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Staples's competitors and similar companies include Best Buy, Walmart, Office Depot and Target.
 Walmart Walmart is a retail company that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. |  Office Depot Office Depot is a company that provides office supplies, business services, and workplace solutions. |  Target Target is a general merchandise retailer selling products through stores and digital channels. | |||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1986 | Founding Date 1966 | Founding Date 1962 | Founding Date 1986 | Founding Date 1902 |
Type | Type Private | Type Public | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Framingham, US HQ Boucherville, CA Edmonton, CA Mississauga, CA Richmond Hill, CA Winnipeg, CA | Locations Richfield, US HQ Burnaby, CA Vancouver, CA Ciudad De México, MX London, GB | Locations Bentonville, US HQ Mississauga, CA Shenzhen, CN San José, CR San Salvador, SV Ciudad De Guatemala, GT Tegucigalpa, HN see more | Locations Boca Raton, US HQ Dublin, IE | Locations Minneapolis, US HQ Bengaluru, IN Brooklyn Park, US New York, US Salt Lake City, US Sioux Falls, US Sunnyvale, US see more |
Employees | Employees 30,681 | Employees 85,000 | Employees 2,100,000 | Employees 19,0005% decrease | Employees 440,0006% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 19.3 b | Valuation ($) 665.2 b | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 68.1 b |
Financial | |||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $8b (Y, 2022) | Revenue (est.) $41.7b (FY, 2026) | Revenue (est.) $713.2b (FY, 2026) | Revenue (est.) $7b (FY, 2024) | Revenue (est.) $104.8b (FY, 2025) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $32.3b (FY, 2026) | Cost of goods $535.4b (FY, 2026) | Cost of goods $5.5b (FY, 2024) | Cost of goods $75.5b (FY, 2025) |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $9.4b (FY, 2026) | Gross profit $177.8b (FY, 2026) | Gross profit $1.4b (FY, 2024) | Gross profit $29.3b (FY, 2025) |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income $1.1b (FY, 2026) | Net income $22.3b (FY, 2026) | Net income ($3m) (FY, 2024) | Net income $3.7b (FY, 2025) |
Operating ⚠ | |||||
Distribution Centers | Distribution Centers N/A | Distribution Centers N/A | Distribution Centers N/A | Distribution Centers 71 (FY, 2020) | Distribution Centers 48 (FY, 2022) |
Product Categories | Product Categories 13 (Jul, 2024) | Product Categories N/A | Product Categories N/A | Product Categories 4 (FY, 2023) | Product Categories N/A |
Retail Space, sq. ft. | Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A | Retail Space, sq. ft. 40.4 m (FY, 2024) | Retail Space, sq. ft. 1.1 b (FY, 2023) | Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A | Retail Space, sq. ft. 243.3 m (FY, 2022) |
Stores | Stores N/A | Stores 1.1 k (FY, 2024) | Stores 10.5 k (FY, 2023) | Stores N/A | Stores 1.9 k (FY, 2022) |
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Best Buy
HQ
Richfield, US
Employees
85,000
Best Buy (formerly known as Sound of Music) is a retailer of consumer electronic systems.
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HQ
Bentonville, US
Employees
2,100,000
Walmart is a retail company that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores.
View companyOffice Depot
HQ
Boca Raton, US
Office Depot is a company that provides office supplies, business services, and workplace solutions.
View companyTarget
HQ
Minneapolis, US
Employees
440,000↑ 6% increase
Target is a general merchandise retailer selling products through stores and digital channels.
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