Company
Best Buy
Best Buy, American consumer electronics retailer deploying robotics in fulfillment operations.
- Founded
- 1966
- HQ
- Richfield, MN
- Deployments
- 1
Verified profile
0
Sources on record
0
Tracked changes
Updated recently
Last verified change
Key facts
HQ
Richfield, MN, US
Founded
1966
Focus
Consumer electronics retail
Robot
HAI Robotics HAIPICK AMRs
Operations
Operates AMRs at its Richfield, MN distribution center
Deploy Watch
Track Best Buy on Deploy.
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Best Buy.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operated deployments (1)
- HAIPICKRichfield
Recent coverage
Best Buy in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Common questions
- What is Best Buy?
- Best Buy, American consumer electronics retailer deploying robotics in fulfillment operations.
- Where is Best Buy based?
- Best Buy is based in Richfield, MN.
- When was Best Buy founded?
- Best Buy was founded in 1966.
- What does Best Buy make?
- Best Buy has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Best Buy builds physical robots.
- Where does Best Buy operate robots?
- Best Buy operates 1 verified deployment, including at Richfield.
- Is Best Buy safe?
- Best Buy has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-07-02
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-02
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Best Buy.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Best Buy from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/best-buy.md
- RSS feed: /companies/best-buy/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ce7b5fc1-047c-46d7-854d-6bce88bfe5a8
- Revision history: /companies/best-buy/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
29.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Safety Record
Market Presence
Funding Health
Deployment Scale
IP Activity
Hiring Signal
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
Last computed: Jul 4, 2026
Intelligence layer