Target - Fashion Company Profile
Target Corporation is the Minneapolis discount retailer (NYSE: TGT) that grew out of the Dayton department store company - about 1,995 U.S. stores pairing everyday prices with the design-led apparel and home ranges that made it the fashion-conscious mass merchant.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - about 1,995 stores across the United States and Target.com
- Type
- Public - Target Corporation, New York Stock Exchange: TGT
- Headquarters
- Target Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Founded
- June 24, 1902, in Minneapolis (as the Dayton Dry Goods business); the first Target store opened May 1, 1962, in Roseville, Minnesota
Company Profile
Target is a retailer selling through its own stores and Target.com, so this page carries no marketplace shop box. Its fashion role is the one its record describes - on-trend merchandise at discounted prices, own brands and designer collaborations in bright, guest-friendly stores - scaled from the 1,793 stores of its 2016-era profile to about 1,995 today, with revenue of roughly $105 billion. The snapshot above carries the current figures; the older description is kept as written, dates and all.
The filing also records two durable pieces of the Target identity: since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its profit to communities, and its digital channels were built as a genuine second storefront - product reviews, photos and videos from guests, online exclusives, and sizes and colors beyond what any single store stocks. On the fashion side, that model made Target the mass merchant most associated with designer collaborations and trend-led own brands in apparel and home.
From Dayton Dry Goods to About 2,000 Stores
Target Corporation's roots are department-store roots: the company was founded on June 24, 1902, in Minneapolis by George Draper Dayton, as the Dayton Dry Goods Company, and grew into the Dayton-Hudson department store group before opening the first Target discount store on May 1, 1962, in Roseville, Minnesota. The discount chain eventually became the whole company, which renamed itself Target Corporation in 2000.
Today Target is a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange as TGT, headquartered at Target Plaza in Minneapolis, operating about 1,995 stores across the United States (2026) with roughly $105 billion in annual revenue. The 1,793-store figure in its older profile above has been left in place as the dated record it is; the current snapshot at the top of this page carries the present scale.
Common Questions
When was Target founded?
The corporation traces to June 24, 1902, when George Draper Dayton founded the business that became the Dayton Company in Minneapolis. The first Target store itself opened on May 1, 1962, in Roseville, Minnesota.
Where is Target headquartered and what is its ticker?
Target Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Target Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TGT.
How many Target stores are there?
About 1,995 across the United States as of 2026 - up from the 1,793 counted in the 2016-era description kept in this profile's record.
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