GameStop
Also known as Babbage's
GameStop Corp. is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer, headquartered in Grapevine, Texas (a suburb of Dallas–Fort Worth). The brand is the largest video game retailer worldwide. , the company operated 3,203 stores including 2,325 both in the United States, 193 in Canada (the Canadian operations were sold in May 2025), 374 in Australia and 311 in Europe under the GameStop, EB Games, Micromania-Zing, ThinkGeek and Zing Pop Culture brands. The company was founded in Dallas in 1984 as '''Babbage's''' and took on its current name in 1999.
Key facts
- Company.name
- GameStop Corp.
- Company.logo
- GameStop Logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 250px
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2021
- Company.former_name
- Babbage's (1984–1999)
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.hq_location_city
- Grapevine, Texas
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.num_locations
- 3,203 (February 2025)
- Company.key_people
- Ryan Cohen (chairman and CEO)
- Company.revenue
- (2024)
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42 sectionsContents
- History
- Babbage's (1984–1994)
- NeoStar Retail Group (1994–1996)
- Babbage's Etc. (1996–1999)
- Barnes & Noble Booksellers (1999–2004)
- Expansion (2004–2016)
- Acquisitions
- Brand expansion
- European expansion and stagnation
- Management changes
- Decline (2016–2024)
- Changes in market conditions
- Financial losses
- Management changes
- Turnaround efforts
- American division efforts
- Australian division efforts
- COVID-19 pandemic
- American division pandemic response
- Canadian division pandemic response
- Australian division pandemic response
- European decline
- January 2021 short squeeze
- Other news in 2021 to 2025
- NFT platform
- Business operations
- Atrix
- ''Game Informer''
- Trade-ins
- GameStop TV
- Pre-order bonuses
- GameTrust Games
- Controversies
- Lawsuit against BCG
- Nintendo Switch 2 launch day incident
- Corporate affairs
- Finances
- Store numbers
- Subsidiaries
- See also
- References
- External links
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