Best Denki
Native name | 株式会社ベスト電器 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Besuto Denki |
| Company type | Private KK Subsidiary of Yamada Denki |
| TYO: 8175 FSE: 8175 Delisted June 2017 | |
| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | September 3, 1953 |
| Headquarters | Fukuoka, Japan |
Area served | East and Southeast Asia |
Key people | Koji Ono (President & CEO) |
| Products | Electronic products |
| Revenue | ¥588,596 million (FY2017) |
| ¥350,923 million (FY2017) | |
| ¥13,930,982 million (FY2017) | |
| Total assets | ¥10,333,840 million (FY2017) |
| Total equity | ¥6,742,595 million (FY2017) |
Number of employees | 19,238 (FY2017) |
| Parent | Yamada Denki |
| Subsidiaries | Denki Pte. Ltd (Singapore) |
| Website | http://www.bestdenki.ne.jp |
The Best Denki Co., Ltd. (株式会社ベスト電器, Kabushiki-gaisha Besuto Denki) is a Japanese electronics retailer with outlets across Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. It operated in Hong Kong and Taiwan from the late 1980s until 2011 and 2017 respectively.
Best Denki headquarters is located in Fukuoka. Previously, in Singapore and Hong Kong, it was known as "Yaohan Best", when it started operations there in 1985. After Yaohan's bankruptcy, the store was changed to its current name. The store has also a service sector that does repair, transportation of goods and after sale service for its franchise stores.