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".

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Africa

Botswana

Currently trading:

• Woolworths

Defunct:

• Stuttafords

Egypt

Currently trading

• Marks & Spencer
• Omar Effendi

Defunct:

• Adès
• Benzion
• Chemla
• Cicurel
• Debenhams
• Orosdi-Back
• Salon Vert
• Sednaoui

Eswatini

• Edgars
• Woolworths

Ghana

Defunct:

• Edgars
• Woolworths (2002–2019)

Kenya

• Woolworths

Lesotho

• Edgars
• Woolworths

Madagascar

Defunct:

• Printemps

Morocco

Currently trading:

• Marks & Spencer

Defunct:

• Galeries Lafayette (1920s–1970s; 2011–2016)

Mozambique

• Woolworths

Namibia

Currently trading:

• Edgars
• Woolworths
• Stuttafords

Nigeria

Defunct:

• Woolworths (2011–2013) ^[1]

South Africa

Currently trading:

• Edgars
• Woolworths

Defunct:

• Garlicks
• Stuttafords

Tanzania

• Woolworths

Uganda

• Woolworths

Zambia

• Woolworths

Defunct

• Edgars

Zimbabwe

• Edgars

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, and Amherst, Nova Scotia
• Holt Renfrew – high-end department store chain
• Simons – Department store founded in 1840. Stores in Québec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta and British Columbia.

Defunct:

• Adilman's Department Store – Saskatoon, SK (1921–1974)
• A.L. Green - chain of department stores. Merged with Greenberg Stores about 1980.
• 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 ^{[2] [3]}
• 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. ^[4]
• 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 ^[2]
• 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) ^[5] 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 ^[6] by Samuel Joseph Lipson (August 15, 1911 – November 12, 2006). ^[7] A discount department store with the slogan "Sentry – Guards your dollar", ^[8] this small regional chain closed in the early 1980s. ^[9]
• 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 ^[2]
• 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

• Sears (opened in 2010)
• Siman (opened in 1921)

Defunct:

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

Mexico

• Liverpool – biggest department store chain in Mexico
• El Palacio de Hierro – high-end department store
• Sanborns – division of Carso Comercial
• Sears Mexico – division of Carso Comercial
• Suburbia

Defunct

• Fábricas de Francia (1878-2019)
• Saks Fifth Avenue (2007–2022)

Puerto Rico

• Tiendas Capri - department store chain, founded in 1963. ^[10]
• Me Salvé - discount department store chain, founded in 1982.
• Grand Way - discount department store chain, founded in 2013. ^[11]
• Grand Stores - discount department store chain, founded in 1984. ^[12]
• JCPenney - national department store chain, established on the island in 1968 at the Plaza Las Américas shopping mall.
• Macy's - national department store chain, established on the island in the year 2000 at the Plaza Las Américas shopping mall, expanded with another store on the island in 2015 at the Plaza del Caribe shopping mall.
• Marshalls
• Sears - national department store chain, established on the island in 1937, ^[13] downsized with multiple closures, one store left at the Plaza Las Américas shopping mall as of today.
• TJ Maxx
• Burlington Coat Factory
• Walmart
• Costco
• Sam’s Club
• Ross Dress For Less

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, ^[14] ultimately closed in 1984.

United States

Main articles: List of department stores of the United States and List of defunct retailers of the United States

South America

Argentina

• Coto
• Disco
• Jumbo
• Easy
• Falabella
• La Anonima
• Walmart

Defunct:

• Casa Tía
• Harrods

Bolivia

• Big Sur
• Ketal

Brazil

Currently trading:

• Daslu
• Lojas Americanas
• Lojas Renner
• Lojas Riachuelo
• Máquina de Vendas

Defunct:

• Mappin
• Mesbla
• Muricy
• Sears

Chile

Currently trading:

• Almacenes París – belongs to the Cencosud Group
• Falabella – largest and oldest department store in Chile
• La Polar
• Ripley
• Abcdin

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:

• Casa Tía
• Falabella – Chilean company; opened first store in Colombia in 2006
• Flamingo
• Makro

Defunct:

• Sears
• La Polar
• Ripley

Ecuador

• Almacenes Tía
• Almacenes De Prati ^[15] – department store and retail business; clothing, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, and home goods
• Comandato ^[16]

Paraguay

• Nueva Americana ^[17]

Peru

Currently trading:

• Falabella
• Oeschle
• Ripley

Defunct:

• Almacenes París – was end operations in 2020
• Saga – sold to Falabella (Chile) and rebranded as Saga Falabella in 1995

Supermarkets and discount stores

• Metro - hypermarket property of Chilean Cencosud
• Plaza Vea – hypermarket property of Supermercados Peruanos
• Tottus – hypermarket property of Chilean Falabella Holdings
• Vivanda – supermarket property of Supermercados Peruanos
• Wong – supermarket property of Chilean Cencosud

Uruguay

Defunct:

• London París

Venezuela

Currently trading:

• Graffiti
• Macuto
• Traki

Defunct:

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

Asia

Bahrain

• Marks & Spencer

Brunei

Currently trading:

• Hua Ho Department Store

Defunct:

• Yaohan

China

Currently trading:

• Beijing Hualian
• Dashang Group
• Galeries Lafayette
• Isetan and Mitsukoshi Department Stores
• Jiuguang Department Store
• Pacific Sogo
• Parkson
• Takashimaya

Defunct:

• Printemps
• Seiyu – sold to Beijing Hualian Group
• Wing On – after civil war in 1949, the store's business moved outside China to Hong Kong; its properties and asset in China were nationalized under the Communist system
• Yaohan

Hong Kong

Currently trading:

• APiTA
• c!ty'super – since 1996
• Citistore
• Fortnum & Mason
• Harvey Nichols
• JUSCO – part of AEON Group
• Lane Crawford – since 1850
• Marks & Spencer
• New World Development
• Seibu Department Stores
• Sincere Department Store – since 1900
• Sogo – since 1980
• Wing On – since 1907
• YATA – since 1990 as Seiyu. Sold in 2000 to Sun Hung Kai, rebranded as YATA in 2008 ^[18]

Defunct:

• Daimaru – closed in 1998
• Isetan
• Matsuzakaya
• Seiyu – locations sold to Sun Hung Kai in 2000, now operates as YATA
• Tokyu
• Yaohan – bankrupt in 1997

India

Currently trading:

• Lifestyle
• LuLu
• Shoppers Stop

Planned opening:

• Galeries Lafayette – opening in 2025

Defunct:

• Debenhams – operating from 2007 to 2015
• Marks & Spencer
• Pantaloons

Indonesia

Currently trading:

• Foreign department store brands:
  • ÆON – Jakarta, Tangerang, Bogor
  • Central – Jakarta
  • Galeries Lafayette – Jakarta
  • Lotte – Jakarta
  • LuLu – Jakarta, Tangerang
  • Marks & Spencer – Jakarta, Tangerang, Bandung, Surabaya, Bali, Medan
  • Metro – Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Solo
  • Seibu – Jakarta
  • Sogo – Jakarta, Tangerang, Surabaya, Bali, Medan, Samarinda
• Local department store brands:
  • Lima Cahaya – Kalimantan
  • Matahari – nationwide
  • Sarinah – Jakarta

Defunct:

• Centro
• Debenhams
• Harvey Nichols
• Hanshin (cancelled opening in 1997)
• JCPenney
• Parisian
• Parkson
• Printemps (cancelled opening in 1997)
• Walmart
• Yaohan

Israel

• Castro
• Hamashbir Lazarchan
• Honigman

Japan

Main article: Department stores in Japan

Jordan

• Aïshti

Kuwait

Currently trading:

• Harvey Nichols
• Marks & Spencer

Defunct:

• Villa Moda

Laos

• Big C
• Parkson

Lebanon

Currently trading:

• Aïshti
• ABC

Defunct:

• Le BHV
• Grands Magasins Byblos (Beirut)

Macau

Currently trading:

• Galeries Lafayette
• New Yaohan
• Marks & Spencer

Defunct:

• Yaohan

Malaysia

Currently trading:

• Aeon
• G2000
• Isetan
• Marks & Spencer
• Metrojaya
• Padini
• Parkson
• Parkwell
• Robinsons
• Seibu
• Sogo
• SaSa

Defunct:

• Daimaru
• Debenhams (2003–2006; 2008–unknown)
• LuLu
• Printemps (opened 1984)
• Tangs (1995–unknown)
• Yaohan (1987–1998)

Oman

• Marks & Spencer

Pakistan

• Metro

Philippines

Currently trading:

• Isetann
• Manels
• Marks & Spencer
• Robinsons Department Store
• SM Store

Defunct:

• Debenhams

Qatar

Currently trading:

• Debenhams
• Galeries Lafayette
• Harvey Nichols
• Marks & Spencer
• Printemps

Defunct:

• Villa Moda

Saudi Arabia

Currently trading:

• Debenhams
• Harvey Nichols
• Paris Gallery
• Marks & Spencer

Defunct:

• Printemps
• Saks Fifth Avenue (2001–2010)

Singapore

Currently trading:

• Beijing Hualian Group – formerly known as Seiyu Group (Bugis Junction, Lot 1, The Clementi Mall, Jurong Point, Junction 8)
• Isetan (Shaw House and Centre, Tampines Mall, Parkway Parade, NEX)
• Metro (Paragon, Causeway Point)
• Mustafa (Little India)
• Robinson & Co.
  • Marks & Spencer – franchise (313@Somerset, Jewel Changi Airport, Marina Square, One Raffles Place, Paragon, Plaza Singapura, Parkway Parade Vivocity, Waterway Point, Wheelock Place)
• Takashimaya (Ngee Ann City)
• Tangs (Tang Plaza - Orchard Road, VivoCity)
• OG (Chinatown, Bugis, Orchard Road)

Defunct:

• Daimaru – branches now closed in Singapore
• Galeries Lafayette
• Lane Crawford – branches now closed in Singapore
• Printemps
• Seiyu
• Sogo – branches now closed in Singapore
• Tokyu – branches now closed in Singapore
• Robinson & Co.
  • John Little – branches now closed in Singapore
  • Robinsons – branches now closed in Singapore
• Yaohan – branches now closed in Singapore

South Korea

• AK Plaza – five branches throughout the country, Main shop in Guro, SW Seoul and Bundang new city and Suwon & Pyeongtaek station shop, A AeKyung group company
• Galleria Department Store – six or five branches throughout South Korea, because EAST and WEST are considered one store in Gangnam, Southern Seoul, Main department store in Daejeon & Cheninan, Chungnam area. A Hanwha group subsidiary.
• Happy World (Haengbokhan Sesang) Department Store – Yangcheon-gu, Mokdong, Seoul
• Hyundai Department Store – 15 branches throughout the country main brand in Gangnam Apgujeong dong & Gangnam coex shop, Pangyo new city & Kintex shop at NE Seoul exhibition center
• Lotte Department Store – more than 30 branches throughout the country, including three Young Plazas and one Avenuel at jamsil 123-storey skyscraper mall complex, 8 overseas branches in Russia, Moscow, China, Vietnam, Hanoi, and Indonesia, Jakarta The top department stores with Lotte hotel complex.
• M Department Store – Chuncheon, Gangwon-do
• NC Department Store - Part of E-land group company, it has 19 branches throughout the nation including Seoul Garden 5 mall, Southern Seoul along with Hyudnai city mall.
• Say Department Store – Seo-gu, Daejeon
• Shinsegae Department Store – 13 branches throughout the country including Myeongdong shop and starfield mall in Hanam SE Seoul & Goyang, Northern Seoul.
• Taepyung Department Store – Dongjak-gu, Seoul

Defunct:

• Printemps – Seoul branch (1988~1997)
• Sampoong Department Store – collapsed due to building weakness in 1995 (1989~1995)

Sri Lanka

Currently trading:

• Barefoot
• Cargills
• ODEL

Taiwan

Currently trading:

• Breeze Center
• Dayeh Takashimaya
• Hayashi Department Store
• Ming Yao Department Store
• Far Eastern Sogo
• Shin Kong Mitsukoshi

Defunct:

• Isetan
• Printemps
• Takashimaya
• Tokyu

Thailand

Currently trading:

• Central Retail Corporation – group includes:
  • Central
  • Robinson
• Daiso Grand
• Diana (Hat Yai-Songkhla, Pattani)
• The Erawan Group – group includes:
  • Ploenchit Center (Sukhumvit)
• G2000
• Gaysorn Group – group includes:
  • Amarin Plaza (Ratchaprasong) – taken over from the Erawan Group
  • Gaysorn Plaza (Ratchaprasong)
• The Mall Group – group includes:
  • Emporium (Sukhumvit)
  • EmQuartier (Sukhumvit)
  • The Mall
  • The Paragon (Khet Pathum Wan)
• Pantip Plaza (Pratunam Market)
• Siam Piwat – group includes:
  • Siam Center (Khet Pathum Wan)
  • Siam Discovery (Khet Pathum Wan)
• Takashimaya
• Tesco Lotus Department Store
• Topland Group (Phitsanulok) – group includes:
  • Topland Arcade
  • Topland Plaza

Defunct:

• Thai Daimaru
• Isetan
• JUSCO – closed department store section and changed supermarket name section to Maxvalu Tokai
• Printemps
• Marks & Spencer
• Seiyu
• Sogo
• Tokyu
• Yaohan

United Arab Emirates

Currently trading:

• Bloomingdale's (The Dubai Mall)
• Debenhams
• Galeries Lafayette (The Dubai Mall)
• Harvey Nichols (Mall of the Emirates)
• LuLu Hypermarkets, Supermarkets & Department Stores
• Marks & Spencer

Defunct:

• BHV (2017–2019)
• Saks Fifth Avenue (2004–2016)
• House of Fraser (2013–2021)
• Robinsons (2017–2021)

Vietnam

• AEON (8 malls throughout the country with supermarket in other malls)
• Lotte Department Store
• Takashimaya
  • Saigon Centre (Ho Chi Minh City)
  • Westlake Square Hanoi (under construction)

Defunct:

• Parkson

Europe

Albania

• Coin – part of Gruppo Coin (Italy)
• OVS – part of Gruppo Coin (Italy)

Austria

Currently trading:

• Kastner & Öhler

Defunct

• Isetan

Azerbaijan

Defunct:

• Barkers
• Harvey Nichols

Belgium

• Galeria Inno – part of the German GALERIA Holding GmbH (Galeria Kaufhof)

Bulgaria

• TZUM- dismantled in the 1990s. Several modern malls function in Sofia, Varna, Bourgas, etc.

Czech Republic

• Bílá Labuť
• Desirred
• Kotva
• Marks & Spencer

Cyprus

• Debenhams – operated by Ermes Department Stores Ltd
• Marks & Spencer

Denmark

Currently trading:

• Illum (Copenhagen)
• Magasin du Nord (Copenhagen, Lyngby, Field's, Rødovre, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg)
• Salling (Aarhus and Aalborg)

Defunct:

• Anva
• Daell's
• Debenhams

Estonia

Currently trading:

• Stockmann

Defunct:

• Anttila
• Marks & Spencer

Finland

Currently trading:

• Marks & Spencer
• Sokos
• Stockmann

Defunct:

• Anttila
• Pukeva

France

• Le BHV Marais
• Le Bon Marché
• Le Samaritaine
• Galeries Lafayette
• Printemps

Defunct:

• Marks & Spencer
• Prisunic – acquired by Monoprix
• Uniprix – acquired by Monoprix

Germany

Currently trading:

• Alsterhaus
• Breuninger
• Galeria
• Hema
• KaDeWe
• Ludwig Beck
• Oberpollinger
• Woolworth

Defunct:

• Hertie – merged with Karstadt
• Horten AG – merged with Kaufhof; all stores were renamed "Kaufhof" or "Galeria Kaufhof" or have been closed
• Karstadt – merged with Kaufhof
• Galeria Kaufhof
• Galeries Lafayette
• Marks & Spencer
• Mitsukoshi – the German store has been closed
• Schocken – merged with Horten and later Kaufhof
• Wertheim

Greece

Currently trading:

• Attica Department Stores, Attica at Golden Hall
• Fokas Department Stores (closed)
• Hondos Center – mainly cosmetics
• Marks & Spencer
• Notos Galleries

Hungary

Currently trading:

• Corvin
• Skala

Defunct

• Marks & Spencer

Iceland

• Debenhams
• Hagkaup

Iran

Currently trading:

• Debenhams (Tehran)
• Rosha (Tajrish, Tehran)
• Utopia (Tajrish, Tehran)

Defunct:

• Iran Department Store (Pahlavi Street, Tehran)
• Kourosh / کوروش (Largest Iranian chain, closed following 1979 Revolution)

Ireland

Currently trading:

• Arnotts
• Brown Thomas
• BT2 – subsidiary of Brown Thomas
• Dunnes Stores

Defunct:

• Clerys – closed in 2015
• Darrers
• Roches Stores – acquired by Debenhams

Foreign-Operated:

• Harvey Nichols
• House of Fraser
• Marks & Spencer

Italy

• Aumai - Chinese department store
• Coin – part of Gruppo Coin
• Coin Excelsior – part of Gruppo Coin
• OVS – part of Gruppo Coin
• Rinascente – part of Central Group (Thailand)
• The Oriental Mall - Chinese department store in Milan
• UPIM – part of Gruppo Coin

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

• Elkor
• Maxima
• Rimi
• Stockmann

Lithuania

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

Luxembourg

Currently trading:

• Galeries Lafayette

Defunct:

• Monopol – sold its assets

Netherlands

Currently trading:

• Berden – department store in Heerlen
• De Bijenkorf
• HEMA

Defunct:

• Maison de Bonneterie – operating from 1889 to 2014
• Metz & Co – operating from 1740 to 2013
• Schunck – operating from 1874 to 1995
• Vroom & Dreesmann – operating from 1887 to 2016
• Hudson's Bay – operating from 2017 to 2019

Norway

• Christiania Glasmagasin
• Illum
• Eger
• Marks & Spencer
• Paleet
• Steen & Strøm
• OXHOLM

Poland

• CDT 'Smyk'
• Jabłkowski Brothers

Portugal

Currently trading:

• El Corte Inglés (Lisbon and Vila Nova de Gaia) – leading Spanish department store
• Marques Soares (Porto and branches)

Defunct:

• Grandella (Lisbon)
• Grandes Armazens do Chiado (Lisbon and branches)
• Marks & Spencer
• Printemps

Romania

Currently trading:

• Marks & Spencer

Defunct:

• Debenhams

Russia

Currently trading:

• Gostiny Dvor – established 1785
• GUM
• Lotte Department Store
• Moscow ^[19]
• The Passage – established 1848
• Petrovsky Passage – established 1906
• TsUM
• TAKE AWAY
• Stockmann - opened 1989

Defunct:

• Galeries Lafayette
• Stockmann

Serbia

Currently trading:

• Coin – part of Gruppo Coin (Italy)
• Robne kuće Beograd

Defunct:

• Marks & Spencer

Slovakia

Defunct:

• Marks & Spencer

Slovenia

• E. Leclerc
• Interspar
• Mercator
• Tuš

Spain

Currently trading:

• El Corte Inglés – leading Spanish department store chain
• Dunnes Stores (Málaga)
• Galerías Aitana (Calpe)
• Galerías Primero (Zaragoza)
• Bide Onera (Barakaldo)

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:

• Åhléns (Stockholm)
• Gekås (Ullared)
• Nordiska Kompaniet (Stockholm and Gothenburg)

Defunct:

• Debenhams – closed in 2007
• PUB (Stockholm) – closed in 2014

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

• Beymen – luxury shopping
• Boyner
• Vakko – luxury shopping
• Özdilek

Defunct:

• Harvey Nichols – operating from 2006 to 2021
• Debenhams – operating from 2006 to 2017 ^[20]
• Galeries Lafayette – operating from 2017 to 2021
• YKM – operated from 1950 until being acquired by Boyner in 2012 ^[21]
• Marks & Spencer
• Printemps, Galleria Ataköy – operating from 1988 to 1998 ^[22]

United Kingdom

Main article: List of department stores of the United Kingdom

Major department stores currently trading

• John Lewis
• Marks & Spencer
• House of Fraser
• Harrods
• Selfridges
• Liberty
• Harvey Nichols
• Fortnum & Mason
• Fenwick
• TK Maxx

Oceania

Australia

Department stores:

• David Jones
• Harris Scarfe
• Harrolds
• Myer

Discount department stores:

• Best & Less
• Big W
• Dimmeys
• Kmart Australia
• Target Australia
• TK Maxx

Defunct:

• Anthony Hordern & Sons
• Ball & Welch
• Boans
• Bolands
• Bright & Hitchcocks
• Buckley & Nunn
• Charles Birks & Company
• Charles Davis
• Charles Moore & Company
• Cribb & Foote
• Daimaru
• FitzGerald's
• Fosseys
• Foy & Gibson
• Georges
• Gowings
• Grace Bros – now Myer
• HA & W Goode
• James Marshall & Company
• JB Young's
• John Martin's
• Marcus Clark & Company
• Mark Foy's
• McWhirters
• Trade Secret - rebranded to TK Maxx
• Venture
• Waltons
• Western Stores

New Zealand

Department Stores:

• Ballantynes (Christchurch, Timaru and Invercargill)
• David Jones (Auckland)
• Farmers - nationally trading
• Smith & Caughey's (Auckland)

Discount department stores:

• Kmart
• The Warehouse

Defunct:

• Arthur Barnett – operating from 1903 to 2015
• DIC – operating from 1884 to 1991
• DEKA – operating from 1988 to 2001
• Haywrights – operating from 1929 to 1982
• H & J Smith – operating from 1900 to 2023
• Kirkcaldie & Stains – operating from 1863 to 2016
• Milne & Choyce – operating from 1867 to 1992

See also

• List of convenience stores
• List of hypermarkets
• List of supermarket chains
• List of superstores

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