Ulta Beauty - Wikipedia Ulta Beauty This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third - party sources. ( October 2015 ) Ulta Beauty Inc. Formerly Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. ( 1990 -- 2017 ) Type Public Traded as NASDAQ : ULTA NASDAQ - 100 component S&P 500 component Founded 1990 ; 28 years ago ( 1990 ) ( as Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. ) Founder Richard E. George Headquarters Bolingbrook, Illinois, U.S. Number of locations 1,124 ( August 2018 ) Key people Mary Dillon, CEO Revenue US $ 4.855 billion ( 2016 ) Net income US $ 409.8 million ( 2016 ) Total assets US $ 2.552 billion ( 2016 ) Number of employees 21,700 Website www.ulta.com Ulta Beauty Inc. ( formerly known as Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. until January 2017 ), is a chain of beauty stores in the United States, headquartered in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Ulta Beauty carries cosmetics and skincare brands, men 's and women 's fragrances, and haircare products. Each store is also equipped with a salon. Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 Charitable giving 4 References 5 External links History This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2018 ) Ulta Salon, Cosmetics and Fragrance was founded by Richard E. George, the former President of Osco Drug, Inc. George left work at Osco in 1989, beginning his attempt to create a business plan for what would later be Ulta. His business plan included a new concept for retail that offers higher - end and lower - end products. Members of Osco and other additions joined Richard George and Terry Hanson, who raised $11.5 million in venture capital, and launched Ulta officially in 1990. In September 1996, Hanson hired Charles `` Rick '' Weber, another Osco veteran, as Chief Financial Officer. In the later years, Terry Hanson became president of the company. In December 1999, Lyn Kirby, formerly of Sears Circle of Beauty, became the President and Chief Executive Officer and Weber became Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. The two ran the business together until Weber left in September 2006 when he was selected by Tom Stemberg, founder of Staples, to become Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Rec Room Furniture and Games, Inc. On October 25, 2007, the company became publicly traded on the NASDAQ. In 2008, the company opened a second distribution center in Phoenix, Arizona. On April 26, 2010, Ulta announced that Carl `` Chuck '' Rubin would be appointed as Chief Operating Officer, President, and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective May 10, 2010. According to public filings, Rubin earned over $11.1 MM in 2010, making him one of the 20 highest paid CEOs in Chicago. Ulta Beauty, Ann Arbor, Michigan On June 24, 2013, it was announced that Mary Dillon would be appointed as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2013. Dillon was previously the chief of U.S. Cellular and a senior executive at McDonald 's and PepsiCo. As of February 2017, the company had a net income of $269 million, and has stock in over 20,000 products including makeup, fragrances, and nail, skin, and hair products. Ultimately, Ulta Beauty was designed for women to go into freestanding stores, such as found in strip malls, that allow them to feel comfortable shopping in a makeup store, with no workers handing out samples. In 1994, Ulta had a makeover that eliminated products and items that were typical of drugstores, such as toothbrushes and vitamins. The store moved strictly to beauty products. In 1999 Ulta Beauty changed its name from Ulta3, changing the brand almost entirely. Operations In 2013, Ulta opened 125 stores in the United States, bringing their total number of locations to 675 stores. They also announced plans to open 100 more locations by the end of 2014. As of August 4, 2018, Ulta operates 1,124 stores in 49 states and the District of Columbia. A majority of Ulta Beauty stores are located in the East Coast region, although California also has a large presence of company - owned stores. Ulta Beauty offers both high - end and drugstore cosmetics, skincare, and fragrances, in addition to its own brand of makeup, bath and body products, skincare, haircare, nail polish, and fragrances. In May 2017, MAC Cosmetics became available for purchase online, with products scheduled to be in stores beginning in June 2017. Ulta has a salon located in every store nationwide. The store format includes a 950 square feet salon area with eight to ten stations. The salon has a concierge desk, skin treatment room, and semi-private shampoo and hair color processing areas. It offers services including haircuts and coloring from Redken - trained hair stylists, skin treatments and facials from Dermalogica - trained skin therapists, and manicures from OPI - trained professionals. They additionally include the Benefit Brow Bar, which includes services such as brow arching, brow tinting, facial waxing, and eyelash application. Ulta Beauty sales were $713.8 million for the first quarter ending in May 2014. At the end of the second quarter ending in August 2014, Ulta Beauty reported that total sales increased by 22.2 percent and comparable store sales increased 9.6 percent. Wall Street expected the company 's total sales to reach $3.19 billion for the fiscal year ending in February 2015, which would be almost three times its 2009 sales levels. Charitable giving The Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation ( UBCF ), formed in 2016, aims to support the education and well - being of women and their families by partnering with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation ( BCRF ), Dress for Success and additional local charities. In 2009, Ulta Beauty partnered with BCRF and in the 10 years since, has raised more than $22 million to support its groundbreaking research. UBCF is among BCRF 's top three major donors and is currently helping to fund 16 breast cancer research projects. UBCF partnered with Dress for Success in 2017 to help empower women to achieve economic independence by providing them with professional attire and the resources needed to help them progress their careers. Ulta Beauty provides financial support, products and valuable time to local nonprofit organizations, especially in relation to family and child care, and many leaders serve on the board of various nonprofits organizations. UBCF also has an Associate Relief Program that helps employees at Ulta Beauty affected by a financial hardship. References ^ Jump up to : `` Company Overview ''. Ulta. ^ Jump up to : `` About Ulta Beauty Ulta Beauty Corporate ''. https://www.ulta.com. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 31. External link in website = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` About Us ''. Ulta. Jump up ^ `` Chicago 's $10 million CEOs ''. Chicago Tribune. Jump up ^ `` Ulta Beauty Names Mary Dillion Chief Executive Officer ''. Yahoo ! Finance. Jump up ^ `` Beauty Emporiums Including Sephora and Ulta Are Riding a Wave of Popularity ''. New York Times. April 30, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ulta Beauty store count by state U.S. 2018 ''. Jump up ^ `` Theagencysd.com ''. www.theagencysd.com. Jump up ^ Low, Elaine ( 3 May 2017 ). `` Ulta Beauty Shares Break Out As Estee Lauder Pops On Earnings ''. Investor 's Business Daily. Retrieved 8 May 2017. Jump up ^ Shapouri, Beth. `` MAC Cosmetics Is Coming to Ulta, and Now Our Wallets Are in Trouble ''. Glamour. Retrieved 28 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Services Menu ''. Ulta. Jump up ^ `` Brow Bar ''. Ulta. Jump up ^ `` Ulta beats 1st - quarter estimate ''. Chicago Tribune. Jump up ^ `` News Release : Ulta Beauty Announces Second Quarter 2014 Results ''. Ulta. Jump up ^ `` ULTA 's Growth ''. Jump up ^ https://www.ulta.com/ulta/common/charitablegiving.jsp External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ulta Beauty stores. Official website Business data for Ulta Beauty : Google Finance Yahoo ! Finance Reuters SEC filings Companies of the NASDAQ - 100 index 21st Century Fox Activision Blizzard Adobe Inc. 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Question: how many ulta stores are there in the us
Answer: 1,124