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 (19,615 views/month, #6 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

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

Body

Founding

August 20, 1980 marks the founding of GameStop[13]. GameStop's location of formation is recorded as Dallas[14].

Identity

GameStop's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GameStop Corp.'}[20].

Operations

GameStop's headquarters location is recorded as Grapevine[9].

Industry

GameStop's industry is recorded as retail[12].

Ownership

GameStop's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[11]. GameStop's product or material produced is recorded as video game[18].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for GameStop include GameStop short squeeze[28], a short squeeze[29], in United States[30].

Why It Matters

GameStop ranks in the top 0.02% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,615 views/month, #6 of 29,529).[2] GameStop has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] GameStop is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for GameStop include GameStop short squeeze[28], a short squeeze[29], in United States[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . money.cnn.com. Retrieved . money.cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Global LEI Index. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . 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. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1255663006
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ban', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hr',
    Sitelink count → 35
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 19d ago · Bhousel · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → gamestop-004e24
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  3. 28d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 13037340777
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 13037340777, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/13037340777 in United States"
  4. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2956-69CC-7732-241C-4427
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  5. 9w ago · NMaia · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 154
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14350]]: 154, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297028902|GameStop (#297028902)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consumer Rights Wiki arti"
  6. 11w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:GameStop
    Replaces → FuncoLand
    Owned by → Barnes & Noble
    Product or material produced → video game
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987013774967305171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
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