Bealls is a United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 chain of department stores headquartered in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. It is owned by Stage Stores Inc. The chain overlaps with the Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

-based Bealls chain, although the two are not related. In markets where the two chains overlap, the Florida chain operates as Burkes Outlet instead.
The first Beall store was opened in Henderson, Texas

Henderson, Texas

Henderson is a city in Rusk County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,273 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rusk County...

 in 1923 by brothers Archie and Robbie (and later, Willie). The Bealls opened a second store in Nacogdoches

Nacogdoches, Texas

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 in 1926 and a third in Mt. Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, Texas

Mount Pleasant is the county seat and largest city of Titus County in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, Mount Pleasant's population was 13,935. It is the county seat of Titus County, and is situated in Northeast Texas. This town, by city ordinance, is dry to sell alcoholic beverages....

 in 1927.

By 1930, there were seven stores in the chain.