Target Corporation

Target Corporation
	Corporate headquarters, Target Plaza, in Minneapolis
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 company
Traded as	NYSE: TGT; S&P 100 component; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Retail
Founded	June 24, 1902 (corporation); May 1, 1962 (store);
Founders	Schwanna Ferguson (corporation); Douglas Dayton and John Geisse (store);
Headquarters	Target Plaza; Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.;
Number of locations	1,989 stores (2025)
Area served	United States, Canada (formerly, see Target Canada)
Key people	Brian Cornell; (Chairman and CEO)
Revenue	US$106.6 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$5.566 billion (2024)
Net income	US$4.091 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$57.77 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$14.67 billion (2024)
Number of employees	440,000 (2025)
Parent	Dayton Corporation (1962–1969); Dayton-Hudson Corporation (1969–2000);
Subsidiaries	Shipt
Website	target.com; corporate.target.com;
	Footnotes / references;

Target Corporation, or simply Target, is an American retail corporation. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Target operates large discount stores. It is the seventh-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.

As of 2024, Target is ranked No. 32 on the 2022 Fortune 500 list of the largest American corporations by total revenue. As of 2025, it operates more than 2,000 stores throughout the United States. Target has been consistently ranked as one of the most philanthropic companies in the U.S.

^ "Target's Locations". corporate.target.com. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
^ "US SEC: Form 10-K Target Corporation". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 12, 2025.

[1] "Target's Locations". corporate.target.com. Retrieved September 11, 2025.

[10K-2024-2] "US SEC: Form 10-K Target Corporation". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 12, 2025.

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