Operating Company
Ito Yokado's operating company, history and group companies.
About Us
Corporate Name
Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. (Japanese: イトーヨーカドー)
Year of Establishment
1920
Paid-In Capital
40 billion Yen (As of February, 2018)
Total Employees
34,133 (As of February, 2018)
Business
Superstore
History
1920
Toshio Yoshikawa opens "Yokado Clothing Store" at Tokyo Asakusa.
1945
Relocated from Tokyo Asakusa to Kitasenju after the store burned down in the war.
1971
The company name changed to Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.
1972
Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1973
Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
York Seven Co., Ltd* established and a license agreement concluded with the US Southland Corporation.
*It is now Seven Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.
1981
Seven Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1988
Ito Yokado's sales exceed one trillion Yen.
2005
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. was established. Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. and Seven Eleven Co., Ltd join Seven & i Holdings.
