Hobby Lobby

For other uses, see Hobby Lobby (disambiguation).
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
FormerlyHobby Lobby Creative Centers
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
FoundedAugust 3, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-08-03), in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. (as Hobby Lobby Creative Centers)
FounderDavid Green
Headquarters
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
,
U.S.
Number of locations
1,001
Area served
United States
Key people
ProductsArts and crafts supplies
RevenueIncrease $7.9 billion (2023)[1]
OwnerGreen family
Number of employees
43,000+ (2020)[2]
Websitewww.hobbylobby.com

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., formerly Hobby Lobby Creative Centers, is an American retail company. It owns a chain of arts and crafts stores with a volume of over $5 billion in 2018.[1] The chain has 1,001 stores in 48 U.S. states. The Green family founded Hobby Lobby to express their evangelical Protestant beliefs and the chain incorporates American conservative values and Christian media.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Hobby Lobby Stores". Forbes.com LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
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