</ref>
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| '''1/31/2023''' || 5,881 || 4,717 || 364 || 3,572 || 682 || 99 || 402 || 59 || 343 || 404 || || || 322 || || || || 14 || 6 || 10 || 4 || 2 || <ref name=unitcount-20230131/>
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! rowspan="2" | Date !! rowspan="2" | World-<br/>wide total !! colspan="5" | United States !! colspan="3" | Canada !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|MEX|Mexico}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|ARG|Argentina}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|BRA|Brazil}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|CHN|China}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|IDN|Indonesia}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|DEU|Germany}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|KOR|South Korea}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|CRI|Costa Rica}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|SLV|El Salvador}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|GTM|Guatemala}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|HND|Honduras}} !! rowspan="2" | {{abbr|NIC|Nicaragua}} !! rowspan="2" |
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