List of countries with IKEA stores

The original IKEA store was opened in Sweden in 1958. The first stores outside Sweden were opened in Norway (1963) and Denmark (1969). In the 1970s, stores spread to other parts of Europe, with the first store outside Scandinavia opening in Switzerland (1973), followed by Germany (1974). During the same decade, stores were opened in other parts of the world, including Japan, (1974), Australia and Hong Kong (1975), Canada (1976), The Netherlands and Singapore (1978). Germany, with 43 stores, is IKEA's biggest market, followed by the United States, with 35. IKEA now has 285 stores in 36 countries. However, the company has thus far not shown much of a presence in the developing countries.

The following List of IKEA stores is arranged by date of first store in each country.

Country	Debut	First store location	No. Stores	Notes
Sweden	1958	Älmhult	17	Sweden has the world's largest IKEA (outside Stockholm; 55,200 square metres (594,000 sq ft)).
Norway	1963	Slependen	5	First IKEA outside of Sweden.
Denmark	1969	Copenhagen (Ballerup)	4	Ballerup store moved to Høje Tåstrup circa 1979. A 34.500 sq m large store to open on November 2009 in Odense
Switzerland	1973	Spreitenbach	7	First IKEA outside of Scandinavia.
Germany	1974	Munich (Eching)	45	IKEA's biggest market.
Japan	1974	Kobe	5	A joint venture with a Japanese department store. IKEA withdrew from the market in 1986 because of stagnant sales, then returned in 2006 to Funabashi, Chiba under a distribution partnership with the Mitsubishi Corporation. Now in Japan there are four stores and in November 2008, one more store will open its doors.
Australia	1975	Sydney (Artarmon)	5	The Sydney store moved to Rhodes during 2005-2006. Their stores in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide (Perth and Adelaide are a franchise owned by CEBAS Pty LTD). The Perth store has been relocated from Osborne Park to Innaloo as of 14 February 2008.
Hong Kong	1975	Kowloon (Tsim Sha Tsui)	3	Original store is closed. As of 2007, IKEA has 3 stores and 1 warehouse in Hong Kong: Causeway Bay, Kowloon Bay, Shatin, and Sheung Shui. All are franchises owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings. Shatin Store had been expanded in December 2009. Kowloon Bay store will be relocated from Telford Plaza to Megabox in Summer 2010. The 150,000 square feet Kowloon Bay store will become the largest store in Hong Kong.
Canada	1976	Richmond, British Columbia	11	Following opening of the Richmond (Metro Vancouver) store in 1976, stores were opened in Toronto (1977), Edmonton (1978), Calgary and Ottawa (1979) and Montreal (1982). As of 2008, there were a total of 11 stores in Canada spread among four provinces.
Austria	1977	Vienna (Vösendorf)	6	A new store, the seventh of Austria, will have been opened by November 2008 in Klagenfurt.
Singapore	1978	Bukit Timah (Sixth Avenue)	2	Original store moved to Katong in 1984, then to Alexandra Road in Queenstown in 1995. A second store opened in November 2006 in Tampines.
The Netherlands	1978	Sliedrecht	12	Newest stores are in Haarlem and Amersfoort. The old store in Sliedrecht closed in 2006.
Spain	1980	Gran Canaria (Las Palmas)	15	There are 11 stores on mainland Spain & 4 stores in the Canary Islands & the Balearic Islands.
Iceland	1981	Reykjavík	1	Replaced by a new store which opened in Garðabær in October 2006.
France	1981	Paris (Bobigny)	23	With 7 stores, Paris has more IKEAs than any other city.
Saudi Arabia	1983	Jeddah	3	Stores in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran. The Riyadh and Jeddah stores have been completely rebuilt in recent years. The store in Dhahran opened in 2008.
Belgium	1984	Brussels (Zaventem and Ternat)	6	A new store, the seventh of Belgium, will have been opened by November 2008 in Gent.
Kuwait	1984	Kuwait City	1	Opened in the industrial district of Shuwaikh in 1984; transferred to a significantly larger new facility at The Avenues (a shopping mall) in early 2007.
United States	1985	Plymouth Meeting	37	Built in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; has since moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The original IKEA building is in the process of being demolished. In 1992, IKEA acquired the California based STØR chain, adding 3 of that chain's 4 locations to their US presence. Stores currently under development are Tampa in Florida and North Carolina's first store in Charlotte; the latest store opening as of August 2008 was IKEA's first store in New York City, namely in Brooklyn. On September 10, 2008, it was announced that IKEA would be opening a store in Centennial, Colorado.
United Kingdom	1987	Warrington, Cheshire	18	The largest UK stores are in Croydon in London and at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex, each with a capacity of 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft). The newest stores were completed in December 2007 in Coventry city centre and at the Holywood Exchange in Belfast.. IKEA Leeds is in West Yorkshire In November 2007 a planning application was approved for an 18th store in Southampton, which opened on 12 February 2009. IKEA are also reported to be looking for a location in South Yorkshire.
Italy	1989	Milan (Cinisello Balsamo)	17	Another 10 openings are planned for the next 5 years.
Hungary	1990	Budapest	2	There are two stores in Hungary. One in the capital city Budapest and one in Budaörs. Two other stores are planned.
Poland	1991	Warsaw (Janki)	8	Original location in central Warsaw is now closed. Warsaw has two stores in Janki and Targówek. There are also stores in Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Kraków and Poznań. On November 27, 2009 a new store was opened in Łódź. At least 7 new stores in Bydgoszcz, Białystok, Gdynia, Szczecin, Częstochowa, Lublin and Rzeszów are being planned.
Czech Republic	1991	Prague (Budějovická)	4	There are two IKEA stores in Prague - one at Zličín and one at Černý most. In Czechia there are two more shops - in the second largest city of Czechia, Brno, and in Ostrava. The first original store at Budějovická - Prague 4 was abandoned. Both Zličín and Černý most are located at the periphery of Prague and at the endstations of underground line B. Another will be open at 2011 in Hradec Králové.
United Arab Emirates	1991	Dubai	2	The U.A.E.'s stores are located in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The IKEA Store in Abu Dhabi is currently located at the Marina Mall. The Dubai store recently moved to the Festival Waterfront Centre.
Slovakia	1992	Bratislava	1	Original store was closed upon the opening of a new store located in the Avion Shopping Park.
Taiwan	1994	Taipei	4
Finland	1996	Espoo	3	New store in Vantaa in 2005, in Turku in 2008 and in Tampere 2009. Tampere store will be the biggest IKEA in Finland.
Malaysia	1996	Bandar Utama	1	Re-located to Mutiara Damansara in 2003. The new IKEA store in Mutiara Damansara was the largest in Asia at that time with a shop floor area of approximately 270,000 square metres (2,900,000 sq ft).
China	1998	Shanghai	6	Another two stores will have been opened by January 2009 in Dalian and Shanghai.
Russia	2000	Moscow (Khimki)	11	There are 3 IKEA stores in Moscow (Khimki, Teply Stan and Belaya Dacha), 2 stores in St. Petersburg (Parnas and Dybenko), stores in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don and Novaya Adygea (in Adygea near Krasnodar). There are also 11 MEGA malls developed by IKEA (3 in Moscow, 2 in St. Petersburg, in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don and Novaya Adygea). IKEA stores and MEGA malls in Samara, Omsk, Ufa are under construction now.
Israel	2001	Netanya	1	A second store was supposed to be constructed in Rishon LeZion.
Greece	2001	Thessaloniki	4	The first store opened in Thessaloniki on October 24, 2001. The second store opened in Athens (Airport Retail Park) on April 23, 2004. The third store, also in Athens (Egaleo), opened on March 26, 2008. The fourth store, in Larissa, opened on October 14, 2009. The fifth store, in Ioannina, is currently under development and is expected to open in 2010. Three more stores are planned by 2013 in Athens (third store, possibly in Elefsina), Heraklion and in the new shopping center Iasmos Park in Komotini.
Portugal	2004	Lisbon (Alfragide)	2	Second store opened on July 31, 2007 in Matosinhos, with 36,000 square metres (390,000 sq ft).
Turkey	2005	Istanbul	4	There are two stores are in Istanbul (Bayrampaşa and Ümraniye), one store in İzmir (Bornova) and one store in Bursa (Osmangazi).
Romania	2007	Bucharest (Băneasa)	1	26,000 square metres (280,000 sq ft) store opened on March 21, 2007 in Baneasa "Feeria" Shopping Center. The second store will be opened in 2009, in Iaşi, in Era Shopping Park. Other stores are planned to be opened in Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Galaţi and Timişoara by 2013.
Cyprus	2007	Nicosia (Strovolos)	1	22,000 square metres (240,000 sq ft) store opened in September 2007.
Ireland	July 2009	Dublin (Ballymun)	1	The first IKEA store in Ireland opened on July 27, 2009. The store was granted planning permission in 2007 with conditions, and although the store was completed in February 2009, planning conditions resulted in the delayed opening.
Dominican Republic	February 2010	Santo Domingo	0	The first Dominican IKEA store is expected to open in 2010 in Santo Domingo. It will be the first IKEA store in Latin America. IKEA’s owner, Anders Alm, is reported as saying that the new store will create 400 jobs and is planned to start operations by 17 February 2010.
Bulgaria	Spring 2011	Sofia	0	The first Bulgarian IKEA store is expected to open doors in 2009 in Sofia.
Thailand	2011	Bangkok	0	Mega Bangna will be on a 290-rai plot on the Bang Na-Trat KM 9, Kanchanaphisek outer ring road and will have a total space of about 200,000 square metres. Its features will include a 40,000-sq-m Ikea store, a department store, branded fashion outlets, restaurants, an IT centre, an entertainment centre and parking for 8,000 cars. Mr Huzell said Ikano plans to open two more Ikea stores in Thailand.
Serbia	2011	Belgrade	0	IKEA is reported to be looking for a site in Belgrade to open Serbia's first store. There are three possible lot locations all 25 ha in size. www.ikea.rs
Ukraine	Fall 2011	Odessa	0	IKEA has acquired land for store in Odessa, but construction hasn't started yet.
New Zealand	TBA	Auckland	0	IKEA has plans to open a store somewhere in Auckland and has engaged Auckland consultants RCG to help it find a site for one of its stores.