CentralNotice Target Corporation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the American retail company. For its Canadian subsidiary, see Target Canada . For the separate Australian retail company, see Target Australia . Target Corporation Type Public Traded as NYSE : TGT ( S&P 500 Component ) Industry Retail Founded Minneapolis , Minnesota , U.S. (1902 ( 1902 ) , as Dayton Dry Goods) [ 1 ] Founders George Dayton Headquarters Target Plaza North & Target Plaza South , Minneapolis , Minnesota , U.S. Number of locations 1,916 (May 2014) [ 2 ] 1,789 (U.S.) 127 (Canada) [ 3 ] Area served United States , Canada Products Discount department store , hypermarket , supercenter , superstore Revenue US$ 72.6 billion (FY2013) [ 4 ] Operating income US$ 5.371 billion (FY2013) [ 5 ] Net in...