| 1956-10 |
Mori Mitsuru (mother of the current Honorary Chairman) and the current Honorary Chairman Yoshihiro Mori established 'Baby Nishimatsuya Co., Ltd.', which handles costumes for shrine visits and childbirth preparations, and opened a store on Daimae Street (capital 1,100 thousand yen, Honmachi, Himeji City, Hyōgo Prefecture, November 1997 discontinued) |
| 1956-10 |
Established: October 1956 |
| 1959-03 |
Changed trade name to 'Nishimatsuya Store Co., Ltd.' |
| 1965-10 |
Added children's clothing sales as a business purpose, opened a store in Konya-machi, Himeji City, Hyōgo Prefecture, and relocated the headquarters office |
| 1971-11 |
Opened a store in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture |
| 1972-04 |
To expand the headquarters office, opened a store in Nikaimachi, Himeji City, Hyōgo Prefecture (discontinued October 1994), and relocated the headquarters office at the same time |
| 1979-08 |
Changed trade name to 'Nishimatsuya Chain Co., Ltd.' |
| 1979-10 |
Opened a suburban store with parking lot in Himeji City, Hyōgo Prefecture |
| 1985-11 |
Established Osaka Business Department Office in Shibata, Kita-ku, Osaka City to strengthen procurement activities |
| 1987-03 |
Due to expansion of the Osaka Business Department, moved the department office from Kita-ku to Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City (discontinued April 1994) |
| 1988-04 |
Opened a large suburban store in Kobe City, Hyōgo Prefecture |
| 1989-12 |
Introduced POS system and general-purpose computers to collect product and sales information immediately |
| 1990-11 |
Opened in Fukusaki Town, Kanzaki District, Hyōgo Prefecture, marking the first store in a rural area |
| 1991-04 |
Established a product management center in Itami City, Hyōgo Prefecture (relocated in January 1994) |
| 1991-06 |
Relocated the headquarters office to Minami Ekimae-cho, Himeji City, Hyōgo Prefecture due to business expansion |
| 1993-11 |
Opened two stores in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, expanding sales area to the Chugoku region |
| 1994-01 |
Built and relocated to a new head office building and product management center (in Hyōgo Prefecture, Himeji City) to improve efficiency of dispersed headquarters functions (discontinued August 2002 with full outsourcing of operations and abolition of the product management center) |
| 1994-01 |
To improve the efficiency of headquarters functions, a new headquarters building and product management center (Shikama-cho, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture) were constructed and relocated (August 2002, the product management center was abolished due to complete outsourcing of operations). |
| 1994-01 |
A new headquarters building and product management center (Shikama-cho, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture) were constructed and relocated (August 2002, the product management center was abolished due to complete outsourcing of operations). |
| 1997-05 |
Changed trade name to 'Nishimatsuya Chain Co., Ltd.' |
| 1997-05 |
Opened in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, expanding sales area to Shikoku region |
| 1997-05 |
Opened in Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture, expanding sales area to the Kanto region |
| 1997-07 |
Registered as a listed stock on the Over-the-Counter Market by the Japan Securities Dealers Association |
| 1998-09 |
Open two stores in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, expanding sales area to Kyushu region |
| 1999-09 |
Open a store in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, expanding sales area to Chubu region |
| 1999-11 |
Listed stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange Second Section |
| 2001-02 |
Designated as a stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange First Section |
| 2001-07 |
Open a store in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, expanding sales area to Tohoku region |
| 2003-04 |
Open three stores in Sapporo City, Hokkaido, expanding sales area to Hokkaido region |
| 2004-04 |
Open stores in Okinawa City and Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, expanding sales area to Okinawa Prefecture: a chain of stores across 47 prefectures from Hokkaido to Okinawa |
| 2011-09 |
Established the Product Development Headquarters (formerly Product Headquarters) at Kannoncho, Chuo Ward, Kobe City (discontinued in July 2016) |
| 2015-04 |
Established the New Osaka Office of the Product Headquarters in Miyahara, Yodogawa Ward, Osaka City (now Shin-Osaka Headquarters) |
| 2016-03 |
Established the East Japan Office in Sakura, Omiya Ward, Saitama City |
| 2016-11 |
Established the Internet Sales Dedicated Delivery Center "Net East Japan Center" |
| 2018-11 |
Established the Internet Sales Dedicated Delivery Center "Net West Japan Center" (discontinued in July 2020) |
| 2018-12 |
Reached 1,000 stores |
| 2019-12 |
Relocated the East Japan Office to Kanda Suda-machi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo |
| 2021-11 |
Launched the in-house operated online store "Nishimatsuya Official Online Store" |
| 2022-04 |
Transitioned from the First Section to the Prime Market due to review of the market classification of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2025-06 |
Established a 100% subsidiary "Taiwan Nishimatsuya Co., Ltd." in Taipei City, Taiwan, for chain store expansion in Taiwan |
| 2026-02-20 |
As of February 20, 2026, the number of stores is 1,181 (Hokkaido 53 stores, Tohoku 99 stores, Kanto 333 stores, Chubu 198 stores, Kinki 219 stores, Chugoku 79 stores, Shikoku 44 stores, Kyushu & Okinawa 156 stores) |
