private industry video rental founded 1978 headquarters glenview illinois united states area served us canada key people charles hoogland ceo keith hoogland president eric hoogland vice president number of employees over 7 000 website www.familyvideo.com family video location in commerce texas family video is a video rental chain located in the united states and canada . the family owned company is headquartered in glenview illinois and has over 775 stores in north america with the heaviest concentration in the midwest . 1 history edit in 1946 clarence hoogland founded midstates appliance and supply company . his son charles hoogland inherited the business in 1953 . the company later became a distributor for magnetic video . 2 after getting stuck with a large inventory of excess video movies in the late 1970s charles had the idea to start the video movie club in springfield illinois in 1978 . the club originally charged a 25 membership fee and 5 per rental and later evolved into family video . 3 in 2003 family video relocated its headquarters from springfield to glenview illinois . by 2013 the company surpassed blockbuster as the largest video rental chain in the united states . 4 5 in addition to the brick and mortar store front family video has branched off into other markets such as real estate 24 hour fitness centers and cable television . 6 the company also sells new and previously used items online . 7 family video expanded into the canadian market in 2012 . 8 in 2013 following the continued decline of competing video rental stores family video formed a partnership with marco s pizza providing space for the franchise in many of its stores . the company is using the partnership as a way to deliver video rentals with pizza orders . family video also leases space to other retailers such as hair salons and fitness centers . 9 10 unlike much of its competition family video owns the real estate housing their stores helping them to avoid unsuccessful lease negotiations that led to the demise of blockbuster and movie gallery which includes hollywood video . 11 in addition it owns a fiber optic network in the central illinois region called itv 3 12 as well as a small chain of fitness centers named stayfit 24 . references edit about family video . family video inc. retrieved september 10 2012 . uis receives 1 million gift for new recreation and fitness center a history of home video and video game retailing blockbuster to close about 300 stores in u.s. . los angeles times . january 22 2013 . retrieved february 26 2013 . dish network to close 500 blockbuster stores . associated press . february 24 2012 . retrieved september 10 2012 . chain with illinois roots still growing after video rental competitors stumble . tmc news . august 15 2011 . retrieved september 10 2012 . the state journal register wolter owen january 17 2012 . opening soon family video movie rental store at tecumseh and hall . city news . retrieved september 10 2012 . landis tim february 6 2013 . family video president sees continued growth . gatehouse media inc. retrieved february 26 2013 . penzenstadler nick . movie chain adds pizza to fight streaming wave . usa today . retrieved 31 january 2014 . briggs james january 15 2016 . video stores still alive and well in indy . indianapolis star . retrieved january 15 2016 . woodside nathan . provider spotlight itv 3 expanding fiber to the home service in central illinois . external links edit official website v t e video rental shops brick and mortar chain stores civic video culture convenience club family video jumbo video le superclub vid otron video ezy dvd by mail gameaccess.ca netflix redbox kiosks xtra vision xtra vision xpress best buy redbox streaming media blackberry world cinemanow google play movies itunes store movies & tv netflix defunct video rental chains xtra vision avenue video blockbuster still open as a franchise name movie gallery hollywood video ritz video rogers plus video city video 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