Ministop

Ministop Co., Ltd.

Ministop's logo, the "Housemark"
A Ministop store in Yokohama, Japan
Native name	ミニストップ株式会社
Romanized name	Minisutoppu kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 9946
Industry	Retail (convenience stores)
Founded	May 21, 1980; 44 years ago (1980-05-21)
Headquarters	AEON Tower, Mihama-ku, Chiba , Japan
Number of locations	2,045 stores (Jan 31 2023)
Number of employees	938 (2018)[1]
Parent	AEON Group (53.8%): AEON Co. (48.43%) Cox Co. (2.36%) ÆON Financial Services Co. (1.39%) MaxValu Nishinihon Co. (1.35%)
Website	ministop.co.jp

Ministop Co., Ltd. (ミニストップ株式会社, Minisutoppu Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 9946), a member of AEON, operates the Ministop convenience store franchise chain in Japan. Unlike most other convenience stores in Japan, Ministop stores feature a kitchen that prepares sandwiches, snacks and take out bento boxes on demand, and has a seating area where customers can sit down and eat immediately.