Toko (shop)

The term is of Indonesian origin and probably from the Chinese Hokkien loanword to refer to a shop.

In Indonesia, the term toko is used as a generic name for any kind of established shop or store.

In the Netherlands, the meaning has shifted more specifically to refer to Asian shops and takeaway restaurants, which sell mainly Asian food products of which the owners are generally Indo, Native Indonesian, Surinamese,[1] Chinese, or Vietnamese.

Tokos as a place of commerce emerged in present-day Indonesia during the Dutch East Indies era, where many shophouses (rumah toko in Indonesian) were run by local Chinese sellers in major cities such as Batavia.

Tokos originally sold products from the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).