Company Name | Gamestop Corporation |
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Website | gamestop.com |
Snippet | GameStop Corp. is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer.[1] The company is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas (a suburb of Dallas), and is the largest video game retailer worldwide.[citation needed] As of January 30, 2021, the company operated 4,816 stores including 3,192 in the United States, 253 in Canada, 417 in Australia and New Zealand and 954 in Europe under the GameStop, EB Games, EB Games Australia, Micromania-Zing, ThinkGeek and Zing Pop Culture brands.[1][2] The company was founded in Dallas in 1984 as Babbage's, and took on its current name in 1999. |
Type | Public |
Parent | NeoStar Retail Group (1994–1996)Babbage's Etc. (1996–1999)Barnes & Noble (1999–2004) |
Founded | 1984 |
Revenue | US$5.089 billion (2020) |
Website | gamestop.com |
Formerly | Babbage's (1984–1999) |
Founders | Leonard RiggioDaniel DeMatteo Richard Fontaine |
Industry | Retail |
Products | Video gamesConsolesAccessories |
Traded as | NYSE: GME (Class A), S&P 400 component |
Key people | Ryan Cohen(Chairman)Matt Furlong(CEO) |
Net income | −US$215 million (2019) |
Area served | Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, United States |
Headquarters | Grapevine, Texas, U.S. |
Predecessors | Software Etc.Funco |
Subsidiaries | Babbage'sEB GamesEB Games AustraliaGame InformerGeeknetMicromania-ZingRhino Video GamesThinkGeekZing Pop Culture AustraliaZing Marketplace |
Total assets | US$2.472 billion (2020) |
Total equity | US$436 million (2020) |
Operating income | −US$237 million (2020) |
Number of employees | 12,000 full-time17,000-23,000 part-time (2020) |
Number of locations | 4,816 (2021) |
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