Good Guys (American company)

The Good Guys, Inc.
Company typeElectronics
IndustryRetail
FoundedJuly 1973
Defunct2003 (acquired), 2005 (all stores renamed/closed)
FateAcquired by CompUSA
HeadquartersBrisbane, California, U.S.
ProductsConsumer electronics
WebsiteNone
Older logo, used from the 1980s to the late 1990s
Older logo, used from the 1980s to the late 1990s
Exterior of vacated Good Guys store of in Emeryville, California, pictured in 2006

The Good Guys, Inc., was an American chain of consumer electronics retail stores with 71 stores in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The company was headquartered in Brisbane, California in the Dakin Building in the early 1990s and subsequently in Alameda, California until it was bought in late 2003 by Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, who also purchased CompUSA, OfficeMax, Barnes & Noble, Office Depot, Borders, and Circuit City. The Good Guys was founded in 1973 by Ron Unkefer on Chestnut Street, San Francisco. By 2006, all of the company's stores had closed.