The Largest IKEA in North America | Visit Burbank (2024)

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What is the largest IKEA in North America? ›

At 456,000 square feet, the new IKEA Burbank edges out the 450,000-square-foot store in Schaumberg, Illinois, as North America's largest, but falls short of the world's largest, in Seoul, South Korea, where shoppers can traipse through a 625,000-square-foot store.

The owners of the Burbank Town Center are planning to convert the empty mall formerly occupied by furniture megastore IKEA into a mixed-use development featuring residential units and retail space.

North America's largest IKEA is now open in Downtown Burbank. This huge 456,000 sq. -ft.

Customers line up to enter Ikea at its Grand Opening. November 1990. Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)

The first IKEA store in the United States opened nearby in Plymouth Meeting, PA in 1985, and relocated to become IKEA Conshohocken in 2003.

Global furniture and homeware retailer IKEA has been criticized for various issues, including their raw material sourcing, the size of their stores, the impact of their stores on local communities, legal violations, and unfair or discriminatory business practices, among others.

The Golden Mall was a pedestrianized mall in downtown Burbank, California from 1967 to 1989.

Ikea to close store at Mumbai's RCity mall by mid-2024

The global furniture retailer major cited viability issues with its small-format store. Spread across 70,000 square feet, the Ikea store at RCity Mall was opened in 2022 and offers a limited selection of Ikea goods.

Founded in 1943 in Älmhult, Sweden, IKEA is an internationally known furniture and home furnishings retailer. It has grown rapidly since its foundation and today it is the world's largest furniture company.

There are 51 IKEA stores in the United States as of May 22, 2024. The state and territory with the most number of IKEA locations in the US is California, with 9 stores, which is about 18% of all IKEA stores in the US.

How many IKEA's are there in California? ›

Here's the truth, folks: California boasts a whopping nine IKEA locations.

The new 456,000-square-foot Ikea in Burbank is the largest in the United States. The parking lot of the new Ikea in Burbank features 1,700 spots. Those who frequented the original location will be relieved to know that you can now push your shopping cart to a flat parking lot that accommodates 1,700 cars.

We've come a long way since our early days in Älmhult, Sweden, but IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad's dream to create a better life for as many people as possible – whatever the size of their wallet – is and will always be our driving force.

The Burbank IKEA first opened in 1990 and was the company's first store in California and sixth in the United States.

At 354,000 square feet, the Columbus store—the 44th to open in the U.S. and 397th worldwide—is larger than many of the nearby locations. (The stores in Detroit and West Chester, near Dayton, are just over 300,000 square feet, and Pittsburgh's is a measly 196,000.)

In August 2018, IKEA opened its first store in India, in Hyderabad. There are now stores in Bengaluru and Mumbai. In November 2021, IKEA opened its largest store in the world, measuring 65,000 square metres (700,000 sq ft), in the Philippines at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.

Located on 15 acres at the northeastern corner of State Highway 77 and Lindau Lane, the 336,000-square-foot IKEA Bloomington opened in July 2004.