Aeon (company)

Aeon

Headquarters in ÆON Tower, Chiba, Japan
Company type	Public (Kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 8267 Nikkei 225 component TOPIX Large70 component
Industry	Retail
Founded	September 21, 1926; 97 years ago (1926-09-21) (as Kabushiki gaisha Okada-ya Gofukuten, in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture)
Headquarters	Aeon's headquarters in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture , Japan
Number of locations	20,008 stores (2023)[1]
Area served	Asia
Key people	Motoya Okada (岡田 元也 Okada Motoya), President
Services	Apparel/footwear specialty Convenience store Department store Discount store Pharmacy Home improvement Hypermarket Supermarket
Revenue	¥8,176,732 million (FY 2016)
Net income	¥52,707 million (FY 2016)
Total assets	¥8,225,874 million (FY 2016)
Total equity	¥1,819,474 million (FY 2017)
Owners	MTBJ investment trusts (6.37%) JTSB investment trusts (5.88%) Mizuho Bank (3.93%) AEON Environmental Foundation (2.56%) Okada family (2.51%) Norinchukin Bank (2.14%)
Number of employees	560,000+ (2023)
Subsidiaries	List Aeon Hokkaidō Aeon Tōhoku Aeon Kyūshū Aeon Ryūkyū Aeon Retail BonBelta Sunday Aeon Super Center Topvalu Collection Aeon Bike Aeon Liqour Origin Tōshū United Super Market Holdings (53.67%) Maxvalu Minami-Tōhoku Maxvalu Kantō Maxvalu Tōkai Maxvalu Hokuriku Maxvalu Nishi-nihon Aeon Market Maruetsu Kasumi Kohyo Daiei Fuji Retailing Red Cabbage Aeon Maxvalu (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. Aeon Big Ministop My Basket Bio c’ Bon Japon Marudai Sakurai Pharmacy Aeon Body Aeon Wellness Welcia Holdings (50.54%) Aeon Bank Aeon Product Finance Aeon Credit Service AFA Corporation Aeon Insurance Service Aeon Allianz Life Insurance Aeon Mortgage Loan Service Aeon Mall Aeon Town OPA Aeon Fantasy Aeon Delight Miraiya Shoten Mega Sports Aeon Eaheart Aeon Pet Aeon Entertainment G-Foot (66.88) Can Do (51.15%) Aeon Topvalu Aeon Agri Creat Aeon Bakery Aeon Food Supply
Website	aeon.info

Aeon Co., Ltd. (イオン株式会社, Ion Kabushiki gaisha, [iꜜoɴ]; occasionally stylized as ÆON), formerly Jusco Co., Ltd. (ジャスコ株式会社, Jasuko Kabushiki gaisha), is a Japanese diversified retail holding company. It is one of the largest retail companies in Japan, owning Aeon hypermarkets, Aeon Mall and Aeon Town shopping malls, Daiei, MaxValu, Maruetsu, and My Basket supermarkets, Ministop convenience store, Welcia drugstore, and Aeon Cinema movie theaters.

Aeon traces its origins back to 1758 during the Edo period in Japan when it was established as a small sundry goods store called Shinohara-ya. Later, it was renamed Okada-ya after the founding family. In 1970, Okada-ya merged with several other companies it had established and became Jusco. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, Jusco expanded and in 2001 changed its name to Aeon, which was its own brand. In 2010, Aeon merged with its subsidiary retail companies and consolidated all its hypermarket brands such as Jusco and Saty under the Aeon name. In 2021, Aeon was reportedly the 17th largest retailer in the world in terms of revenue.