Key Facts
Founded: 1969, with a single store in San Francisco
We are: A leading global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products for men, women, children and babies. With about 136,000 employees and over 3,000 company-operated stores and over 300 franchise stores, our presence is felt around the world.
Brands: Gap (including Gap, GapKids, babyGap, GapMaternity and GapBody), Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, Athleta and INTERMIX.
Outlet stores: Gap Outlet, Gap Generation and Banana Republic Factory Stores
Headquarters
World HQ: San Francisco Bay Area
Product Design: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London
Store Management, distribution and product manufacturing: Worldwide.
Stores
Total: Over 3,300 stores worldwide
Financial Information
See Financials for detailed information, including Gap Inc.'s Annual Report, Quarterly Financial Summary and historical sales by division.
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Company-operated stores: Over 3,000 stores across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Japan and Italy
*Fun fact! The first Gap store outside the United States opened in the UK in 1987
Franchise stores: Over 300 stores in locations across Asia, Australia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa
Square footage: See our Real Estate section for detailed store count information.
Fun Facts
- The average cost of a pair of jeans at Gap in 1969? About $7!
- Gap's 1988 Individuals of Style campaign was the first time the company specifically hired celebrities as models.
- In 2004, Banana Republic was among the first sponsors of the Emmy-nominated sleeper hit "Project Runway."
- Gap has about 10 miles of storefront windows around the world.
- Old Navy was named after a bar in Paris!
- Retired New York Times fashion editor Carrie Donovan was tapped to be the "Old Navy Lady" in 1997 after joking in one of her columns that she'd be great for TV spots for the brand.
- After a wildly successful pilot, Gap Factory Outlet was founded and opened its first store in August 1994.
- Glenn Murphy is our fourth CEO since our founding in 1969. (Bob Fisher served as interim CEO in 2007 before Glenn was hired.)
- Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe can be found on Piperlime.com, where she shares her picks on her favorite fashions from the site.
- Athleta, which has served women athletes since 1998, opened its first full-sized store in 2011.
Online
Customers in over 80 countries can order from our brands’ U.S.-based websites, and those in China, Canada and the UK are served by dedicated websites.
Employees
About 136,000 employees around the world support Gap Inc. and its six brands.
Leadership
Learn more about our Executive Management Team and Board of Directors.
Culture
How we do business is as important as what we do.
Social Responsibility
To us, it means everything from ensuring that workers are treated fairly to addressing our environmental impact. Find out more.
*Our Social Responsibility Specialists monitor factories in about 50 countries each year.
*We established our Clean Water Program in 2004 to monitor our denim laundries' wastewater discharge and to meet our guidelines.
*Our P.A.C.E. program, or Personal Advancement, Career Enhancement, empowers the mostly female garment workers who make our clothes in places like India and Sri Lanka.
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