FamilyMart

"Family Mart" redirects here. For the defunct grocery chain in the United States, see A&P Family Mart.
FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社ファミリーマート
Kabushiki gaisha FamirīMāto
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryConvenience stores
FoundedSeptember 1973; 51 years ago (1973-09) in Sayama, Japan
(incorporated September 1, 1981; 43 years ago (1981-09-01))
FounderSeibu Retailing Group
HeadquartersTamachi Station Tower S,
Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo
,
Japan
Number of locations
24,941[1] (July 2021)
Areas served
Japan
Taiwan
China mainland
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
Indonesia
Malaysia
Key people
  • Koji Takayanagi
    (Director and Chairman)
  • Kensuke Hosomi
    (Representative Director and President)
Products
  • Onigiri (rice balls)
  • Hot snacks
  • Refrigerated meals
  • Oden (stew)
  • Coffee and frappe beverages
RevenueJPY 477.5 bn[2] (2017)
JPY 42.8 bn (2017)
JPY 21.9 bn (2017)
Total assetsJPY 730.3 bn (2016)
Total equityJPY 295.2 bn (2016)
Number of employees
16,601 (2017)
Parent
SubsidiariesFamima!!
Websitewww.family.co.jp

The 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 Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[4] Its headquarters is on the 17th floor of the Sunshine 60 building in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ Includes franchise and overseas stores. "地域別店舗数 （2015年4月30日現在）". FamilyMart. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ Corporate revenue; total chain revenue was JPY 3,009 bn.
  3. ^ "Basic Information about Our Stock". Archived from the original on 2022-05-08. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  4. ^ "店舗数".
  5. ^ "Company Information Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine." FamilyMart. Retrieved on April 7, 2010.
  6. ^ "ThatsMags.com Shanghai." Retrieved on November 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "FamilyMart's iconic door jingle doesn't belong to FamilyMart?! You can use it in your homes too!". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2020-03-18.