Ross Stores

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Ross Stores, Inc.

Trade name	Ross Dress for Less
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: ROST Nasdaq-100 component S&P 500 component
Industry	Retail
Founded	1950 Pacifica, California, U.S.[1]
Founder	Morris Ross Bill Isackson
Headquarters	Dublin, California , U.S.
Number of locations	1,795 (Ross Dress for Less)[2] 353 (DD's Discounts)[3]
Area served	United States Washington, D.C. Guam
Key people	Barbara Rentler (CEO) K. Gunnar Bjorklund (executive chairman) Michael Balmuth (president) Michael J. Hartshorn (COO)
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, bath, furniture, home decor, jewelry, beauty products, toys, appliances, housewares, and giftware.
Revenue	US$14.89 billion (2018)[4]
Operating income	US$1.61 billion (2015)
Net income	US$1.02 billion (2015)
Total assets	US$4.87 billion (2015)
Total equity	US$2.47 billion (2015)
Number of employees	88,100 (2019)
Subsidiaries	dd's Discounts
Website	rossstores.com ddsdiscounts.com
Footnotes / references [5]

Ross Stores, Inc., operating under the brand name Ross Dress for Less, is an American chain of discount department stores headquartered in Dublin, California.^[6] It is the largest off-price retailer in the U.S.; as of July 2024, Ross operates 1,795 stores in 43 U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and Guam,^[7] covering much of the country, but with no presence in New England, Alaska, and areas of the Midwest.^[8] The company also operates DD's Discounts, a discount department store chain with over 353 locations across the United States, most of which are located in Sun Belt states.^[9]