Yodobashi Camera

Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社ヨドバシカメラ
Kabushiki gaisha Yodobashi Kamera
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryRetail
FoundedApril 1960; 64 years ago (1960-04)
FounderTerukazu Fujisawa
Headquarters,
Number of locations
24
Area served
Japan
Products
Number of employees
5000 (April 2016)
SubsidiariesGoldpoint Marketing Co., Ltd. (100%)
Websitewww.yodobashi.com
Shinjuku Nishiguchi Store, in Tokyo
Yodobashi Umeda, in Osaka
Yodobashi Hakata, in Fukuoka

Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. (株式会社ヨドバシカメラ, Kabushiki gaisha Yodobashi Kamera) is a major Japanese retail chain specializing in electronics, PCs, cameras and photographic equipment.

Yodobashi Camera's sales rank fourth among consumer electronics mass retailers in Japan, after Yamada Denki, Bic Camera, and K's Holdings. There are 24 stores operating as of May 2021. In recent years, the online shopping platform has been developed to become the second largest in Japan only behind Amazon (though sales of Amazon are over 10 times higher).[1]

  1. ^ 株式会社インプレス (22 December 2016). "物販系EC市場の売上高トップはAmazon.co.jp、2位ヨドバシ.comの10倍以上、出店数は楽天が最多~インプレス調査". INTERNET Watch (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.