Top 10 Retailers Around the World


#9 The Home Depot

Country of Origin: U.S.

Countries of Operation: 5

Annual Revenue: $67.997 billion (as of 2011)

The Home Depot could appear at the ninth position on the list of Deloitte’s top ten retailers of the world with annual revenue of $68 billion approximately. It is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services having operations in a total of 5 countries. The company, Founded by Marietta and Georgia in 1978, operates many large stores across the United States (District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam), all ten provinces of Canada, Mexico and China and the headquarters of the company is at the Atlanta Store Support Centre in Cobb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta. Employing 321,000 people (as of 2011), the company is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, much ahead of its rival, Lowe’s. The store operates in large warehouse-style buildings and the company’s largest store is located in Union, New Jersey.