IKEA

IKEA is a Swedish home furnishings retailer. It has 202 stores in 32 countries, most of them in Europe, the rest in the United States, Canada, Asia and Australia. More than 20 are scheduled to open during 2005. IKEA is one of the few store chains to have locations in Israel as well as in other nations in the Middle East.

IKEA's debut in each country

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• 1958 Sweden — Älmhult
• 1963 Norway — Asker (Nesbru)
• 1969 Denmark — Copenhagen (Ballerup)
• 1973 Switzerland — Zürich (Spreitenbach)
• 1974 Germany — Munich (Eching)
• 1975 Australia — Sydney (Artarmon)

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• 1975 Hong Kong — Hong Kong (Tsim Sha Tsui)
• 1976 Canada — Vancouver (Richmond)
• 1977 Austria — Vienna (Vösendorf)
• 1978 Netherlands — Rotterdam (Sliedrecht)
• 1978 Singapore — Queenstown
• 1980 Spain — Gran Canaria (Las Palmas)
• 1981 Iceland — Reykjavik
• 1981 France — Paris (Bobigny)
• 1983 Saudi Arabia — Jeddah
• 1984 Belgium — Brussels (Zaventem and Ternat)
• 1984 Kuwait — Kuwait City
• 1985 United States — Philadelphia (Conshohocken)
• 1987 United Kingdom — Manchester (Warrington)
• 1989 Italy — Milan (Cinisello Balsamo)
• 1990 Hungary — Budapest
• 1991 Poland — Platan
• 1991 Czech Republic — Prague (Zli?ín)
• 1991 United Arab Emirates — Dubai
• 1992 Slovakia — Bratislava
• 1994 Taiwan — Taipei
• 1996 Finland — Espoo
• 1996 Malaysia — Kuala Lumpur
• 1998 China — Shanghai
• 2000 Russia — Moscow (Chimki)
• 2001 Israel — Netanya
• 2001 Greece — Thessaloniki
• 2004 Portugal — Lisbon
• 2005 Turkey — Istanbul
• 2006 Japan — Funabashi