Target Corporation

American retailer and supermarket chain

Key facts

Formerly: Goodfellow Dry Goods (1902–1903) Dayton's Dry Goods Company (1903–1910) Dayton Company (1910–1962) Dayton Corporation (1962–1969) Dayton-Hudson Corporation (1969–2000)
Company type: Public
Traded as: NYSE : TGT S&P 500 component
Industry: Retail
Founded: June 24, 1902 ; 123 years ago ( 1902-06-24 ) (corporation) May 1, 1962 ; 64 years ago ( 1962-05-01 ) (store)
Founders: George Dayton (corporation) Douglas Dayton and John Geisse (store)
Headquarters: Target Plaza Minneapolis , Minnesota, U.S.
Number of locations: 1,995 stores (2026)
Area served: United States, Canada (formerly, see Target Canada )
Key people: Brian Cornell (executive chairman) Michael Fiddelke (CEO)
Revenue: US$104.8 billion (2025)

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Target Corporation is an American retail corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Target operates retail stores. It is the eighth-largest retailer in the United States and is a component of the S&P 500 Index.

The original Target retail store was co-founded by John Geisse and Douglas Dayton in 1962 for Dayton's in Roseville, Minnesota. Dayton's was renamed the Target Corporation in 2000. Target is notable for its focus on upscale, trend-forward merchandise at lower costs. Its stores typically sell general merchandise. Target's logo refers to the center of a shooting target, and its canine mascot is named Bullseye. The corporation also operates two criminal forensics laboratories.