IKEA is a global company specializing in the furniture industry. It produces and sells ready-made home furniture, accessories, kitchen and bathroom fixtures in its retail stores spread around the world. It is the largest furniture producing company in the world.

IKEA was founded by Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 in Sweden and is now jointly owned and managed by a Dutch group. The name IKEA is an abbreviation of the name of the founder, the farm on which he grew up, “Ilmtarred Agunnared”, and then the name of the region to which he belongs, southern Sweden.