- 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)