FamilyMart
FamilyMart's headquarters in Shibaura, Tokyo | |
Native name | 株式会社ファミリーマート |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha FamirīMāto |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Convenience stores |
| Founded | September 1973 in Sayama, Japan (incorporated September 1, 1981) |
| Founder | Seibu Retailing Group |
| Headquarters | Tamachi Station Tower S, , Japan |
Number of locations | 24,941 (July 2021) |
Areas served | Japan Taiwan China mainland Philippines Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia |
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| Revenue | JPY 477.5 bn (2017) |
| JPY 42.8 bn (2017) | |
| JPY 21.9 bn (2017) | |
| Total assets | JPY 730.3 bn (2016) |
| Total equity | JPY 295.2 bn (2016) |
Number of employees | 16,601 (2017) |
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| Subsidiaries | Famima!! |
| Website | www.family.co.jp |
FamilyMart Company, Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社ファミリーマート, Hepburn: Kabushikigaisha Famirīmāto) is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain, and a subsidiary of Itochu, a Japanese trading company. It is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind Seven-Eleven Japan. There are now 24,574 stores worldwide in Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Japan. Its headquarters is on the 17th floor of the Sunshine 60 building in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo. There were some stores in Japan with the name Circle K Sunkus under the operation of FamilyMart. FamilyMart currently has franchise stores in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, and Vietnam.
FamilyMart stores sell typical Japanese convenience store goods, including basic grocery items, magazines, manga, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks like sake, nikuman (steamed pork buns), fried chicken, onigiri/omusubi (rice balls), and bento. FamilyMart is known for its distinctive doorbell melody, which plays upon entering the store. The doorbells are exclusively made by Panasonic. The melody is referred to as Melody Chime No. 1 – Daiseikyou, and was originally developed for Panasonic by Yasuhi Inada in 1978.