List of countries with IKEA stores


is a multinational group of companies that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, appliances and home accessories., there are 424 IKEA stores operating in 52 countries.

Countries

The following list of countries with IKEA stores is arranged by date of first store in each country.
No.Country and RegionDebutFirst store locationNo. of storesNotes
1 Sweden1958Älmhult20Sweden has the world's second largest IKEA after South Korea's Gwangmyeong store.
2 Norway1963Slependen7First IKEA outside Sweden. Stores: Oslo, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim, Bergen and Hamar. The world's largest IKEA is planned to be built in Larvik, Norway. It is rumoured to be in the range of 60,000-80,000 square metres.
3 Denmark1969Ballerup 5Opened 13 March 1969. Ballerup store closed and moved to Tåstrup 1975. Other stores: Gentofte, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg.
4 Switzerland1973Spreitenbach9First IKEA outside Scandinavia.
5 Japan1974Nagakute 9First IKEA outside of Europe. IKEA withdrew from the market in 1987 because of stagnant sales, then returned in 2006 by opening a store in Funabashi, Chiba under a distribution partnership with the Mitsubishi Corporation.
6 Germany1974Eching 53IKEA's largest market. Berlin alone has four stores. The Berlin "Landsberger Allee" store is the second largest in Europe with. The first store in East Germany opened in October 1990.
7 Australia1975Artarmon 10The Perth and Adelaide IKEA stores were owned by Cebas Pty Ltd until February 2017 when they were acquired by the IKEA Group.
8 Canada1975Dartmouth14The first IKEA store in North America opened in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1975 and closed 13 years later. As of 2018, there were 14 stores in six provinces.
9 Hong Kong1975Kowloon 4The first store opened in Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui; the original store was later relocated. All are franchises owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings. First IKEA in a Chinese-speaking territory; IKEA would open a store in mainland China 23 years later.
10 Austria1977Vösendorf 7In 2021 IKEA will open its first "green" store in Vienna at Wien Westbahnhof railway station. The store won't feature parking facilities and only sells smaller products that can be carried home easily.
11 Singapore1978Bukit Timah2 operational
1 opening soon
Original store moved to Katong in 1984, then to Alexandra Road in Queenstown in 1995. A second store opened in November 2006 in Tampines. A third store will be opening after the COVID-19 pandemic at Jem, in 2021.The store in Jem will take over Robinsons as the mall's anchor tenant using the space that would be freed up after robinsons moves out.
12 Netherlands1978Sliedrecht13Inter IKEA Systems' headquarters are located in the IKEA Concept Center in Delft. Groningen store is the 3rd largest in Europe with. Newest store opened in February 2015 in Zwolle. The old store in Sliedrecht closed in 2006.
13 Spain1980Las Palmas20There are 16 stores on mainland Spain and 4 stores in the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.
14 Iceland1981Reykjavík1Originally, IKEA started its business in a loft above a grocery store in Reykjavík. Later, after having spent a decade in a large warehouse, it reopened.
15 France1981Bobigny 34
16 Saudi Arabia1983Jeddah6First IKEA in a Muslim-majority country; stores are located in the metropolitan areas of Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dhahran. The Riyadh and Jeddah stores have been completely rebuilt and relocated in recent years. The store in Dhahran opened in 2008. The second store in Jeddah opened in 2017. Two pick-up points also opened in two cities.
17 Belgium1984Zaventem and Ternat 8Stores in Anderlecht, Arlon, Ghent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Wilrijk and Zaventem. In 2008 the IKEA store in Ternat closed. In 2016, the stores in Hasselt and Mons opened, and in October of that year, IKEA bought a piece of land to open a second store in Antwerp. Another new store will open near Kortrijk, but not anytime soon.
18 Kuwait1984Kuwait City2Opened in the industrial district of Shuwaikh in 1984; transferred to a significantly larger new facility at The Avenues in early 2007. In 2020 IKEA opened at 360 Mall
191985Plymouth Meeting 50The first IKEA in the U.S. was built in the Philadelphia suburb of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; this store has since moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. In 1992, IKEA acquired the California-based STØR chain, adding three of that chain's four locations to their US presence; that chain's Houston, Texas location, which operated under a franchise agreement, became one of only a few independently franchised IKEA locations in the world. The first IKEA in Puerto Rico opened its doors in 2013 in Bayamón.
201987Warrington, Cheshire21IKEA opened a store in Calcot, Reading, Berkshire on 14 July 2016 and opened in September 2017 in Sheffield. On the 10 May 2018, the UK's 21st store opened in Exeter. Additionally the UK has two Order and Collect points; Norwich and Aberdeen. An IKEA planning studio was opened in London in 2018. On 4 February 2020, IKEA announced its first ever UK store closure of its Coventry city centre store due to consistent losses.
211989Cinisello Balsamo 21The last one opened in Cagliari in 2016. The largest store is located in Carugate, Milan, extending to 38000 m2.
221990Budapest3There are three stores in Hungary, two in the capital city Budapest and one in Budaörs.
231990Janki 11There are three stores in Warsaw and one per Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Kraków, Poznań, Łódź, Bydgoszcz, and Lublin. A store is being built in Szczecin, due to open in 2021.
24 Czech Republic 1991Budějovická 4There are two IKEA stores in Prague and one concept store: one at Zličín and one at Černý Most; both Zličín and Černý most are located at the periphery of Prague. The concept store is located on the Wenceslas square. The first original store at Budějovická - Prague 4 was abandoned. Outside of Prague there are two locations - in the country's second largest city, Brno, and in Ostrava. There are 3 stores planned within 6 years. In 2018 a concept store was opened on the Wenceslas square in downtown Prague.
25 Serbia 1991Belgrade1The first IKEA store in present-day Serbia was opened in 1991, but was closed in 1992 due to UN sanctions over Yugoslavia. IKEA returned after 25 years and officially opened its first store on August 10, 2017. The object has 35,000 square meters and it was jubilee 400th IKEA department store in the world. IKEA plans to develop a 40,000 square metres retail park in Belgrade, in addition to the department store in Bubanj Potok and furthermore open one more department store in Serbian capital and three more stores in cities of Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Niš for which the land has already been acquired back in 2013. Belgrade IKEA office is regional center for former Yugoslavia and Romania.
26 United Arab Emirates1991Dubai3The first store opened in Deira City Centre; the UAE's stores are now located in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The IKEA store in Abu Dhabi was located at the Marina Mall. It has now shifted to Yas Island. The Dubai store is located in Festival Waterfront Centre. There is another store located in Al Ain near the camel souq and Bawadi Mall.
27 Slovakia 1992Bratislava1Original store was closed upon the opening of a new store in the Avion Shopping Park. There are two more stores planned in Slovakia, in Košice and Žilina.
28 Taiwan1994Taipei6The first store opened in Taipei in 1994, but was closed in 2002. There are currently 6 IKEA stores in Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Kaohsiung and Taichung, with the latest store opening in Xiaobitan, New Taipei City on May 16, 2019. IKEA was initially owned by Jardine Matheson, but is currently owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings.
29 Finland1996Espoo6New stores were opened in Vantaa in 2003, in Raisio in 2008, and in Tampere in 2010. The Tampere store is the biggest IKEA in Finland. In 2011 a new store opened in Kuopio.
30 Malaysia1996Bandar Utama4Re-located to Mutiara Damansara, Selangor, in 2003. The new IKEA store in Mutiara Damansara was the largest in Asia at that time with a shop floor area of approximately. The second store in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur was opened on November 19, 2015. On November 15, 2017, the largest IKEA store in Southeast Asia of 2017 was opened in Tebrau, Johor Bahru. On March 15, 2018, IKEA Bang Yai, Thailand replaced the store in Tebrau as the largest IKEA in Southeast Asia. Latest IKEA store in Batu Kawan, Penang. open on the March 14, 2019.
31 China1998Shanghai34There are 4 IKEA stores in Shanghai, 3 in Beijing, 2 in Chengdu, Guangzhou and Tianjin and 1 in other cities across China.
32 Russia2000Khimki 14Fourth market by revenue after Germany, the U.S. and Sweden. There are 3 IKEA stores in Moscow, 2 stores in St. Petersburg, stores in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Novaya Adygea, Samara, Omsk and Ufa. The IKEA stores in Russia are in connection with MEGA malls developed by IKEA. 5-6 new openings planned by 2020.
33 Israel2001Netanya6IKEA operates in Israel through a franchise company, IKEA Israel, which is owned by Matthew Bronfman. In 2019, IKEA opened a new store concept focusing exclusively on kitchens with an area of 5,000 sq. meters called IKEA Kitchens located in Tel Aviv at the Tel Aviv Port.
34 Greece2001Thessaloniki5The first store opened in Thessaloniki on October 24, 2001.
35 Portugal2004Alfragide 5Second store opened on July 31, 2007 in Matosinhos, with, and third store opened on 25 May 2010, in Frielas, Loures, the largest store on the Iberian Peninsula with 39,000 m2. The fourth store opened in Braga with. The fifth and last IKEA store opened in 2018 in Loulé, being the first one in the Algarve.
36 Turkey2005Istanbul6There are three stores in İstanbul, one store in İzmir, one store in Bursa and one store in Ankara.
37 Romania2007Bucharest2 store opened on March 21, 2007, in Băneasa retail park. A second store was opened in Bucharest on June 24, 2019. Stores planned to open in Timișoara, Brașov and Cluj-Napoca.
38 Cyprus2007Strovolos 1 store opened in September 2007.
39 Ireland2009Ballymun 1The first IKEA store in the Republic of Ireland opened on July 27, 2009. Ireland's first small format store, where customers can order and collect products opened in Carrickmines in the summer of 2016.
40 Dominican Republic2010Santo Domingo4First IKEA in Latin America and the Caribbean. The first store opened 17 February 2010 in Santo Domingo. It is the first IKEA store in Latin America.
41 Bulgaria2011Sofia1IKEA opened its first store in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on September 20, 2011. IKEA additionally runs three smaller stores called "order centers" with limited selections on location in Varna, Burgas, and Plovdiv. These stores also serve as online order pick up locations for deliveries from the main store in Sofia.
42 Thailand2011Bangkok2The first IKEA in Thailand opened its door on 3 November 2011, in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan. It is expected to have of retail space as a part of the Mega Bangna Shopping Center.
43 Macau2012Taipa1In 2012, Macau had its first IKEA merchandise pick up store in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais, customers can head to Hong Kong stores or shop online and pick up their merchandise here. In April 2016, IKEA is interested on enhancing customers experience, the new location of the merchandise pick up is located in Macau Tower. With the success of the merchandise pick-up store, IKEA announced the first store in the city will open in 2020.
Macau’s first IKEA opened on April 23, 2020. Located at Nova Grand Shopping Centre in Taipa. The store has a non-traditional IKEA design where customers are allowed to explore the store freely and enter the store from either floor. The Macau Tower merchandise pick-up point remains in service.
44 Lithuania2013Vilnius3The first IKEA store in Lithuania was opened on August 14, 2013 in Vilnius. It has the capacity of 26,000 square metres and is also considered to be one of the best projects in the history of IKEA. The store is located near Vilnius International Airport. The second and the third stores are located in Klaipėda and Kaunas.
45 Puerto Rico2013Carolina3The first IKEA store in Puerto Rico was opened March 10, 2013.
46 Egypt2013Cairo1The first IKEA store in Africa opened on November 26, 2013. The store is located in Cairo Festival City Mall, and it has 34,500 square meters. The mega project owned by Al-Futtaim Group is located in New Cairo, near the Suez Road, Ring Road, Police Academy, and The American International School in Egypt.
47 Qatar2013Doha1The first IKEA in Qatar opened its door on March 11, 2013. The store is located in Doha Festival City Mall.
48 Jordan2014Amman1The first IKEA in Jordan opened its doors on 6 March 2014. IKEA Jordan store is located on Airport road, after Madaba bridge going to Amman and it is IKEA's largest store in the Middle East with an area of 42,000 square metres and 400 Jordanian employees.
49 Croatia2014Zagreb1The first IKEA in Croatia opened its doors on 21 August 2014 and with total area of is one of the five biggest in Europe and among 10 biggest IKEA stores in the world.
50 Indonesia2014Tangerang 2IKEA opened its first Indonesian store on October 15, 2014 at Alam Sutera, Tangerang, located in the western suburbs of Jakarta. On November 28, 2019 IKEA opened its second store in Sentul City, Bogor. IKEA also intends to open 2 more outlets in Jakarta Garden City, Cakung–its first store in Jakarta city proper–and in Bandung, West Java in 2020. All are franchises owned by Hero Supermarket, a listed subsidiary of Hong Kong franchisee Dairy Farm International Holdings.
51 South Korea2014Gwangmyeong4The world's largest IKEA store at opened near the Gwangmyeong Station, in Gyeonggi Province on December 18, 2014. The second store opened in Goyang on October 19, 2017, which is even larger at 164,000 square meters in gross floor area, breaking the previous world record holder's 131,550 square meters. IKEA plans to have six stores in the country by 2020, four in the Seoul Capital Area, one in Daejeon and one in Busan. The third store with an area of 49,800 square meters, opened in Giheung-gu, Yongin on December 12, 2019. The fourth store opened in Gijang County, Busan on February 13, 2020, making the first IKEA store located outside of the Seoul Capital Area.
52 Morocco2016Casablanca1IKEA opened a Moroccan location in partnership with the Kuwait-based Al-Homaizi. The first location is in the New city of .
53 India2018Hyderabad1IKEA began constructing its first store in India on 11 August 2016. The store in Hyderabad was built at a cost of, and was opened on 9 August 2018. IKEA plans to open 25 stores by 2025, investing about 10,500 crore.
54 Latvia2018Riga1The first store in Latvia was opened on 30 August 2018 in Stopiņi near Riga.
55 Bahrain2018Salmabad1IKEA has completed building its first store in Bahrain costing $125 million with 6,200 square meters in floor area and opened to the public on 5 September 2018. It is regarded as the biggest store in the region.
56 Estonia2019Tallinn1IKEA Estonia launched its online store as well as its first brick-and-mortar location, a limited showroom and pickup point, in the Lasnamäe district of Tallinn on 29 August 2019. However, the first full-sized store is planned to be opened in 2023 at Kurna village in Rae Parish, outside of Tallinn area.

Planned

CountryDebutFirst store locationNotes
Slovenia2020LjubljanaIKEA has signed an agreement to open its first store in Ljubljana with the size of 35,000 m2 and costs about €80 million. The Ljubljana City Administration expects the construction of the IKEA department store in the capital of Slovenia to begin next year. According to the plans, IKEA Ljubljana should be around the same size as the shopping centers in Zagreb and Belgrade. It will take up around 31,000 m2 of BTC City, have 800 employees, around 9,500 products and 1,000 parking spaces.
Ukraine2020KievIn 2009, IKEA bought an area of land in Odessa on which to build a store. A year later IKEA cancelled the store, saying there was not a strong enough market. The economy minister of Ukraine stated that it should be opened to help fight the perception of corruption. In September 2018, IKEA announced their intention to open a store in Ukraine up to the end of 2019 in Ocean Mall in Kyiv with their new concept city store. In December 2019, IKEA once again postponed the opening of the first store in Ukraine until Spring 2020 after the company will have launched E-commerce.
Mexico2020Mexico CityThe first IKEA store in Mexico will arrive in eastern Mexico City in the fall of 2020.
Chile2021SantiagoOn May 17, 2018, Falabella holding announced a franchise agreement with IKEA to open stores in Chile, Peru and Colombia, rebranding Homy stores and opening new stores starting in Santiago. It will be the first store in South America.
Philippines2021ManilaSwedish Ambassador-designate to Manila Harald Fries hailed the decision of Swedish furniture giant IKEA to open stores in the Philippines on November 17, 2016, during the reopening of the Swedish Embassy in Manila. It plans to open a store in a designated location in SM Mall of Asia by 2020. Once complete, it will be the largest IKEA store in the world, occupying. After its first store, IKEA plans to expand to 5 - 6 stores in Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao and Iloilo in 8 years time.
BrazilTBASão PauloIKEA has shown interest in the past in expanding its stores to Brazil.
ColombiaTBABogotáOn May 17, 2018, Falabella holding announced a franchise agreement with IKEA to open stores in Chile, Peru and Colombia.
PeruTBALimaOn May 17, 2018, Falabella holding announced a franchise agreement with IKEA to open stores in Chile, Peru and Colombia.
LuxembourgTBALuxembourg CityIn October 2018, IKEA stated that they were looking to offer online shopping to Luxembourg, shipping products from neighbouring Belgium.
New ZealandTBAAucklandIKEA is planning to open a full sized store in Auckland, a smaller store in Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island along with a planning studio in the country's capital and second city, Wellington. Plans are currently being finalised and IKEA representatives are scouting for building locations.
VietnamTBAHanoiIn October 2017, Inter IKEA CEO Torbjorn Loof said in an interview with Bloomberg News that there were plans for the company to expand into Vietnam with the next five years.
OmanTBAMuscatIKEA plans to expand into Oman as part of plans to enter about a dozen new markets in the coming years.

Franchises

IKEA stores are operated by 11 companies under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V.. Inter IKEA Systems B.V. also owns and operates a single store — the IKEA Delft store in the Netherlands.
FranchiseeNo. of storesCountries served
Al-Futtaim Group5Egypt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Al-Homaizi Group3Kuwait, Morocco, Jordan
Al-Sulaiman5Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
Dairy Farm11Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan
House Market Group7Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece
Ikano8Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
INGKA Holding372Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Mapa7Turkey
Miklatorg Group3Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania
Northern Birch6Israel
Sarton Group5Dominican Republic, Spanish Islands

Largest stores

The world's five largest IKEA stores are:
  1. Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, South Korea:
  2. Stockholm Kungens Kurva, Sweden:
  3. Shanghai Baoshan, China:
  4. Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea:
  5. Bangyai, Nonthaburi, Thailand
IKEA has announced plans to open a store in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines by late 2020. Once opened, it will be the largest IKEA store in the world.