Indomaret is predominantly owned by Indoritel and headquartered in Jakarta.

The first official Indomaret store was opened in Ancol, North Jakarta in June 1988.

By 2014, Indomaret had 10,600 outlets; 60% of the total outlets are self-owned and franchised outlets while the remaining 40% are company-owned, scattered in towns in Greater Jakarta, Sumatra (except West Sumatra, where the permit was banned for the protection of small traders[3]), Java, Madura, Nusa Tenggara Islands, Kalimantan, Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and Western New Guinea.

Indomaret stores are found in residential areas, office buildings, and public facilities due to the placement location of outlets being based on the motto "simple and frugal" (Indonesian: mudah dan hemat).

Indomaret sells more than 5,000 types of food products and non-food items.