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List of department stores by country

This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores.

Note: "trading" is British English for "in operation".

Africa

Botswana

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Egypt

Currently trading

Defunct:

Eswatini

Ghana

Defunct:

Kenya

Lesotho

Madagascar

Morocco

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Mozambique

Namibia

Nigeria

  • Woolworths – operating from 2011 to 2013

South Africa

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Defunct

Zimbabwe

North America / Central America

Canada

Currently trading:

  • Fields – discount chain owned by FHC Holdings Ltd.; the chain was purchased by Hudson's Bay Company in 1981 but broke away in 2012
  • Giant Tiger – discount department store chain founded in 1961. Most locations are found in Eastern Canada, but has a small number of locations in all three of the prairie provinces.
  • Hart – Department store chain founded in 1960. Stores located across Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
  • Holt Renfrew – high-end department store chain
  • Simons – Clothing-focused department store founded in 1840. Stores in Québec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta and British Columbia.

Defunct:

  • Adilman's Department Store – Saskatoon, SK (1921–1974)
  • Army & Navy Stores
  • Ayre and Sons – Newfoundland-based department store chain; once operated as many as 80 stores coast-to-coast (1859–1991)
  • Biway – discount store based in Ontario, defunct in 2001
  • The Bon Marché – independent discount variety store in St. John's, Newfoundland 1919–1971
  • Bowring Brothers – St. John's, NL, department store, also national home decor store chain 1811–2019
  • Bretton's – high-end department store, 1985–1996
  • Caban – Club Monaco's Home Store, 2000–2006
  • Caplan's – Ottawa, Ontario department store; founded in 1897, closed in 1984
  • Consumers Distributing – Canadian catalogue discount retailer (formerly Consumers Distributing Ltd., 1957 to 1996)
  • Dupuis Frères – Montreal department store, founded by Nazaire Dupuis (1870), closed 1978
  • Eaton's – founded in 1869, went bankrupt in 1999; acquired by Sears Canada; defunct in 2002; as with the closure of Woodward's a decade earlier (see below), the vacancies left by Eaton's stores sparked a number of major shopping mall renovations and reconfigurations across the country
  • Freimans – longtime Ottawa retailer, acquired by the Bay in 1972
  • Goudies – Kitchener, Ontario (1918–1988)
  • Home Outfitters – home goods store, subsidiary of Hudsons Bay Company, 1999–2019
  • Hudson's Bay – department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). Formerly called The Bay, 1881—2025
  • Horizon – discount department store operated by Eaton's, 1967–1978
  • Kmart Canada – discount department store, usually in the suburbs, created by S.S. Kresge  sold Canadian stores to Hudson's Bay Company in 1997; many of these stores closed outright; the few that remained were converted to HBC's Zellers banner
  • Laliberté – Quebec City department store, founded in 1867, closed 2020
  • Larocque's Department Store 1923–1971 Ottawa, Ontario; constructed in 1923 to cater to the Francophone community of Lowertown; William Noffke made additions to the space in 1930; Management and ownership taken over by Joe Vineberg 1931 with relatives Harry and Sol Goodman of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Closed circa 1970–1971; now the Mercury Court Building, housing offices of Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. and shops. Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. renovated and expanded the space from 1989 to 1993. Features include a Mercury weathervane by the American sculptor W. H. Mullen, which was rescued from the Sun Life Building, demolished in 1949. The building was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa, 2012.
  • Goodman Department Store- New Glasgow-Antigonish-Truro in Nova Scotia-Ottawa-Montreal. Established in 1904 by Harry Goodman, his brother Sol Goodman and the Vineburg Family under the name Vineburg Goodman & Co. Goodman's was northern Nova Scotia's first and largest department store with 34 departments. The Ottawa store operated under the name of Larocque noted above. Goodman Co. closed in Antigonish, New Glasgow and Truro in 1984–1985. The stores were redeveloped shopping centres in Antigonish by developer Brian MacLeod and in New Glasgow the largest store by Brian MacLeod, and lawyers Richard Goodman Q.C. (grandson of former owner) and Gregory MacDonald Q.C.
  • LW Stores – furniture, hardware, home, grocery, health & beauty, clothing liquidation retailer
  • Marks & Spencer – British retailer's Canadian stores first opened 1973 and closed 1999
  • Metropolitan – discount department store chain (1908–1997); sister chain of SAAN Stores and Greenberg Stores, later converted to the SAAN name
  • Miracle Mart – discount grocery store operated by Steinberg's, defunct 1992; some outlets of the spinoff grocery chain, Miracle Food Mart, were acquired by Dominion Stores
  • Morgan's – merged with Hudson's Bay Company
  • Murphy-Gamble – Ottawa store, acquired by Simpson's
  • Nordstrom – (2014–2023)
  • Ogilvy's (Charles Ogilvy Limited) – Ottawa-area chain, merged with Robinson's in the 1980s, defunct 1990s
  • Ogilvy's (Jas. A. Ogilvy's Limited) – Montreal department store, founded by James A. Ogilvy (1866), merged with Holt-Renfrew (2019)
  • Compagnie Paquet – Quebec City department store; founded in 1850; merged with Syndicat de Québec in the 1970s, closed in 1981
  • Peoples – 1914–1995; discount store closed at the same time as its parent company Wise Stores; not to be confused with the Canadian jewelry store chain
  • Pollack – Quebec City department store; two stores in Quebec City and one in Montreal; operated from 1915 to 1978
  • Prange & Prangeway – H. C. Prange Co.; opened in 1887; chain was acquired by Younkers in the autumn of 1992
  • Robinson's (G. W. Robinson Co. Ltd.) – store in Hamilton, Ontario (1899–1992)
  • S&R Department Store – discount store in Kingston (1959–2009) and Belleville.
  • S.S. Kresge – smaller, downtown locations
  • SAAN Stores – discount stores (1947–2008); most of chain's locations and SAAN name bought on asset basis by The Bargain! Shop
  • Sam's Club – opened 2005 and expanded to 6 locations; closed in 2009
  • Saks Fifth Avenue – high-end department store
  • Sayvette – discount department store, defunct 1970s
  • Sears Canada – Canadian unit of Sears (1984–2018)
  • Sentry – Ontario chain of retail department stores; various locations from Sarnia to Kingston; founded in 1961 by Samuel Joseph Lipson (August 15, 1911 – November 12, 2006). A discount department store with the slogan "Sentry Ã¢Â€Â“ Guards your dollar", this small regional chain closed in the early 1980s.
  • Shop-Rite – catalogue store operated by Hudson's Bay Company, 1970s-1982
  • Simpson's – acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company and closed 1991; name now owned by Sears Canada 2001–2008; now owned by 1373639 Alberta Ltd, a Sears Canada shell company
  • Simpsons-Sears Limited – name retired and renamed Sears Canada Inc.; 1952–1984
  • Spencer's – Western Canada, bought by Eaton's
  • Stanley Mills & Co. – Hamilton, Ontario (1888–1985)
  • Stedmans or later Stedmans V&S - Chain of small department stores across Canada founded 1907 - today remaining stores are independents.
  • Syndicat de Quebec – Quebec City department store; founded in 1867; closed in 1981
  • Target – Newfoundland discount variety store chain (1981–1995); never related to the American company
  • Target Canada – part of US giant Target Corporation (2013–2015)
  • Taylor's – Quebec department store
  • Thomas C. Watkins Limited ("The Right House") – department store in Hamilton, Ontario (closed 1983) run by Thomas C. Watkins
  • Towers Department Stores/BoniMart – sold to Zellers in 1990 and name retired in 1991, with closure of final stores
  • Walker's - Division of Gordon Mackay & Co Ltd. Purchased by Marks & Spencers in the 1970's
  • Wise Stores – similar to Hart Stores
  • Woodward's – Western Canada; defunct 1993; most stores converted to Zellers, Walmart, and The Bay; its closure sparked a wave of major renovations and reconfigurations in malls across Canada between 1993 and the early 2000s
  • Woolco – discount department store, usually in the suburbs, acquired by Wal-Mart in 1994
  • Woolworth's – closed Canadian stores in 1994, though some became Woolco (such as the Whitehorse outlet); others that did not close outright were reconfigured and rebranded as The Bargain! Shop
  • XS Cargo – discount retailer chain dealing in clearance items; defunct 2014
  • Yaohan – single location in Vancouver of Japanese chain in the late 1990s
  • Zellers – discount retailer chain (1931–2020), store leases purchased by Target Canada in 2011, with brand name replaced & stores changed to Target in 2013. The last two stores using the Zellers name, were closed in 2020. In spring 2023 HBC re-opened some Zellers stores within select Hudson's Bay Stores

Cuba

  • El Encanto – operating from 1888 to 1959
  • Sears – operating from 1954 to 1960

El Salvador

Defunct:

  • Sanborns (2004–2020)
  • Carrion (2003–2019)

Mexico

Defunct

Puerto Rico

Defunct:

  • González Padín - high-end department store chain, founded in 1884, biggest and oldest local department store on the island until closure in 1995 due to economic problems.
  • Es de Velasco - high-end department store chain, founded in 1939, acquired by competitor González Padín in 1991, closed in 1995.
  • New York Department Stores - department store chain, founded in 1931, acquired in 1994 by the Melville Corp., most stores turned to Marshalls or closed.
  • Pitusa - discount department store chain, founded in 1976, downsized due to economic problems and ultimately closed last stores in 2014 after bankruptcy.
  • Topeka - discount department store chain, founded in 1967, downsized due to economic problems ultimately closing in the 2010s.
  • Kmart - national department store chain, established on the island in 1964 at the San Patricio Plaza shopping mall, closed last store in 2022 located at the Plaza Las Américas shopping mall.
  • Barkers - discount department store chain, established on the island in 1962, ultimately closed in 1984.
  • Sears Last store closed on August 31, 2025.

United States

South America

Argentina

Defunct:

Bolivia

Brazil

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Chile

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • J. C. Penney – two stores in Santiago area (one in Alto Las Condes as a full-store, one in Parque Arauco as an only-furniture store); closed because of poor sales in 1999; converted to Almacenes París and Casa&Ideas stores.
  • Gala-Sears – five stores (one full store and four minor stores) in Santiago area; Chilean division of Sears; closed because of poor sales in 1983; converted to Falabella.
  • Muricy – two stores in Santiago area; closed because of bankruptcy in 1990; converted to Almacenes París.

Supermarkets and discount stores:

  • Jumbo – supermarket chain, belongs to the Cencosud Group
  • Líder – supermarket chain, belongs to the D&S Company, a Walmart joint venture

Colombia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Ecuador

  • Almacenes Tía
  • Almacenes De Prati – department store and retail business; clothing, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, and home goods
  • Comandato

Paraguay

Peru

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Supermarkets and discount stores

Uruguay

Defunct:

Venezuela

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Sears - sold to Organización Cisneros in 1984, rebranded to Maxy's until it became defunct in 1995.

Asia

Bahrain

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Debenhams – operating from 1997 to 2025

Brunei

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Yaohan – operating from 1987 to 1997

China

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Harrods – operating from 2020 to 2026
  • Printemps – operating from 1995 to 2013
  • Seiyu – operating from 1988 till closure
  • Wing On – operating from 1918 to 1966
  • Yaohan – operating from 1995 to 1997

Hong Kong

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Daimaru – operating from 1960 to 1998
  • Isetan – operating from 1973 to 1996
  • Matsuzakaya – operating from 1941 to 1945 and from 1981 to 1988
  • New World
  • Seibu – operating from 1990 to 2013
  • Seiyu – operating till 2008
  • Tokyu – operating from 1982 to 1999
  • Yaohan – operating from 1984 to 1997

India

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Debenhams – operating from 2007 to 2015

Indonesia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Centro – operating from 2003 to 2021
  • Debenhams – operating from 2012 to 2017
  • Harvey Nichols – operating from 2008 to 2010
  • JCPenney – operating from 1995 to 1998
  • LuLu – operating from 2016 to 2025
  • Parisian
  • Parkson – operating from 2013 to 2021
  • Walmart – operating from 1996 to 1998
  • Yaohan – operating from 1992 to 1996/7

Iran

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Iran Department Store
  • Kourosh / کوروش – operating from till 1979

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kuwait

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Debenhams – operating from 1999 to 2025
  • Villa Moda – operating from 2003 to ~2011

Lebanon

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • BHV – operating from 1998 to 2020
  • Byblos / Printemps – operating from 1960 to 1975
  • Fontana
  • Orosdi Back – operating from 1900 to the early 1970s

Macau

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Malaysia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Daimaru – operating from 1942
  • Debenhams – operating from 2003 to 2006 and 2008 to 2018
  • Jusco – operating from 1985 to 2012
  • LuLu – operating from 2016 to 2025
  • Printemps – operating from 1984 to 1987
  • Robinsons – operating from 1928 to 2020
  • Tangs – operating from 1995
  • Yaohan – operating from 1987 to 1998

Oman

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Debenhams – operating from 2019 to ~2024

Philippines

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Debenhams – operating from 2005 to ~2021

Qatar

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Saudi Arabia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Singapore

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Daimaru – operating from 1983 to 2003
  • Emporium – operating from 1961 to 1987
  • Galeries Lafayette – operating from 1982 to 1986 and 1987 to 1996
  • Isetan – operating from 2013 to 2020
  • John Little – operating from 1842 to 2016
  • Kmart Metro – operating from 1994 to 1996
  • Lane Crawford – operating from 1994 to 1996
  • Printemps – operating from 1983 to 1989
  • Robinsons – operating from 1858 to 2020
  • Seiyu – operating from 1998 to 2007
  • Seiyu Wing On – operating from 1994 to 1998
  • Shui Hing – operating from 1980 to 1983
  • Sogo – operating from 1986 to 2000
  • St. Michael – operating from ~early 1970s to 1994
  • Tokyu – operating from 1987 to 1998
  • Yaohan – operating from 1974 to 1997

South Korea

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Donghwa – operating from 1945 to ~1950
  • Hanyang – operating from 1975 to 1997
  • Mitsukoshi – operating from 1930 to 1945
  • Printemps – operating from 1988 to 1997
  • Sampoong – operating from 1990 to 1995
  • Say – operating from 1996 to 2024
  • Tapeyung – operating from 1992 to 2021

Sri Lanka

Syria

  • Orosdi Back – operating from 1906 till closure

Taiwan

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Isetan – operating from 1992 to 2008
  • Lai Lai – operating from 1978 to 2003
  • Printemps – operating from 1995 to 2002
  • Tokyu – operating from 1975 to 2002

Thailand

Currently trading:

Defunct:

United Arab Emirates

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Vietnam

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Parkson – operating from 2005 to 2023

Europe

Albania

Austria

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Azerbaijan

  • Barkers – operating from 2015 to 2023
  • Harvey Nichols – operating from 2015 to 2015

Belgium

Currently trading:

  • Inno (Nationwide, since 1897)

Defunct:

  • Au Bon Marché – operating from 1860 to 1969
  • La Bourse – operating from 1872 to 1972
  • Marks & Spencer – operating from 1975 to 2001 and from 2015 to 2017

Bulgaria

  • TZUM – operating from 1957 to 1999

Czech Republic

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Kmart – operating from 1992 to 1996
  • Máj – operating from 1975 to 1992
  • My – operating from 2009 to 2019

Cyprus

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Avenues – operating from 2000 to
  • Debenhams – operating from 2004 to 2020
  • Ermes – operating from 1971 to 2004
  • Woolworth – operating from 1974 to 2003

Denmark

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • AnVa – operating from 1950
  • Daell's – operating from 1912 to 1999

Estonia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Finland

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Anttila – operating from 1952 to 2016
  • Marks & Spencer – operating from 1999 to ? and from 2014 to 2025
  • Pukeva – operating from 1933 to 1993

France

Defunct:

Germany

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Greece

Currently trading:

Hungary

Currently trading:

  • Corvin
  • Skala

Defunct

Iceland

Ireland

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Foreign-Operated:

Italy

Defunct:

  • Gamma – acquired by Standa in 1973
  • JCPenney – acquired by Rinascente in 1977
  • Mas – department store in Rome, closed in 2017
  • Standa – acquired by Gruppo Coin in 1998

Latvia

Lithuania

  • Akropolis
  • CUP
  • Europa
  • Gedimino 9
  • Ozas
  • Panorama
  • Maxima

Luxembourg

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Monopol – sold its assets

Malta

Currently trading:

  • JB Stores (Nationwide, since 1983)
  • Marks & Spencer (Nationwide, since 1962)

Defunct:

  • Debenhams – operating from 2010 to 2021

Netherlands

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Romania

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Russia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Serbia

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Slovakia

Defunct:

Slovenia

Spain

Currently trading:

Defunct:

  • Almacenes Al Pelayo (Oviedo)
  • Almacenes Arias – closed in 1997
  • Almacenes Botas (Oviedo and Gijón)
  • Almacenes Madrid-París
  • Almacenes Simeón – closed in 1987
  • Galerías Preciados – taken over by El Corte Inglés in 1996
  • Isetan
  • Marks & Spencer – closed in 1996
  • Sears – taken over by Galerías Preciados in 1983
  • SEPU – the Australian owners closed the remaining four branches in 2002

Sweden

Currently trading:

Defunct:

Switzerland

  • Coop City
  • Globus – Zürich, Bern, Luzern, Sursee, Walisellen, Locarno, Dietlikon, Marin, Basel, Chur, St. Gallen, Lausanne and Genève
  • Jelmoli – one flagship store located in Zürich
  • Loeb (Swiss department store) (Bern and branches) – Biel, Thun and Schönbühl
  • Manor (Basel and branches) – used to operate under different brands like Nordmann, Vilan, Rheinbrücke, Placette and Innovazione
  • Migros – the largest supermarket chain, but acting as a department store in different shopping centers

Defunct:

  • ABM (Au Bon Marché) – discount chain; was a part of the Globus group; closed 2001; some shops were converted to C&A stores
  • EPA (Einheitspreis AG) – discount chain; closed 2005; most stores converted to Coop City or closed down

Turkey

Defunct:

  • Debenhams – operating from 2006 to 2017
  • Galeries Lafayette – operating from 2017 to 2021
  • Harvey Nichols – operating from 2006 to 2021
  • Orsodi Back – operating from 1855 to 1943
  • Printemps – operating from 1988 to 1997 and from 1998 to 2000
  • YKM – operating from 1950 to 2012

United Kingdom

Notable department stores currently operating:

Oceania

Australia

Operating department stores:

Operating discount department stores:

Defunct:

Guam

Currently operating:

Defunct:

  • Seiyu – operating from 1973 till closure

New Zealand

Currently operating department stores:

Currently operating discount department stores:

Defunct:

Northern Mariana Islands

See also

References