List of IKEA stores

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World Map showing locations of IKEA stores in 2007. Green represents countries with stores in operation and blue shows proposed locations.

The original IKEA store was opened in Sweden in 1958. The first stores outside Sweden were opened in Norway (1963) and Denmark (1969). In the 1970s, stores spread to other parts of Europe, with the first store outside Scandinavia opening in Switzerland (1973), followed by Germany (1974). During the same decade, stores were opened in other parts of the world, including Japan, (1974), Australia and Hong Kong (1975), Canada (1976) and Singapore (1978). Germany, with 43 stores, is IKEA's biggest market, followed by the United States, with 34. IKEA now has more than 300 stores in over 35 countries. However, the company has thus far not shown much of a presence in the developing countries.^[1]

The following List of IKEA stores is arranged by date of first store in each country.

Country	Debut	First store location	No. Stores	Notes
Sweden	1958	Älmhult	17	Sweden has the world's largest IKEA (outside Stockholm; 55,200 square metres (594,000 sq ft)).
Norway	1963	Asker (Nesbru)	5
Denmark	1969	Copenhagen (Ballerup)	4	Ballerup store moved to Høje Tåstrup circa 1979.
Switzerland	1973	Zürich (Spreitenbach)	7	First IKEA outside of Scandinavia.
Germany	1974	Munich (Eching)	43	IKEA's biggest market.
Japan	1974	Kobe	3	A joint venture with a Japanese department store. IKEA withdrew from the market in 1986 because of stagnant sales, then returned in 2006 to Funabashi, Chiba under a distribution partnership with the Mitsubishi Corporation.
Australia	1975	Sydney (Artarmon)	5	The Sydney store moved to Rhodes during 2005-2006.^[2] There stores in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide (Perth and Adelaide are a franchise owned by CEBAS Pty LTD). The Perth store has been relocated from Osborne Park to Innaloo as of 14 February 2008.^[3]
Hong Kong	1975	Kowloon (Tsim Sha Tsui)	3	Original store is closed. As of 2007, IKEA has 3 stores and 1 warehouse in Hong Kong: Causeway Bay, Kowloon Bay, Shatin, and Sheung Shui. All are franchises owned by Jardine.
Canada	1976	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Burnside Park)	11+	Previously IKEA's flagship store in Canada. It was open on Sundays, which was illegal at the time; the government forced it to close on Sundays beginning in 1988, and IKEA responded by closing the store altogether a few months later. It moved its operations to the Quebec City store. IKEA vowed it would never return to Nova Scotia^{[citation needed]}.
Austria	1977	Vienna (Vösendorf)	6
Singapore	1978	Bukit Timah (Sixth Avenue)	2	Original store moved to Katong in 1984, then to Alexandra Road in Queenstown in 1995. A second store opened in November 2006 in Tampines.
The Netherlands	1978	Sliedrecht	12	Newest stores are in Haarlem and Amersfoort. The old store in Sliedrecht closed in 2006.
Spain	1980	Gran Canaria (Las Palmas)	15	There are 11 stores on mainland Spain & 4 stores in the Canary Islands & the Balearic Islands.
Iceland	1981	Reykjavík	1	Replaced by a new store which opened in Garðabær in October 2006.
France	1981	Paris (Bobigny)	22	With 6 stores, Paris has more IKEAs than any other city.
Saudi Arabia	1983	Jeddah	2	Stores in Riyadh and Jeddah. Both have been completely rebuilt in recent years. The third store (in Dhahran) is slated to open this year.
Belgium	1984	Brussels (Zaventem and Ternat)	7
Kuwait	1984	Kuwait City	1	Opened in the industrial district of Shuwaikh in 1984; transferred to a significantly larger new facility at The Avenues (a shopping mall) in early 2007.
United States	1985	Philadelphia	34^[4]	Built in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; has since moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The original IKEA building is in the process of being demolished.^[5] Stores currently under development include Tampa in Florida, North Carolina's first store in Charlotte and Brooklyn in New York.
United Kingdom	1987	Warrington, Cheshire	17	The largest UK stores are in Croydon in London and at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex, each with a capacity of 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft).^[6] The newest stores were completed in December 2007 in Coventry city centre and at the Holywood Exchange in Belfast.^[7]^[8] In November 2007 a planning application was approved for an 18th store in Southampton and construction has now started. ^[9]^[10] IKEA are also reported to be looking for a location in South Yorkshire.^[11]
Italy	1989	Milan (Cinisello Balsamo)	13	Another 12 openings are planned for the next 5 years.^{[citation needed]}
Hungary	1990	Budapest	2	Stores in Budapest and Budaörs.
Poland	1991	Warsaw (Janki)	7	Warsaw has two stores (Janki & Targówek). There are also stores in Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Kraków, and Poznań. In August 2009 a new store will open in Łódź. ^[12]
Czech Republic	1991	Prague (Budějovická)	4	There are two IKEA stores in Prague - one at Zličín and one at Černý most. In the Czech Republic there are two more shops - in the second largest city of CZ, Brno, and in Ostrava. The first original store at Budějovická - Prague 4 was abandoned. Both Zličín and Černý most are located at the periphery of Prague and at the endstations of underground line B.
United Arab Emirates	1991	Dubai	2	The UAE stores are in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The outlet in Dubai is the largest in the Middle East.^{[citation needed]} The IKEA Store in Abu Dhabi is located at the Marina Mall.
Slovakia	1992	Bratislava	1	Original store was closed upon the opening of a new store located in the Avion Shopping Park.
Taiwan	1994	Taipei	4
Finland	1996	Espoo	2	New store in Vantaa in 2005, in Turku in 2008 and in Tampere 2009. Tampere store will be the biggest IKEA in Finland.
Malaysia	1996	Bandar Utama	1	Re-located to Mutiara Damansara in 2003. The new IKEA store in Mutiara Damansara was the largest in Asia at that time with a shop floor area of approximately 270,000 square metres (2,900,000 sq ft).
China	1998	Beijing	5	Another 2 stores are under construction.
Russia	2000	Moscow (Khimki)	10	There are 3 IKEA stores in Moscow (Khimki, Teply Stan and Belaya Dacha), 2 stores in St. Petersburg (Parnas and Dybenko), stores in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk and Rostov-on-Don. There are also 8 MEGA malls developed by IKEA (3 in Moscow, 2 in St. Petersburg, in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk and Rostov-on-Don). IKEA stores and MEGA malls in Samara, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Ufa are under construction now.
Israel	2001	Netanya	1	A second store was supposed to be constructed in Rishon LeZion.^{[citation needed]}
Greece	2001	Thessaloniki	3	First store opened in Thessaloniki, October 24, 2001. Second store opened in Athens, April 23, 2004. Third store, also in Athens, opened on March 26, 2008. Also, new stores in Alexandroupolis, Heraklion, Ioannina and Larissa will soon be opened.^{[citation needed]}
Portugal	2004	Lisbon (Alfragide)	2	Second store opened on July 31, 2007 in Matosinhos, with 36,000 square metres (390,000 sq ft).^[13]
Turkey	2005	Istanbul	4	There are two stores are in Istanbul (Bayrampaşa, Ümraniye) and two stores in İzmir (Bornova) and Bursa (Osmangazi).
Romania	2007	Bucharest (Băneasa)	1	26,000 square metres (280,000 sq ft) store opened on March 21, 2007 in Baneasa "Feeria" Shopping Center^[14]. The second store will be opened in 2009, in Iaşi, in Era Shopping Park.^[15] Another stores are planned to be opened in Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Galaţi and Timişoara by 2013. ^[16]
Cyprus	2007	Nicosia (Strovolos)	1	22,000 square metres (240,000 sq ft) store opened in September 2007.
Ukraine	2008	Kiev	0	The first Ukrainian IKEA store and MEGA mall will be open in 2008 in Kiev.^[17]
Bulgaria	2009	Sofia	0	The first Bulgarian IKEA store is expected to open doors in 2009 in Sofia.^[18]
Dominican Republic	2009	Santo Domingo	0	The first Dominican IKEA store is expected to open in 2009 in Santo Domingo.^[19] It will be the first IKEA store in Latin America.^[20]
Republic of Ireland	2009 ^[21]	Dublin (Ballymun)	0	Approved by the government.^[22] The store was intended to be opened in 2007 but due to conditions imposed by the local authority, its construction was severely delayed.^[23]^[22] On 2007-06-13 the Irish Planning Board, An Bord Pleanála, finally gave the go ahead for the store.^[24]. Although development of the store has commenced, conditions imposed by the Planning Board could force the completed store to remain closed until 2010^[25]. IKEA have since opened their ROI homepage with a more ambitious opening date of summer 2009. ^[26]
Serbia	TBA	Belgrade	0	IKEA is reported to be looking for a site in Belgrade to open Serbia's first store. There are three possible lot locations all 25 ha in size.^[27]