13 years of Apple retail stores

13 years ago this week, Apple opened its first two Apple Stores on May 19 in Tysons Corner and the same day in Glendale, California at Glendale Galleria. What has changed since then? A lot. The number of  the stores has been growing significanly both nationally and internationally. As of April 2014, Apple has 424 retail stores in 16 countries. Apple opened its most recent store in Istanbul Turkey.

Here is a list of Apple Stores around the world:

United States: 254 stores

United Kingdom: 37 stores

Canada: 29 stores

Australia: 21 stores

France: 16 stores

Italy: 14 stores

Germany: 13 stores

China: 10 stores

Spain: 10 stores

Japan: 7 stores

Switzerland: 3 stores

Hong Kong (China): 3 stores

Sweden: 3 stores

Netherlands: 2 stores

Brazil: 1 store

Turkey: 1 store

Here is a video showing Steve Jobs’ introduction of the first Apple Store in 2001:

Steve Jobs showed journalists around the new concept store.

To learn more about the expansion of Apple stores, Rotale created an interactive map of Apple’s impressive retail expansion in the US and the World.