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Things were going so well for the company, that in 1973, the company's German executives accidentally opened a store in Konstanz when they had meant to open one in Koblenz.

Later that decade, stores opened in other parts of the world, including Japan ( 1974 ), Australia and Hong Kong ( 1975 ), Canada ( 1976 ) and Singapore ( 1978 ).

IKEA further expanded in the 1980s, opening stores in France & Spain ( 1981 ), Belgium ( 1984 ), the United States ( 1985 ), the United Kingdom ( 1987 ) and Italy ( 1989 ) among other areas.

The company expanded into more countries in the 1990s and 2000s.

Germany, with 44 stores, is IKEA's biggest market, followed by the United States, with 37.

At the end of 2009 financial year, the IKEA group had 267 stores in 25 countries.

The first IKEA store in Latin America opened on February 17, 2010 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

However, the company has thus far not shown much of a presence in the developing countries.