The company was founded by
Masahiro Miki in
Shinjuku in 1985 as Boeki Shoji Inc. In 1987, the company moved to
Arakawa and changed its name to International Trading Corporation (ITC). It was in 1990 that ABC-Mart was established, with three stores opening in Tokyo. A year later, ABC-Mart acquired the exclusive sales rights of
Vans products in Japan. The company was then re-established as a
joint stock company in 1997 before moving its headquarters to
Shibuya a year later. In 2002, ITC absorbed ABC-Mart and was renamed ABC-Mart, Inc. before being publicly listed on the
Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company then opened its first branch in South Korea in 2003 and in Taiwan in 2009. In 2019, ABC-Mart opened its 1,000th store. ==References==