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FAQs

What state has the most Walmarts? ›

As of April, 2024, there are 4391 Walmart stores in the United States. These stores are located in 52 states and territories and 2771 cities. The state with the most Walmart locations is Texas, with 484 stores. This is about 11% of all Walmart locations in the United States.

Retail Units:

Supercenters: 3. Discount Stores: 3. Total Retail Units¹: 6.

Since 1999, Walmart owns (via Corinth Services Limited) the ASDA supermarket chain in the U.K.. Asda calls itself Asda. It does not use any Walmart branding. We call Asda Asda. Asda is not Walmart.

Walmart: number of stores globally FY2008-FY2023

Walmart had a total of 10,623 retail stores throughout the world as of January 31, 2023. Additionally, the company operated 380 distribution facilities.

As of October 31, 2022, there were 3,572 Walmart Supercenters in 49 of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Hawaii is the only state to not have a Supercenter location.

Walmart made retail history today by opening its smallest store ever. While a tiny Walmart—the store near Georgia Tech's campus is around 2,500 square feet—seems like an oxymoron, don't let the size fool you.

Stretching over two floors, Walmart's largest store takes it a step or two farther than other Supercenters. Store 2152 in Albany, New York, is not just the biggest Walmart store in the U.S. It's also one of just a few stores with two levels!

The retailer makes around $1.56 billion in one day and approximately $49 billion in monthly revenue. Walmart has posted these results for the last decade, with some years surpassing the $1 billion mark. From serving its nearly 36 million customers globally daily, Walmart has made massive profits over the years.

Still, Vermont has the fewest Walmarts of any state in the nation. How did Vermont become the last state to get a Walmart? In 1993 Walmart wanted to build a large big-box store outside of St. Albans.

Walmart entered the Japanese market in 2002 by purchasing a minority stake in Seiyu, a chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets. By 2008, Walmart made Seiyu a fully-owned subsidiary, investing over a billion dollars in the process.

Does Walmart operate in Mexico? ›

In 2021, Walmart Mexico turned 30 years old and currently operates Walmart hypermarkets, Bodega Aurrera discount stores, Superama supermarkets, Walmart Express supermarkets, and Sam's Clubs.

Walmart Canada operates a chain of more than 400 stores nationwide serving 1.5 million customers each day. Walmart Canada's flagship online store, Walmart.ca, is visited by more than 1.5 million customers daily.

While Wal-Mart Stores as a corporate legal name is rarely used in public-facing materials or in stores themselves, CEO Doug McMillon said in a statement that he felt the name change was needed to be “consistent with the idea that you can shop us however you like as a customer.”

Today, Walmart operates hundreds of stores and clubs and multiple distribution centers in more than 100 cities across China. Our people make the difference.

Walmart is owned by its shareholders. The Walton family is the largest shareholder of Walmart, holding 50% of the company's shares. The Walton family acquired such high ownership of the company because they are the descendants of Sam Walton, who founded the company.