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{{Hatnote|For the database of individual Walmart locations, see '''[https://www.bluepageswiki.org/wiki/Special:Drilldown/Walmart?_single the Drilldown page]''' for [[Template:Infobox Walmart|Infobox Walmart]].}}
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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, 2021, there are 6,272 Walmart stores operating in North America, Latin America, and China, alongside the company's 794 [[Sam's Club]] stores and 4,377 locations operating under other brands.<ref name=unitcount-20210131>[https://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_financials/2021/q4/Unit-Count-by-Banner-4Q21.pdf "Unit Counts by Country"], Walmart, January 31, 2021.</ref>
 
==Store history==
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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 The first Wal-Mart Discount City store opened on July 2, 1962 in [[Rogers, Arkansas]] (it has since been replaced by [[Walmart Supercenter 1|Walmart Supercenter #1]] nearby).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 [['''Walmart Discount Store]]sStores''', as they are now known, peaked at 2,133 in 1996 and has since declined to 439. The average Walmart Discount Store in the United States has a floor area of {{convert|105000|sqft|m2}}.<ref name=2020-annual>[https://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_financials/2020/ar/Walmart_2020_Annual_Report.pdf Walmart Inc. 2020 Annual Report], via q4cdn.com.</ref>
 
The Walmart format was expanded with the opening of [[Walmart Supercenter 172|the first example]] of a [['''Walmart Supercenter]]''' in [[Washington, Missouri]] on March 1, 1988.<ref>VandeWater, Judith. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71834958/st-louis-post-dispatch/ "Wal-Mart Takes Washington By Store"], [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]], March 2, 1988, page 1C.</ref> Combining a discount department store and supermarket under one roof, the Supercenter format makes up the bulk of Walmart's worldwide footprint, and most former Walmart Discount Stores have been expanded into or replaced by Supercenters. The average Supercenter in the U.S. has a floor area of {{convert|178000|sqft|m2}}.<ref name=2020-annual/>
 
[[Walmart Neighborhood Market 2741|The first store]] in the smaller [['''Walmart Neighborhood Market]]''' format opened in the company's hometown of [[Bentonville, Arkansas]] on October 7, 1998.<ref>The Associated Press. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71834411/the-kansas-city-star/ "Wal-Mart plans to move faster on adding stores"], [[Kansas City Star]], October 7, 1998, page B-2.</ref> The average Neighborhood Market store has a floor area of {{convert|42000|sqft|m2}}.<ref name=2020-annual/>
 
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). With the exception of eight Neighborhood Market stores in China, all Walmart stores outside the United States and Canada are Supercenters.
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