Company record
Walmart Inc.
Not recorded: headquarters.
Cited research
About Walmart Inc.
From the research on the Walmart brand record · Retail company
Walmart Inc. is an American retailer headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City store in Rogers, Arkansas, on 2 July 1962.
Walmart Inc. operates hypermarkets, discount department stores, grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel stations in the United States and 19 other countries, and owns the Sam’s Club warehouse chain. Sam Walton founded the company with his brother James “Bud” Walton.
Walmart’s corporate timeline records a logo update in 1981 and the start of the “star” logo in 1992. In 2008 the hyphen and star gave way to a single word with the Spark symbol, and the logo was refreshed again in January 2025. [1] [2] [3]
- 1962-07-02 Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City store in Rogers, Arkansas. [1]
- 1969 The company incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [2]
Sources (3)
- Walmart ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- Walmart History ↗ · Walmart · accessed 2026-09-25
- Walmart’s logo got its first facelift in nearly 20 years ↗ · CNN, 2025-01-13 · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 by AI-assisted source review. An editor has not yet independently confirmed these sources. Logo milestones are listed on the brand page.
Brand records
Filed under Walmart Inc.
Walmart Inc. has 1 brand record in this archive. It offers AI and PNG files; the brand page names the source and usage conditions of each. Recorded industry: Retail & E-commerce (1). The Walmart record keeps 13 logo versions, listed below with their archive labels.
Recorded domains
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walmart.comBrand record · WalmartArchive records
Walmart logo records
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