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Daiei

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Japanese supermarket firm

The Daiei, Inc. (株式会社ダイエー, Kabushiki gaisha Daiē) is a Japanese supermarket chain owned by Aeon. The company was founded in Osaka in 1957 by Isao Nakauchi, opening its first location near Sembayashi Station. By 1972, Daiei had become Japan's top retailer by sales, and in 1980, it became the first Japanese retail company to surpass 1 trillion yen in annual revenue.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 10, 1957Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersTōyō1
  • Founded inNagata-ku1
  • Websitewww.daiei.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Daiei
Photo: Kirakirameister, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Daiei, Inc. (株式会社ダイエー, Kabushiki gaisha Daiē) is a Japanese supermarket chain owned by Aeon. The company was founded in Osaka in 1957 by Isao Nakauchi, opening its first location near Sembayashi Station.2

Corporate structure

Daiei is part of a group headed by Aeon. 48 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Aeon 千葉市, Japan
    • Daiei Tōyō
      • Lawson Subsidiary · 東京都, Japan
        • Lawson Bank Subsidiary · 95% · Tokyo, Japan
        • Lawson Entertainment Subsidiary · Gate City Ohsaki, Japan
          • 1 more
        • Seijo Ishii Subsidiary · Nishi-ku, Japan
        • Lawson 108 Subsidiary · Thailand
        • Lawson Store 100 Subsidiary · Japan
        • Lawson Store100, Inc. Subsidiary · Japan
      • Nakago Subsidiary · Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
    • Welcia Holdings Subsidiary · 50.54% · Tokyo
    • Ministop Subsidiary · 48.43% · AEON Tower
    • AEON CULTURE Subsidiary · Nakase, Japan
    • AEON Hokkaido Subsidiary · Sapporo
    • Aeon Kyushu Subsidiary · Fukuoka, Japan
    • Aeon Retail Subsidiary · Chiba, Japan
    • Aeon Stores Subsidiary
    • AEON Town Subsidiary · AEON Tower, Japan
      • AEON TOWN Akashi Subsidiary · Japan
    • Big-A Subsidiary · Ōyama-higashi-chō, Japan
    • G-foot Subsidiary · Shinkawa
    • My Basket CO., LTD. Subsidiary · Chiba, Japan
    • ÆON MALL Subsidiary · AEON Tower
      • OPA Subsidiary · Nakase
      • ÆON MALL Uki Subsidiary · Uki, Japan
    • 羽後ジャスコ Subsidiary · Akita Prefecture, Japan
    • 能代中央都市開発 Subsidiary · Akita Prefecture, Japan
    • ＠Palette! Subsidiary · Mihama-ku, Japan
    • Marunaka Subsidiary · Japan
    • イオンフィナンシャルサービス株式会社 Subsidiary · 東京都 千代田区, Japan
      • Aeon Bank (M) Berhad Subsidiary · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
      • AEON CREDIT SERVICE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
    • イオンモール株式会社 Subsidiary · 千葉県 千葉市美浜区, Japan
    • 株式会社イオン銀行 Subsidiary · 東京都 千代田区, Japan

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Daiei reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Isao Nakauchi on Apr 10, 1957, in Nagata-ku.1

The retail chain expanded rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s. Also, stronger sales from competitors such as Ito-Yokado, ÆON, and other regional supermarket chains have hurt Daiei's sales record in recent years.

As a part of the series of bootstrap restructuring efforts to avoid filing for IRCJ (Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan) support, the company sold its baseball team, the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, which it purchased from Nankai Railway in 1988 to SoftBank, on January 27, 2005 and the company's Hawaii stores in 2006 to Don Quijote Co., Ltd. Through the process of debt restructuring and support given by financial institutions in coordination with IRCJ, the company has been acquired by IRCJ, Marubeni Corporation (a trading company) and Advantage Partners (a private equity house) in 2005.

Daiei's current president is Yasuo Nishitoge.

Private brand

Daiei carries multiple private label brands, and the biggest one they carry is Topvalu (トップバリュ) which started in 2007. Topvalu products are sold by ÆON Co., Ltd. and Daiei.

From Wikipedia’s article on Daiei, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Daiei, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • hypermarket

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Apr 10, 1957Founded Founded in Nagata-ku1

Sources

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