Sears

Also known as Sears, Roebuck and Company, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears ( ), is an American chain of department stores and online retailer. The company was founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald. The company began as a mail-order catalog company and opened its first retail locations in 1925. Through the 1980s, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States.

Key facts

Company.name: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Company.logo: Sears logo (2020).svg
Company.image: View of Willis Tower, formerly known as Sears Tower Designed and built in 1973 by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Sears, Roebuck & Company, the world's largest retailer LCCN2011631755.tif
Company.image_caption: Willis Tower (previously Sears Tower), corporate headquarters from 1973 to 1995.
Company.type: Subsidiary (Formerly Public)
Company.trade_name: Sears
Company.traded_as: NYSE: S (1906–2005)DJIA component (1924–1999)S&P 100 component (until 2005)S&P 500 component (until 2005)
Company.industry: Retail
Company.foundation: as R.W. Sears Watch CompanyChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Company.location_city: Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Company.location_country: U.S.
Company.locations: 5 (December 2025)
Company.area_served: United States
Company.revenue: US$13.8 billion (2016)
Company.operating_income: US$ billion (2016)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: business
Official name: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Country: United States
Founded by: Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Parent organization: Sears Holdings Corporation
Industry: retail
Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange
Legal form: Delaware corporation
Official website: www.sears.com
Image: Sears Savannah, GA 6 (33541048956).jpg

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native label: Sears
Commons category: Sears, Roebuck and Company
inception: 1892-00-00
location of formation: Chicago
social media followers: 195746
different from: Sears Holdings Corporation
location information URL: locations.searsoptical.com

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A Sears, Roebuck and Company mais conhecida como Sears é uma empresa comercial proprietária de uma rede de lojas de departamentos americana sediada na cidade de Chicago, no estado americano de Illinois.

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