GameStop

American video game retailer
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GameStop is a Delaware corporation [1] founded on August 20, 1980 . The organization operates within the retail industry .

Headquartered in Grapevine , the company focuses its business operations on video game products .

GameStop

Summary

GameStop is a business[1]. GameStop ranks in the top 0.02% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,480 views/month, #6 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • GameStop is in the country of United States[3].
  • GameStop is in the country of US[4].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar[7].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as retail chain[8].
  • GameStop's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • GameStop's headquarters location is recorded as Grapevine[10].
  • GameStop's Commons category is recorded as GameStop[11].
  • GameStop's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[12].
  • GameStop's industry is recorded as retail[13].
  • August 20, 1980 marks the founding of GameStop[14].
  • 2005-04-13 marks the founding of GameStop[15].
  • GameStop's location of formation is recorded as Dallas[16].
  • GameStop's significant event is recorded as GameStop short squeeze[17].
  • GameStop's official website is recorded as https://www.gamestop.com/[18].
  • GameStop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:GameStop[19].
  • GameStop's product or material produced is recorded as video game[20].
  • GameStop's replaces is recorded as FuncoLand[21].
  • GameStop's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GameStop Corp.'}[22].
  • GameStop's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Power to the Players'}[23].
  • GameStop's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[24].
  • GameStop's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[25].
  • GameStop's owner of is recorded as Q27197[26].
  • GameStop's owner of is recorded as ThinkGeek[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300505KLOET039L77[28]

  • Registered legal name: Gamestop CORP.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 2005-04-13[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-02-25[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-01-19[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-01-19[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 3954875[41]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Distributor[43]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3f735892-ee3f-40f3-a6f8-a8ac1759e283[44]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include August 20, 1980[14] and 2005-04-13[15]. GameStop's location of formation is recorded as Dallas[16].

Identity

GameStop's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GameStop Corp.'}[22].

Operations

GameStop's headquarters location is recorded as Grapevine[10].

Industry

GameStop's industry is recorded as retail[13].

Ownership

GameStop's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[12]. GameStop's product or material produced is recorded as video game[20].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for GameStop include GameStop short squeeze[45], a short squeeze[46], in United States[47].

Why It Matters

GameStop ranks in the top 0.02% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,480 views/month, #6 of 29,529).[2] GameStop has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] GameStop is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for GameStop include GameStop short squeeze[45], a short squeeze[46], in United States[47].

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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