Company History
| 1978 | Mar. | Seiyu Stores, Ltd. begins convenience store operations on a franchise system basis. |
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| 1981 | Sept. | The Company’s predecessor, Jonas Co., Ltd. (inactive at that time), acquires business and assets from Seiyu Stores, Ltd., and starts business after changing its name to FamilyMart Co., Ltd. |
| 1987 | Oct. | The Company establishes Okinawa FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Okinawa Prefecture. |
| Dec. | The Company lists its shares on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | |
| 1988 | Aug. | The Company establishes Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd. |
| 1989 | Aug. | The Company is approved to list its shares on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1993 | Apr. | The Company establishes Minami Kyushu FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Kagoshima Prefecture. |
| 2000 | May | The Company establishes famima.com Co., Ltd. (currently Famima Digital One Co., Ltd.). |
| 2002 | Feb. | Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd. lists its shares on the GreTai Securities Market, an over-the-counter stock market in Taiwan. |
| 2004 | May | The Company establishes Shanghai FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 2006 | Sept. | The Company establishes Guangzhou FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China. |
| 2007 | July | The Company establishes Suzhou FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Suzhou, China. |
| 2009 | Dec. | The Company acquires am/pm Japan Co., Ltd. and becomes the Company's wholly owned subsidiary. |
| 2010 | Mar. | The Company absorbs am/pm Japan Co., Ltd. by way of absorption type-merger. |
| 2011 | Apr. | The Company absorbs am/pm Kansai Co., Ltd. by way of absorption type-merger. |
| Nov. | The Company establishes Hangzhou FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Hangzhou, China. | |
| Dec. | The Company establishes Chengdu FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Chengdu, China. | |
| 2012 | Nov. | The Company establishes Shenzhen FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, China. |
| 2014 | Jan. | The Company establishes Wuxi FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Wuxi, China. |
| May | The Company establishes Beijing FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Beijing, China. | |
| July | The Company establishes DONGGUAN FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Dongguan, China. | |
| 2015 | Oct. | The Company acquires shares of Cocostore Corp. and becomes the Company's wholly owned subsidiary. |
| Dec. | The Company absorbs Cocostore Corp. by way of absorption type-merger. | |
| 2016 | Sept. | The Company absorbs UNY Group Holdings Co., Ltd. by way of absorption type-merger, including subsidiaries, UNY Co. Ltd., Circle K Sunkus Co., Ltd., and changes its name to FamilyMart UNY Holdings Co., Ltd. The Company retains Circle K Sunkus Co., Ltd., and changes its name to FamilyMart Co., Ltd. |
| Sept. | The Company lists its shares on the First Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. | |
| 2017 | Nov. | The Company transfers 40.0% of issued shares of UNY Co., Ltd. to Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd. (currently Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.). |
| 2019 | Jan. | The Company fully transfers the shares of UNY Co., Ltd. to Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd. (currently Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.). |
| Sept. | The Company absorbs its wholly owned subsidiary FamilyMart Co., Ltd. by way of absorption type-merger and changes the Company’s name to FamilyMart Co., Ltd. | |
| Nov. | The Company is delisted from the First Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. | |
| 2020 | Nov. | Due to the takeover bid from Retail Investment Company, LLC., which is a subsidiary of ITOCHU Corp., and following consolidation of shares, the Company is delisted from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2021 | June | The Company divests 5.0% of issued shares of Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd. |
| Sept. | The Company establishes Gate One Corp., Ltd. |