TJX Companies

The TJX Companies, Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: TJX S&P 500 component
Industry	Retail
Predecessor	Zayre (1919-1990) HomeBase (1983-2002) Ames Department Stores (1958-2002) BJ's Wholesale Club (1984-1989, still active)
Founded	1987; 38 years ago (1987)
Founder	Bernard Cammarata
Headquarters	Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Number of locations	4,954 (2024)
Area served	United States Canada Australia Austria Ireland Germany Netherlands Poland United Kingdom
Key people	Carol Meyrowitz (executive chairman) Ernie Herrman (president, CEO) John Klinger (CFO)
Products	Clothing footwear bedding food furniture jewelry beauty products housewares
Revenue	US$54.22 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$5.979 billion (2024)
Net income	US$4.474 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$29.75 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$7.302 billion (2024)
Number of employees	349,000 (2024)
Divisions	HomeGoods Marmaxx Sierra TJX Canada TJX International
Subsidiaries	HomeGoods HomeSense Marshalls Sierra TJ Maxx TK Maxx
Website	tjx.com
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The TJX Companies, Inc. (abbreviated TJX) is an American multinational off-price department store corporation, headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.^[4] It was formed as a subsidiary of Zayre Corp. in 1987, and became the legal successor to Zayre Corp. following a company reorganization in 1989.

As of 2019^[update], TJX operates TJ Maxx (in the United States) and TK Maxx (in Australia and Europe, to avoid confusion with British store T. J. Hughes), its flagship store chains, along with Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense, and Sierra in the United States, and HomeSense, Marshalls, and Winners in Canada. There are over 4,557 discount stores in the TJX portfolio located in nine countries.^[5] TJX ranked No. 80 in the 2024 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.^[6] TJX is a publicly listed stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol TJX and has a capital value of $132.27 Billion (August 2024).