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Company type | Discount department store/Public (NYSE: WMT) |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | July 2, 1962Rogers, Arkansas) | (in
Headquarters | Bentonville, Arkansas
Elmira, New York (Walmart Radio) , |
Number of locations | 10,000 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Sam Walton (1918–1992), Founder H. Lee Scott, CEO S. Robson Walton, Chairman Thomas Schoewe, CFO |
Products | Discount stores, grocery stores, and hypermarkets |
Revenue | ![]() |
20,428,000,000 United States dollar (2022) ![]() | |
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Total assets | 252,496,000,000 United States dollar (2021) ![]() |
Number of employees | 2.0 Million (2022) |
Website | http://www.walmart.com |
Walmart is a chain of American public discount department stores founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Bentonville, Arkansas. In 2022, it had 10,586 stores and clubs in 18 countries, operating under 46 different names. It was the world's largest company by revenue in 2022, according to the Fortune Global 500 list in October 2022.[1] It had 2.2 million employees.
It has almost 4,600 pharmacies and more than 3,000 vision centers. In 2024, it closed its 51 health centers and its Walmart Health Virtual Care services.[2]