List of countries with IKEA stores

IKEA is a multinational group of companies that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, appliances, and home accessories. As of 23 April 2024, there are 479 IKEA stores operating in 62 countries and 5 territories.^[1]

IKEA stores

Map of countries with IKEA stores

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Current markets

The following list of countries and regions with IKEA stores is arranged by the date of the first store in each market.

No.	Country	Opening	First store location[2]	No. of stores	Notes
1	Sweden	1958	Älmhult[3]	21	Sweden has the world's third largest IKEA (outside Stockholm; 55,221 square meters (594,390 square feet))[4] after South Korea's Gwangmyeong store.[5]
2	Norway	1963	Slependen	7	First IKEA outside Sweden. Stores: Oslo (Two stores, Slependen and Furuset), Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim, Bergen and Hamar.[6]
3	Denmark	1969	Ballerup[7] (near Copenhagen)	6	Opened 13 March 1969. Ballerup store closed and moved to Tåstrup 1975. Other stores: Gentofte, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg and Copenhagen.
4	Switzerland	1973	Spreitenbach[8]	10	First IKEA outside Scandinavia.
5	Japan	1974	Nagoya	13	First IKEA outside of Europe. IKEA withdrew from the market in 1987 because of stagnant sales,[9] then returned in 2006 by opening a store in Funabashi, Chiba under a distribution partnership with the Mitsubishi Corporation.[10][11]
6	Germany	1974	Eching[12] (near Munich)	54	IKEA's largest market. Berlin alone has four stores. The Berlin "Landsberger Allee" store is the second largest in Europe with 43,000 m2 (460,000 sq ft). The first store in East Germany opened in October 1990, within a month of the German reunification.
7	Australia	1975	Artarmon (Sydney)	10	The Perth and Adelaide IKEA stores were owned by Cebas Pty Ltd until February 2017 when they were acquired by the IKEA Group.[13]
8	Hong Kong	1975	Kowloon (Tsim Sha Tsui)	4	The first IKEA outlet in Hong Kong, then a British territory, opened on Chatham Road, Tsim Sha Tsui in early 1975.[14] All are franchises owned by DFI Retail Group. First IKEA in a Chinese-speaking territory.
9	Canada	1976	Dartmouth	16	The first IKEA store in North America opened in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1976 and closed in 1988,[15][16] though the company opened a new Dartmouth location in 2017.[17] As of November 2024, there were 14 full-line stores in six provinces, two urban-format stores in Ontario, as well as numerous planning and/or pickup collection points.[18]
10	Austria	1977	Vösendorf (near Vienna)	8	In 2021 IKEA opened an urban-format store in Vienna at Wien Westbahnhof railway station. The store does not feature parking facilities and only sells products that can be carried home by public transport. Large furniture can be ordered at the store and will be delivered home with zero-emission vehicles.[19]
11	Singapore	1978	Bukit Timah	3	First store in Southeast Asia. Original store moved to Katong in 1984, then to Alexandra Road in Queenstown in 1995. A second store opened in November 2006 in Tampines. A third store opened at Jem on 29 April 2021.[20]
12	Netherlands	1978	Sliedrecht	13	Inter IKEA Systems' headquarters are located in the IKEA Concept Center in Delft. Groningen store is the third largest in Europe with 42,000 square metres (450,000 sq ft). Newest store opened in February 2015 in Zwolle.[21] The old store in Sliedrecht closed in 2006.[22]
13	Spain	1980	Las Palmas	30	There are 20 stores on mainland Spain and 10 stores in the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands. It include three small stores in Madrid and Pamplona and a pop-up store for accessories in Madrid.[23]
14	Iceland	1981	Garðabær	1	Originally, IKEA started its business in a loft above a grocery store in Reykjavík. Later, after having spent a decade in a large warehouse, it reopened (at around 20,000 m2 (220,000 sq ft) in Garðabær in October 2006).[24] IKEA's director in Iceland said that they want to open a store in Akureyri in the upcoming years,[25][26] but meanwhile that plan was shelved (and instead a limit put on shipping cost).[27]
15	France	1981	Bobigny (near Paris)	36	9 of 36 stores are in Paris urban area.
16	Saudi Arabia	1983	Jeddah	4	First IKEA in a Muslim-majority country; stores are located in the metropolitan areas of Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dhahran. The Riyadh and Jeddah stores have been completely rebuilt and relocated in recent years. The store in Dhahran opened in 2008. The second store in Jeddah opened in 2017. Two pick-up points also opened in two cities.
17	Belgium	1984	Zaventem and Ternat (near Brussels)	8	Stores in Anderlecht, Arlon, Ghent, Hasselt, Liège, Mons, Wilrijk and Zaventem. In 2008 the IKEA store in Ternat closed. In 2016, the stores in Hasselt and Mons opened, and in October of that year, IKEA bought a piece of land to open a second store in Antwerp.[28] Another new store will open near Kortrijk, but not anytime soon.
18	Kuwait	1984	Kuwait City	3	First IKEA store in Kuwait was opened in the industrial district of Shuwaikh in 1984 and transferred to a larger new facility at The Avenues Mall in early 2007.[29] In 2020 was opened a decorations store at 360 Mall.[30] Another decorations store was opened on 8 November 2021 in the new Assima Mall.[31] A new IKEA store was opened on 16 August 2023 in the South of the Kuwait City in the Warehouse Mall in South Sabahiya District of the State of Kuwait.
19	United States	1985	Plymouth Meeting (near Philadelphia)	52[32] (or 55 if Puerto Rico is included)	The United States is IKEA's second largest market, after Germany, or possibly tied for first. The first IKEA in the U.S. was built on an outparcel space belonging to Plymouth Meeting Mall in the Philadelphia suburb of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; this store moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania in 2003, where IKEA's US headquarters is also based. In 1992, IKEA acquired the California-based STØR chain, adding three of that chain's four locations to their US presence; that chain's Houston, Texas location, which operated under a franchise agreement, became one of only a few independently franchised IKEA locations in the world.[33]
20	United Kingdom	1987	Warrington, Cheshire	22	IKEA opened a 32,000 square metres (340,000 sq ft) store in Calcot, Reading, Berkshire on 14 July 2016 and opened in September 2017 in Sheffield. On the 10 May 2018, the UK's 21st store opened in Exeter.[34][35] Additionally the UK has two Order and Collect points; Norwich[36](which closed in 2021) and Aberdeen.[37] An IKEA planning studio was opened in London in 2018. On 4 February 2020, IKEA announced its first ever UK store closure of its Coventry city centre store due to consistent losses.[38] In 2022, IKEA opened its first high-street store at Livat Hammersmith, previously named Kings Mall.[39] In August 2022, IKEA in Tottenham, North London, was closed following "an extensive assessment of our presence in London in line with changing shopping behaviours".[40][41]
21	Italy	1989	Cinisello Balsamo (near Milan)	23	The largest store is located in Carugate, Milan, extending to 38,000 m2 (410,000 sq ft).
22	Hungary	1990	Budapest	3	There are three stores in Hungary, located in the Budapest urban area, two in the city and one in Budaörs.[42]
23	Poland	1990	Warsaw	11	Stores are located in Warsaw (two), Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Kraków, Poznań, Łódź, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, and Szczecin. Over 70 Click & Collect points are available across the country.[43]
24	Czech Republic	1991	Budějovická (Prague)	4	There are two IKEA stores in Prague and one concept store: one at Zličín and one at Černý Most; both Zličín and Černý most are located at the periphery of Prague. The concept store was located on Wenceslas square. The first original store at Budějovická - Prague 4 was abandoned in 1995. Outside of Prague there are two locations - in the country's second-largest city, Brno, and in Ostrava. There are three stores planned within six years (Plzeň, Hradec Králové and a third location in Prague). In 2018 a concept store was opened on the Wenceslas square in downtown Prague and was closed at the end of 2019.
25	Serbia	1991	Belgrade	1	The first IKEA store in present-day Serbia was opened in 1991, but was closed in 1992 due to UN sanctions over Yugoslavia.[44] IKEA returned after 25 years and officially opened its first store on August 10, 2017.[45] It was followed in 2022 by a 40,000 square metres (430,000 square feet) retail park in Belgrade, in addition to its store in Bubanj Potok. IKEA plans a second store in the Niš.[46] In Belgrade is the regional office for former Yugoslavia and Romania.
26	United Arab Emirates	1991	Dubai	7	There are four stores in the UAE, located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, and Al Ain.[47] The first store opened in City Centre Deira in Dubai. The Dubai store later shifted to Festival Waterfront Centre. The IKEA store in Abu Dhabi was originally located at the Marina Mall. It has since shifted to Yas Island.[48] The Al Ain store is located near the camel souq and Bawadi Mall. The fourth store in Dubai is located in Festival Plaza shopping centre, located in Jebel Ali, Fifth store in Abu Dhabi is located in Al Wahda Mall, Sixth store in Fujairah is located in City Centre Fujairah, Seventh store located in Abu dhabi is located in Dalma Mall, Al-Futtaim is the franchise holder for IKEA in UAE, Egypt, and Qatar.
27	Slovakia	1992	Bratislava	1	Original store was closed upon the opening of a new store in the Avion Shopping Park. There are two more stores planned in Slovakia, in Košice and Žilina.
28	Taiwan	1994	Taipei	8	IKEA opened its first store in Taipei in 1994. There are currently 8 IKEA stores operating in various cities across Taiwan, namely: Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Chiayi, with Taipei and New Taipei having 2 stores each and other cities having 1 store each. The latest IKEA store to have opened in Taiwan is the Chiayi City Shop; sharing the same premises as RT-Mart in Chiayi on December 26, 2022. It is the first “IKEA shop-in-shop” store in Taiwan. As of today,[when?] the Taoyuan store is the largest of all 8 stores currently operating in Taiwan. The IKEA franchise in Taiwan was initially owned directly by Jardine Matheson, but it is currently owned indirectly by Jardine Matheson through DFI Retail Group.
29	Finland	1996	Espoo	5	Stores were opened in Vantaa in 2003, in Raisio in 2008, in Tampere in 2010 and Kuopio in 2011. The Tampere store is the biggest IKEA in Finland.
30	Malaysia	1996	Bandar Utama	4	Previously located inside 1 Utama, the first store was relocated to a standalone store in Mutiara Damansara, Selangor in 2003. The second store in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur was opened on November 19, 2015.[49][50] On November 15, 2017, a store was opened in Tebrau, Johor Bahru. On March 14, 2019, IKEA in Batu Kawan, Penang opened.[51][52]
31	China	1998	Shanghai	38[53]	First IKEA in a communist country. There are a total of 38 IKEA stores in mainland China, including 4 stores in Shanghai, 3 in Beijing (one in small format), 2 in Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Tianjin and 23 in other cities across China.
32	Israel	2001	Netanya	7	IKEA operates in Israel through a franchise company called IKEA Israel. IKEA has five regular stores in Israel, located in Netanya, Beit Shemesh, Rishon LeZion, Kiryat Ata, and Beersheba.[54][55] There are also two stores that focus exclusively on kitchens called IKEA Kitchens in the Tel Aviv Port and Petah Tikva. There is one store planned to open in Ashdod.[56]
33	Greece	2001	Thessaloniki	8	The first store opened in Thessaloniki on October 24, 2001. IKEA subsequently opened four stores in Athens and one in Larissa Ioannina Chania and ect each.[57] Also three ''next generation'' stores, aka ''ikea city'' have opened in The Mall Athens (1,900 m2 (20,000 sq ft)), in Piraeus district of Athens (2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft)) and Alexandroupolis (1,560 m2 (16,800 sq ft)).
34	Portugal	2004	Alfragide (near Lisbon)	5	Second store opened on July 31, 2007, in Matosinhos, with 36,000 square metres (390,000 sq ft),[58] and third store opened on 25 May 2010, in Frielas, Loures, the largest store on the Iberian Peninsula with 39,000 square metres (420,000 sq ft). The fourth store opened in Braga with 22,000 square metres (240,000 sq ft). The fifth and last IKEA store opened in 2018 in Loulé, being the first one in the Algarve.
35	Turkey	2005	Istanbul	7	There are three stores in Istanbul (Bayrampaşa, Kartal and Ümraniye), one store in İzmir (Bornova), one store in Bursa (Osmangazi), one store in Ankara (Mamak) and one store in Antalya (Kepez).
36	Romania	2007	Bucharest	3	26,000 square metres (280,000 sq ft) store opened on March 21, 2007, in the Băneasa retail park in Bucharest.[59] A second 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft) store was opened in Bucharest on June 24, 2019.[60] A third store opened in Timișoara on June 8, 2023.[61] Another stores are planned in Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Craiova and Iași.[62]
37	Cyprus	2007	Strovolos (near Nicosia)	1	A 22,000 square metres (240,000 sq ft) store opened in September 2007.[63][64][65]
38	Ireland	2008	Ballymun (near Dublin)	2	The first IKEA store in the Republic of Ireland (and second on the island of Ireland) opened on July 27, 2009.[66] Ireland's first small format store, where customers can order and collect products opened in Carrickmines in the summer of 2016.[67]
39	Dominican Republic	2010	Santo Domingo	4	First IKEA in Latin America and the Caribbean. The first store opened on 17 February 2010 in Santo Domingo.[68] It is the first IKEA store in Latin America.[69]
40	Bulgaria	2011	Sofia	3	The first IKEA store with 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) was opened in Bulgaria in the capital Sofia on September 20, 2011, by Greek company Fourlis.[70] In 2020 it was opened a medium concept store of 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) in Delta Planet Mall in Varna.[71] In 2021 a small concept store of 1,200 square metres (13,000 sq ft) was opened in Mall of Sofia.[72] IKEA additionally runs two order and pick-up centers in Burgas and Plovdiv. The sixth store was opened in Veliko Tarnovo in November 2023.[citation needed] A Plan and Order studio opened in Pernik in March 2025.
41	Thailand	2011	Bangkok	4	The first IKEA in Thailand opened its door on 3 November 2011, in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan. It is expected to have 43,000 square metres (460,000 sq ft) of retail space as a part of the Mega Bangna Shopping Center.[73][74] On March 15, 2018, IKEA Thailand opened a second store located in Bang Yai, Nonthaburi as a part of the CentralPlaza WestGate shopping mall.[75] IKEA has also opened a store in the Mueang District of Phuket. It was opened on November 27, 2015, initially as a pick-up and order point, but was then later converted into a store.[76] In June 2022, IKEA Thailand announced a plan to open a fourth store (IKEA Sukhumvit) located in the heart of Bangkok on Sukhumvit Road on the third floor of the Emsphere mall; next to Benchasiri Park. The store is the first city-centre store in the region and opened on 1 December 2023.[77]
42	Macau	2012	Taipa	1	In 2012, Macau had its first IKEA merchandise pick up store in Avenida de Venceslau de Morais. In April 2016, the location was moved in Macau Tower. Macau's first IKEA opened on April 23, 2020, at Nova Grand Shopping Centre in Taipa.[78]
43	Lithuania	2013	Vilnius	4	The first IKEA store in the Baltics was opened on August 14, 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania, with 26,000 square metres (280,000 square feet).[79] Two order and collection points are located in Kaunas and Klaipėda. In 2023, a planning and ordering point was opened in Šiauliai.[80]
44	Puerto Rico	2013	Bayamón	3	IKEA has been present in Puerto Rico since 2013 with three order and pick-up centers in Bayamón, Ponce and Carolina. The first IKEA store in Puerto Rico was opened September 29, 2021 on the former site of Sears in proximity of Santa Rosa Mall in Bayamón.[81]
45	Egypt	2013	Cairo	3	The first IKEA store in Africa opened on November 26, 2013. The store is located in Cairo Festival City Mall, and it has 34,500 square meters (371,000 square feet).[82] A second store is located in Mall of Arabia in 6th of October City. A third pop-up store is opened only during summer in Sidi Abdel Rahman.[83][84]
46	Qatar	2013	Doha	1	The first IKEA in Qatar opened its door on March 11, 2013.[85] The store is located in Doha Festival City Mall.
47	Jordan	2014	Amman	1	The first IKEA in Jordan[86] opened its doors on 6 March 2014.[87]
48	Croatia	2014	Zagreb	1	The first IKEA in Croatia[88] opened on 21 August 2014 and with total area of 38,000 m2 (410,000 sq ft) is one of the five biggest in Europe and among 10 biggest IKEA stores in the world.[89]
49	Indonesia	2014	Tangerang (near Jakarta)	7	IKEA operates in Indonesia through a franchise agreement with DFI Retail Nusantara, the listed Indonesian arm of DFI Retail Group. It opened its first Indonesian store on October 15, 2014, at Alam Sutera, Tangerang, located in the western suburbs of Greater Jakarta.[90] On November 28, 2019, IKEA opened its second store in Sentul City, Bogor. The store was previously a Giant Hypermarket store, but converted. On March 28, 2021, IKEA opened its third store in Kota Baru Parahyangan, Bandung, West Java; the first store outside of the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Area.[91] On September 16, 2021, a fourth IKEA store opened its doors in Jakarta Garden City housing estate in Cakung. It is the first store to be located in the Jakarta city proper.[92] Following the converted IKEA Sentul branch, another 5 large-sized former Giant hypermarket stores will be converted into IKEA stores,[93] with the first store of such, also the fifth IKEA store in Indonesia, is located in Kuta, Bali. The store opened its doors on November 18, 2021; making it the first IKEA store in Indonesia to be located outside the main island of Java.[94] On April 7, 2022, IKEA opened its sixth store, its first in Indonesia with a city store concept, at Mall Taman Anggrek in West Jakarta. Spans at 9,400 m2 (101,000 sq ft), it takes up two stories of the mall.[95] IKEA opened its seventh store in Indonesia (also its second city store) at Ciputra World Surabaya Mall in Surabaya, East Java on December 15, 2022; it is the third store located outside of the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Area.[96]
50	South Korea	2014	Gwangmyeong	5	The world's second largest IKEA store at 59,000 m2 (640,000 sq ft)[5][97] opened in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, near the Gwangmyeong station on December 18, 2014.[98] The second store opened in Goyang on October 19, 2017, which is even larger at 164,000 square meters (1,770,000 square feet) in gross floor area, breaking the previous world record holder's 131,550 square meters (1,416,000 square feet). IKEA plans to have six stores in the country by 2020, four in the Seoul Capital Area, one in Daejeon and one in Busan.[99] The third store opened in Giheung-gu, Yongin on December 12, 2019.[100] The fourth store opened in Gijang County, Busan on February 13, 2020, making the first IKEA store located outside of the Seoul Capital Area.[101] On April 17, 2025, the fifth store opened in Gangdong District, Seoul. The Gangdong store is situated in newly opened Gangdong I-Park The River shopping, entertainment and business complex, making it the first IKEA store in the country to be integrated into a mixed-used facility.[102]
51	Morocco	2016	Zenata [fr] (near Casablanca)	3	The first IKEA store in Morocco was opened on 16 March 2016 in Zenata [fr], on the outskirts of Casablanca.[103][104] A second store for decorations was opened on 28 July 2020 in Morocco Mall in Casablanca.[105] A third store opened near Cabo Negro in February 2023.[106]
52	India	2018	Hyderabad	5	IKEA opened its first store in India with 37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft) in Hyderabad on 9 August 2018.[107] IKEA opened its second store in Navi Mumbai on 18 December 2020,[108] and its third outlet and first smaller format "city-store" in Worli, Mumbai on 9 December 2021.[109] IKEA plans to have 30 stores by 2028.[110][111] Ingka Centres, IKEA's mall's division, announced in December 2021 that it would open an additional two malls, anchored by IKEA stores, in Gurugram and Noida. Both malls are expected to open by 2025.[112] The 4th store was opened in Bangalore on 22 June 2022.[113] A 5th store was opened in R City Mall on 28 July 2022. It is the third store located in Mumbai.[114]
53	Latvia	2018	Riga	1	The first store in Latvia was opened on 30 August 2018 in Stopiņi near Riga.[115][116]
54	Bahrain	2018	Salmabad	1	IKEA has completed building its first store in Bahrain with 37,000 square meters (400,000 square feet) in floor area and opened to the public on 5 September 2018. It is regarded as the biggest store in the region.[117]
55	Estonia	2019	Tallinn	2	IKEA Estonia launched its online store as well as its first brick-and-mortar location, a limited showroom and pickup point, in the Lasnamäe district of Tallinn on 29 August 2019.[118] The first full-sized store located at Kurna village in Rae Parish (outside of Tallinn area) opened on 25 August 2022.[119]
56	Ukraine	2020	Kyiv	1	One 5,000 square meters (54,000 square feet) store at the Blockbuster Mall in Kyiv.[120] IKEA also has multiple pick-up points and the online store with delivery.[121]
57	Mexico	2020	Mexico City	3	2020: launch of online store that delivers to the Mexico City metropolitan area. First retail store opened in April, 2021; 23,000 square metres (250,000 sq ft) across 3 levels with entrances off all 3 floors of the new Encuentro Oceanía mall.[122]
58	Slovenia	2021	Ljubljana	1	First IKEA store in Slovenia was opened on February 25, 2021, next to BTC shopping city in Ljubljana.[123]
59	Philippines	2021	Pasay, Manila	1	The first IKEA store in the Philippines was opened on November 25, 2021. It is the largest IKEA store in the world; occupying 65,000 m2 (700,000 sq ft). The store is located at the SM Mall of Asia complex.[124] IKEA is also planning to expand to other cities in the Philippines such as Cebu, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and Iloilo.[125]
60	Oman	2022	Muscat	1	The first IKEA store in Oman was opened in Muscat on June 19, 2022; in a space spanning 25,000 m2 (270,000 sq ft) over two levels. The store is located at the Oman Avenues Mall and also comprises a 394-seat restaurant and a Swedish food market.[126][127]
61	Chile	2022	Santiago	2	On May 17, 2018, Falabella holding announced a franchise agreement with IKEA to open stores in Chile, Peru and Colombia, rebranding Homy stores and opening new stores starting in Santiago.[128] On 10 August 2022, the first IKEA store in Chile has opened at Open Plaza Kennedy shopping center in Las Condes in Santiago, Chile. In addition to being the first IKEA store in Chile, it is also the first IKEA store to open in South America. On December 14, 2022, the second IKEA store in Chile was inaugurated in the Mall Plaza Oeste shopping center in Cerrillos in Santiago, Chile.[129]
62	Colombia	2023	Bogotá	3	The first IKEA store in Colombia opened in Bogotá on September 28, 2023.[130] The second store opened in Cali on May 8, 2024. Followed by a third store on Medellín, which opened on October 9, 2024.[131][132][133]

Future/Planned markets

Country	Debut	First store location[2]	Notes
New Zealand	2025	Auckland	The country's first store is expected to open in Sylvia Park, Auckland in late 2025.[134]
Peru	2026	Lima	On May 17, 2018, Falabella holding announced a franchise agreement with IKEA to open stores in Chile, Peru and Colombia.[128] The first IKEA store in Peru is expected to be opened in 2026.[135]
Luxembourg	2027	Luxembourg City	As of 2019, shoppers from Luxembourg can have their IKEA products shipped directly to their address from the nearest IKEA store in Arlon, Belgium.[136]
Vietnam	2028	Ho Chi Minh City	In October 2017, Inter IKEA CEO Torbjorn Loof said in an interview with Bloomberg News that there were plans for the company to expand into Vietnam with the next five years.[137][138]
Brazil	2029	São Paulo	IKEA announced in 2017 that it intended to expand its stores to São Paulo, Brazil. It was rumored to open in September 2024, however, as of now, there is no known opening date.

Former markets

Country	Debut	Closure	First store location[2]	No. of stores	Notes
Russia	2000	2022	Khimki (near Moscow)	18	Russia was the fourth market by revenue after Germany, the U.S. and Sweden. There were 3 IKEA stores in Moscow (Khimki, Teply Stan and Belaya Dacha), 2 stores in Saint Petersburg (Parnas and Dybenko), stores in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Novaya Adygea (in Adygea near Krasnodar), Samara, Omsk and Ufa. The IKEA stores in Russia were in connection with MEGA malls developed by IKEA. 5-6 new openings were originally planned by 2020. On 3 March 2022, INGKA holdings (parent company of IKEA Russia) announced that IKEA would suspend operations in Russia and pause sourcing in the country as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[139] On 15 May 2022, IKEA announced the permanent closure of its shops in Russia. A Belarusian furniture retailer called "Swed House" (Belarusian: Шведскі дом) opened in Moscow in April 2023, general director Mamedali Kasymov says they are replacing the IKEA stores in Russia.[140] On 28 September 2023, Gazprombank purchased the operations of all 14 MEGA shopping centers from IKEA.[141]

Franchises

IKEA stores are operated by 12 companies under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. Inter IKEA Systems B.V. also owns and operates a single store — the IKEA Delft store in the Netherlands.^[142]

Franchises	No. of stores	Countries and territories served
Al-Futtaim Group	9	Egypt, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Al-Homaizi Group	6	Kuwait, Jordan, Morocco
Al-Sulaiman	4	Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
DFI Retail Group	19[143]	Hong Kong (China), Macau (China), Indonesia (through DFI Retail Nusantara), Taiwan
Falabella	5	Chile, Colombia, Peru
Housemarket (Fourlis Group)	10[144]	Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece
Ikano	12[145]	Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
INGKA Holding	379[146]	Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (suspended), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Mapa	7	Turkey
Miklatorg Group	4	Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania
Northern Birch	7	Israel
Sarton Group	12	Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico (US), Balearic Islands (Spain) and Canary Islands (Spain)[147]

Largest stores

The world's largest IKEA store is located in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines.

The world's six largest IKEA stores are:

1. Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines: 65,000 m² (699,654.2 sq ft)^[148]
2. Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, South Korea: 57,100 m² (614,619.3 sq ft)^[149]
3. Stockholm (Kungens Kurva), Sweden: 55,200 m² (594,167.9 sq ft)^[149]
4. Shanghai (Baoshan), China: 55,032 m² (592,359.5 sq ft)
5. Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea: 52,199 m² (561,865.4 sq ft)^[150]
6. Bangyai, Nonthaburi, Thailand: 50,278 m² (541,187.9 sq ft)^[151]