IKEA store openings

The history of IKEA goes back over 70 years. It took 15 years before the first store opened. Expansion has been slow compared, to other big box stores, but IKEA has been global from its' early days.



To watch the expansion of IKEA through the years start scrolling!

IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad began selling various items delivered on his bike years before the first catelogue and flat-pack furniture came along

IKEA expands outside Scandinavia with the Zurich & Munich stores before openings in Hong Kong, Australia and Canada

IKEA finally reaches the US in 1985

Now with stores in China, store count passes 200

Store count passes 300

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Read my notes on the process.

Verison 2.0

1943 IKEA founded 1951 Catalogue introduced 1953 Showroom opened 1956 First flat-pack product 1958 Älmhult 1963 Oslo 1965 Stockholm (Kungens Kurva) 1966 Sundsvall 1966 Malmö 1969 Copenhagen (Tåstrup) 1972 Gothenburg (Kållared) 1973 Zürich (Spreitenbach) 1974 Munich (Eching) 1975 Dartmouth, NS 1975 Sydney (Homebush Bay) 1975 Hong Kong (Kowloon) 1975 Cologne (Godorf) 1976 Vancouver (Richmond) 1976 Grossburgwedel 1976 Bremen (Brinkum) 1977 Vienna (Vösendorf) 1977 Toronto (North York) 1977 Frankfurt (Wallau) 1977 Linköping 1978 Edmonton 1978 Dortmund (Unna) 1978 Singapore (Alexandra) 1979 Calgary 1979 Ottawa (Pinecrest) 1979 Berlin (Spandau) 1979 Dusseldorf (Kaarst) 1979 Lausanne (Aubonne) 1980 Århus 1980 Kassel 1981 Freiburg 1981 Heidelberg (Walldorf) 1981 Nurnberg (Furth) 1981 Saarbrucken (Lisdorf) 1981 Reykjavik 1981 Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) 1981 Jönköping 1981 Gävle 1982 Montreal (Ville St Laurent) 1982 Amsterdam 1982 Helsingborg 1982 Örebro 1982 Uppsala 1983 Paris (Evryevry) 1983 Arnhem (Duiven) 1983 Jeddah 1983 Tenerife (Santa Cruz) 1984 Brussels (Zaventem) 1984 Kuwait City 1984 Åsane 1984 Västerås 1985 Antwerp (Wilrijk) 1985 Hognoul 1985 Odense 1985 Marseille (Vitrolles) 1985 Philadelphia (Conshohocken) 1986 Perth 1986 Paris North (Roissy) 1986 Washington (Woodbridge) 1987 Brisbane (Logan) 1987 Hong Kong (Shatin) 1987 Lyon (St Priest) 1987 Warrington 1988 Lille (Lomme) 1988 Forus 1988 London (Wembley) 1988 Baltimore 1989 Graz (Weblinger Gürtel) 1989 Hamburg (Schnelsen) 1989 Milan (Carugate) 1989 Pittsburgh 1990 Bordeaux 1990 Budapest 1990 Turin (Collegno) 1990 New Jersey (Elizabeth) 1990 Los Angeles (Burbank) 1991 Haid 1991 Toronto (Burlington) 1991 Prague (Zlicin) 1991 Poznan 1991 Grancia 1991 Dubai 1991 Birmingham 1991 New York (Hicksville) 1992 Paris West (Plaisir) 1992 Leipzig (Guntersdorf) 1992 Chemnitz 1992 Milan (Corsico) 1992 Brescia (Roncadelle) 1992 Delft 1992 Eindhoven 1992 Bratislava 1992 Mallorca (Palma) 1992 Gateshead 1992 London (Croydon) 1992 Los Angeles (Carson) 1992 Los Angeles (Costa Mesa) 1992 Los Angeles (Covina) 1992 Houston 1993 Hong Kong (Causeway Bay) 1993 Essen 1993 Berlin (Waltersdorf) 1993 Braunschweig 1993 Gdansk 1993 Warsaw (Janki) 1993 Riyadh 1993 Stockholm (Barkarby) 1994 Heerlen 1994 Seattle 1995 Copenhagen (Gentofte) 1995 Toulouse 1995 Leeds 1996 Helsinki (Espoo) 1996 Paris (Villiers Sur Marne) 1996 Bielefeld 1996 Kuala Lumpur (Damansara) 1996 Utrecht 1996 Wroclaw 1996 Barcelona (Badalona) 1996 Madrid (Alcorcón) 1996 Bern (Lyssach) 1996 London (Lakeside) 1997 Frankfurt (Hanau) 1997 Stuttgart (Sindelfingen) 1997 Bologna (Casalecchio) 1997 Groningen 1997 Zürich (Dietlikon) 1997 Nottingham 1998 Shanghai (Xyhui) 1998 Beijing (Chao Yang) 1998 Brno 1998 Stuttgart (Ludwigsburg) 1998 Genoa 1998 Oslo (Furuset) 1998 Krakow 1998 Taipei (Asia-World) 1998 Chicago (Schaumburg) 1999 Vienna (North) 1999 Strasbourg 1999 Dortmund (Kley) 1999 Dusseldorf (Reisholz) 1999 Budapest (Budaörs) 1999 Madrid (San Sebastian) 1999 Bristol 1999 Edinburgh 2000 Innsbruck 2000 Metz 2000 Rome (Anagnina) 2000 Katowice 2000 Moscow (Khimki) 2000 Basel (Pratteln) 2000 San Francisco (Emeryville) 2000 San Diego 2001 Toronto (Etobicoke) 2001 Ostrava 2001 Toulon 2001 Dresden 2001 Regensburg 2001 Thessaloniki 2001 Tel Aviv (Netanya) 2001 Rotterdam (Barendrecht) 2001 Warsaw (North) 2001 Moscow (Teply Stan) 2001 Abu Dhabi 2001 Glasgow (Braehead) 2002 Vancouver (Coquitlam) 2002 Nantes 2002 Kiel 2002 Hamburg (Moorfleet) 2002 Florence 2002 Hengelo 2002 Leangen 2003 Melbourne (Richmond) 2003 Salzburg 2003 Toronto (Vaughan) 2003 Montreal (Boucherville) 2003 Helsinki (Vantaa) 2003 Ulm 2003 Munich (Brunnthal) 2003 Berlin (Tempelhof) 2003 Breda 2003 St. Petersburg (Dybenko) 2003 Barcelona (Hospitalet) 2003 Cardiff 2003 Washington (College Park) 2003 New Jersey (Paramus) 2003 San Francisco (East Palo Alto) 2004 Prague (Cerny Most) 2004 Mannheim 2004 Athens (East) 2004 Naples 2004 Lisbon (Alfragide) 2004 Kazan 2004 Seville 2004 Gothenburg (Bäckebol) 2004 Taoyuan 2004 Minneapolis (Twin Cities) 2004 New Haven 2004 Philadelphia (South Philadelphia) 2004 Tempe 2005 Brussels (Anderlecht) 2005 Arlon 2005 Guangzhou 2005 Paris (Franconville) 2005 Dijon 2005 St. Etienne 2005 Montpellier 2005 Duisburg 2005 Siegen 2005 Osnabruck 2005 Erfurt 2005 Rome (Porta Di Roma) 2005 Padova 2005 Haarlem 2005 Moscow (Belaya Dacha) 2005 Barakaldo 2005 Asturias 2005 Lanzarote (Arrecife) 2005 Istanbul (Umraniye) 2005 London (Tottenham) 2005 Milton Keynes 2005 Atlanta 2005 Dallas 2005 Chicago (Bolingbrook) 2005 Boston (Stoughton) 2006 Adelaide 2006 Chengdu 2006 Marseille (La Valentine) 2006 Koblenz 2006 Hannover Expo-Park 2006 Augsburg 2006 Ancona 2006 Tokyo (Funabashi) 2006 Tokyo (Kohoku) 2006 Amersfoort 2006 Yekaterinburg 2006 Nizhniy Novgorod 2006 St. Peterburg (Parnas) 2006 Singapore (Tampines) 2006 Murcia 2006 Kalmar 2006 Haparanda 2006 Hsinchuang 2006 Kaohsiung 2006 Izmir 2006 Manchester 2006 West Sacramento 2006 Detroit (Canton) 2006 Austin (Round Rock) 2007 Nicosia 2007 Henin Beaumont 2007 Paris (Thiais) 2007 Grenoble 2007 Frankfurt (Nieder-Eschbach) 2007 Oldenburg 2007 Rostock 2007 Bari 2007 Porto (Matosinhos) 2007 Bucharest 2007 Novisibirsk 2007 Rostov 2007 Zaragoza 2007 Madrid (Vallecas) 2007 Malaga 2007 Karlstad 2007 St. Gallen 2007 Istanbul (Bayrampasa) 2007 Belfast 2007 Coventry 2007 Salt Lake City (Draper) 2007 Portland 2007 Miami (Sunrise) 2007 Orlando 2008 Klagenfurt 2008 Gent 2008 Shenzhen 2008 Nanjing 2008 Raisio 2008 Brest 2008 Paris (Velizy) 2008 Rennes 2008 Rouen 2008 Tours 2008 Athens (Centre) 2008 Parma 2008 Kobe (Port Island) 2008 Tsuruhama 2008 Krasnodar 2008 Dhahran 2008 Bursa 2008 Cincinnati (West Chester) 2008 New York (Brooklyn) 2009 Dalian 2009 Cologne (Butzweiler) 2009 Würzburg 2009 Larissa 2009 Dublin 2009 Rimini 2009 Villesse 2009 Tokyo (Shin Misato) 2009 Lodz 2009 Omsk 2009 Southampton 2009 Charlotte 2009 Tampa 2010 Shenyang 2010 Aalborg 2010 Santo Domingo 2010 Tampere 2010 Reims 2010 Avignon (Vedene) 2010 Berlin (Lichtenberg) 2010 Ioannina 2010 Tel Aviv (Rishon) 2010 Salerno (Baronissi) 2010 Milan (San Giuliano) 2010 Sørlandet 2010 Lisbon (Loures) 2010 Jerez 2010 A Coruña 2010 Vernier 2011 Shanghai (Beica) 2011 Catania 2011 Ufa 2011 Ankara 2011 Denver (Centennial) 2012 Melbourne (Springvale) 2012 Sydney (Tempe) 2012 Sofia 2012 Tianjin 2012 Wuxi 2012 Kuopio 2012 Caen 2012 Pescara (San Giovanni Teatino) 2012 Fukuoka 2012 Samara 2012 Valladolid 2012 Lucerne (Rothenburg) 2012 Bangkok (Bangna) 2012 Winnipeg 2013 Uddevalla 2013 Baoshan 2013 Ningbo 2013 Doha 2013 Vilnius 2013 Cairo 2014 Amman 2014 Kiryat Ata (Haifa)