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Foreign-owned

Is Best Buy Canadian?

No

This brand is owned by a foreign parent company.

What we found

US electronics retailer; publicly traded on NYSE.

The receipt

VerdictForeign-owned
CategoryRetail
HQRichfield, Minnesota
Confidencehigh
EvidenceSecondary source only
Sourcehttps://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-busines… secondary source — registry check pending
“It states that Best Buy Co., Inc. is a public company incorporated in 1966 as Sound of Music Inc., with headquarters in Minnesota, USA.”
Verdicts are only marked verified once a government registry record or corporate filing confirms them.

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