Macy's, Inc.
Macy's, Inc. (previously Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American holding company of department stores. Upon its establishment in 1929, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito's. Bloomingdale's joined Federated Department Stores the next year. Throughout its early history, frequent acquisitions and divestitures saw the company operate a number of nameplates. In 1994, Federated took over Macy's, the old department store chain originally founded in 1858 by American entrepreneur Rowland Hussey Macy.
Basic company information
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- Business sectors
- retail [1]
- Company / filing name
- Macy's, Inc. [2]
- Headquarters location
- Macy's Herald Square [1]
- Founded
- 1929 [1]
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation [1]
- Official website
- macysinc.com ↗ [1]
- Annual revenue
- USD 24,442,000,000 · reported year 2022 [1]
- CIK
- 794367 [2]
- Country in background record
- United States [1]
- Symbols / exchanges
- M (NYSE) [2]
Company positioning and business
Macy's, Inc. (previously Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American holding company of department stores. Upon its establishment in 1929, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito's. Bloomingdale's joined Federated Department Stores the next year. Throughout its early history, frequent acquisitions and divestitures saw the company operate a number of nameplates. In 1994, Federated took over Macy's, the old department store chain originally founded in 1858 by American entrepreneur Rowland Hussey Macy. [3]
Despite Federated's long history of preserving regional department store chains, its acquisition of the May Department Stores Company in 2005 marked the end of those nameplates. By the following year, both the Macy's and Bloomingdale's brands had replaced them nationwide. Ultimately, Federated itself was renamed Macy's, Inc. in 2007; the company bought Bluemercury in 2015 from Berry J. Beck and Marla Malcolm Beck, allowing the company to expand into beauty stores. [3]
Macy's, Inc. owns the department store chains Bloomingdale's and Macy's, and beauty store chain Bluemercury, all of which operate flagship stores in Manhattan. As of October 2022, it operates 722 locations in the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The company was the world's largest fashion goods retailer and the 36th-largest retailer overall in 2010. Macy's, Inc. has been headquartered within Macy's Herald Square in New York City since 2020, and was previously headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1945 until 2020. [3]
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Understanding company scale
Annual revenue: USD 24,442,000,000 · reported year 2022. [1]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
Listed securities: M (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]
History and key events
Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [1]
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
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Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was Macy's, Inc. founded?
Founded: 1929. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Where is the headquarters of Macy's, Inc.?
Headquarters location: Macy's Herald Square. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Which business sectors are recorded for Macy's, Inc.?
Business sectors: retail. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Sources and review dates
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Company identity and profile data ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Macy's, Inc. (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.