Timeline
1947 Establishment of Fukamachi Furniture
1953 Reorganization to Fukamachi Furniture Store
1970 Establishment of NAFCO Corporation
Establishment of NAFCO chain stores headquarters
Opening of the first NAFCO store in Omuta
1973 Opening of an experimental Home Center
1979 Annual turnover exceeds 10 billion yen*
1982 Annual turnover exceeds 30 billion yen*
1988 First store opens in the Kansai region(Osaka Higashi Yodogawa Store)
Annual turnover exceeds 60 billion yen*, Number of stores:79*
1996 Opening of NAFCO Munakata Center in Munakata-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture
1997 Annual turnover:145 billion yen*
1998 Number of stores exceeds 127*
2000 Number of stores exceeds 140*
2001 Merger of NAFCO Corporation, Fukamachi Furniture Store, Nishi Nihon NAFCO and Miyazaki NAFCO
2002 Annual turnover:163.8 billion yen, Number of stores:148
2003 Annual turnover:175 billion yen, Number of stores:159
December- Initial Public Offering on JASDAQ
2004 First store opens in the Chubu region
Annual turnover:181.7 billion yen, Number of stores:172
2005 Annual turnover:185.1 billion yen, Number of stores:187
2006 Annual turnover:190.1 billion yen, Number of stores:201
2007 Annual turnover:194.7 billion yen, Number of stores:214
2008 Annual turnover:195.7 billion yen, Number of stores:231
2009 Annual turnover:203.8 billion yen, Number of stores:246
2010 Annual turnover:208.5 billion yen, Number of stores:259(as at March 2010)
Takumi Ishida was appointed President
2011 Annual turnover:217.3 billion yen, Number of stores:283(as at March 2011)
2012 Annual turnover:220.3 billion yen, Number of stores:298(as at March 2012)
2013 Annual turnover:224.1 billion yen, Number of stores:322(as at March 2013)
2014 Annual turnover:232.6 billion yen, Number of stores:339(as at March 2014)
2015 Annual turnover:222.2 billion yen, Number of stores:352(as at March 2015)
2016 Annual turnover:229.9 billion yen, Number of stores:364(as at March 2016)
2017 Annual turnover:231.0 billion yen, Number of stores:371(as at March 2017)
2018 Annual turnover:225.5 billion yen, Number of stores:370(as at March 2018)
2019 Annual turnover:223.2 billion yen, Number of stores:366(as at March 2019)
2020 Annual turnover:217.7 billion yen, Number of stores:358(as at March 2020)
2021 Annual turnover:234.5 billion yen, Number of stores:357(as at March 2021)
2022 Annual turnover:206.5 billion yen, Number of stores:359(as at March 2022)
2023 Annual turnover:202.2 billion yen, Number of stores:360(as at March 2023)
2024 Annual turnover:192.1 billion yen, Number of stores:361(as at March 2024)

(* Total for NAFCO Group)