Bealls (Florida-based department store)

For the former Texas-based chain with the same name, see Bealls (Texas-based department store).
Bealls Inc.
Formerly
  • Dollar Limit (1915–1920)
  • V-Dollar Limit (1920–1940)
  • Beall’s Department Store (1940–2023)
  • Burkes (1998–2023)
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1915 (109 years ago) (1915)
FounderRobert M. Beall
HeadquartersBradenton, Florida
Number of locations
650
Key people
Matt Beall (CEO)
ProductsApparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, home goods, luggage, toys, food and housewares
RevenueUS$3 billion[1] (2022)
OwnerBeall family
Number of employees
14,000 (2022)
Divisions
  • bealls
  • Bealls Florida
  • Home Centric
  • Rugged Earth Outfitters
Websitebeallsinc.com

Bealls, Inc. /ˈbɛlz/ is a Florida-based retail corporation with headquarters located in Bradenton, Florida. Since its founding in 1915, the family-owned corporation now operates more than 650 stores under the names of Bealls, Bealls Florida, Home Centric and Rugged Earth Outfitters.[2]

Bealls Florida was not affiliated with the Texas-based Bealls chain (formerly owned by Stage Stores), although the two brands overlapped in some markets with Bealls Outlet using the name Burkes Outlet where they overlapped. In 2020, Bealls bought Stage Stores intellectual property and acquired the rights to the Bealls name nationwide. They also acquired the rights to all of Stage's different chains, private labels, customer lists and a distribution center in Jacksonville, Texas. In 2022 they sold the rights to the Stage Stores chains (excluding Bealls) to BrandX.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Beall's". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  2. ^ "About Us". Bealls. Archived from the original on 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
  3. ^ "A&G Completes Bankruptcy Sale of Stage Stores' Texas Distribution Center and Other Real Estate Assets". PRNewswire (Press release). 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. ^ "Bon-Ton, Stage Stores Aim to Make Comeback Under New Owner". Yahoo Sports. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-10.