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Amazon Go

Logo: Amazon.com, Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American convenience store chain

Amazon Go was a chain of convenience stores in the United States and the United Kingdom, operated by the online retailer Amazon. The stores were cashierless, thus partially automated (having an added option in some locations to manually checkout if desired), with customers having the ability to purchase products without being checked out by a cashier or using a self-checkout station.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Dec 5, 2016Founded1

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Amazon Go in Seattle, December 2016
Photo: SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Amazon Go was a chain of convenience stores in the United States and the United Kingdom, operated by the online retailer Amazon. The stores were cashierless, thus partially automated (having an added option in some locations to manually checkout if desired), with customers having the ability to purchase products without being checked out by a cashier or using a self-checkout station.2

Corporate structure

Amazon Go is part of a group headed by Amazon. 220 entities, 49 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Amazon on Dec 5, 2016, in Seattle.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Dec 5, 2016Founded Founded in Seattle1

Sources

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