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The Coresight Research US and UK Store Tracker Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US and UK retail industries. For the US, the Databank includes store openings and closures from 2012 to 2025 year to date (YTD); for the UK, data span 2017 to 2025 YTD.
The chart below depicts the week-by-week totals of US store closures and openings in 2024 YTD.
This chart shows the number of major retail store openings, store closures and net store openings in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list.
Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report: 1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur. 2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2023. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2023. “Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place. *Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data ***Base store count is as of the end of the company’s third fiscal quarter, or the company’s store count in December 2023, and does not reflect closures since then ‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures §Figures pertain to North America closures Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research
Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report: 1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur. 2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2023. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2023. “Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place. *Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data ‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures §Figures pertain to North America closures Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research
Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report: 1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur. 2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2022. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2022. “Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place. *Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data ***Base store count is as of the end of the company’s third fiscal quarter, or the company’s store count in December 2022, and does not reflect closures since then ‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures §Figures pertain to North America closures Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research
Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report: 1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur. 2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2022. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2022. “Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place. *Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data ‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures §Figures pertain to North America closures Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data †Figures pertain to North America closures/openings
Tables show the 50 retailers closing/opening the most stores in the year. Some tables may include slightly more than 50 retailers where a number of retailers have an equivalent number of closures/openings and a year-in progress table may contain fewer than 50. For a full list, please contact us at contact@stage.coresight.com Total base count: Store counts are for the period closest to the end of the prior calendar year without rolling into the current calendar year. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either their third or fourth fiscal quarters. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December in the prior year.
This chart shows the number of major retail store closures in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.
This chart shows the year-over-year (YOY) change of major retail store closures in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.
This chart shows the number of major retail store openings in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.
This chart shows the year-over-year (YOY) change of major retail store openings in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.
This chart shows the number of major retail net store openings in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.
This chart shows the sector shares of major retail store closures in the US since 2012, by year. For more information on specific years, please select from the dropdown list.
Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1147, 990, 1098, 1422, 2193, 3348, 2777, 5774, 3180, 2291, 864, 1014, 1355, 27453 Beauty Brands and Retailers,52, 56, 50, 36, 51, 103, 62, 48, 91, 168, 400, 115, 118, 1350 Convenience Stores,133, 151, 157, 188, 220, 168, 50, 12, 139, 657, 479, 498, 915, 3767 Department Stores,176, 83, 140, 142, 160, 396, 395, 239, 1356, 95, 19, 42, 87, 3330 Discount Stores, 170, 258, 393, 106, 183, 250, 210, 1147, 233, 260, 321, 382, 1738, 5651 Drugstores,186, 218, 169, 55, 84, 137, 78, 395, 282, 159, 840, 1254, 1262, 5119 Electronics Retailers,534, 2025, 1877, 2538, 553, 2063, 229, 218, 557, 250, 30, 27, 11, 10912 Grocery Retailers,172, 130, 159, 142, 197, 462, 441, 529, 955, 256, 77, 152, 180, 3852 Home and Office Retailers,264, 268, 534, 475, 357, 380, 237, 538, 1872, 380, 481, 1679, 1300, 8765 Luxury Retailers,4, 13, 51, 55, 21, 6, 14, 174, 83, 132, 100, 32, 29, 714 Mass Merchandisers,93, 76, 185, 299, 198, 331, 56, 95, 25, 30, 12, 46, 14, 1460 Warehouse Outlets,4,3,4,2,1,0,1,0,2,0,0,0,0,17 Others,63, 166, 97, 58, 58, 236, 974, 653, 923, 550, 196, 312, 168, 4454
This chart shows the sector shares of major retail store openings in the US since 2012, by year. For more information on specific years, please select from the dropdown list.
Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1426, 1666, 1722, 1239, 1155, 919, 704, 1149, 547, 1059, 1462, 1455, 1468, 15971 Beauty Brands and Retailers,150, 126, 134, 149, 135, 243, 165, 168, 204, 187, 178, 208, 188, 2235 Convenience Stores,137, 149, 180, 215, 235, 219, 91, 139, 355, 532, 596, 743, 938, 4529 Department Stores,129, 83, 82, 82, 69, 120, 54, 26, 8, 15, 25, 54, 49, 796 Discount Stores,1579, 1669, 1685, 1433, 1594, 2027, 1629, 1735, 1688, 1812, 1741, 1885, 1455, 21932 Drugstores,207, 343, 337, 192, 172, 136, 180, 102, 117, 60, 43, 137, 219, 2245 Electronics Retailers,430, 304, 92, 99, 611, 155, 35, 13, 3, 4, 12, 13, 10, 1781 Grocery Retailers,128, 251, 393, 418, 477, 283, 279, 349, 290, 400, 358, 331, 413, 4370 Home and Office Retailers,540, 601, 729, 799, 634, 469, 210, 467, 320, 521, 544, 521, 344, 6699 Luxury Retailers,51, 43, 41, 38, 9, 12, 9, 40, 19, 45, 47, 57, 36, 447 Mass Merchandisers,158, 212, 322, 239, 135, 146, 67, 25, 33, 35, 23, 22, 58, 1475 Warehouse Outlets,6, 20, 27, 29, 28, 31, 27, 14, 19, 20, 17, 27, 38, 303 Others,162, 185, 118, 79, 151, 144, 178, 462, 101, 358, 348, 374, 361, 3021
This chart shows the annual shares of major retail store closures in the US since 2012, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list.
2012,2998,1147,52,133,176,170,186,534,172,264,4,93,4,63 2013,4437,990,56,151,83,258,218,2025,130,268,13,76,3,166 2014,4914,1098,50,157,140,393,169,1877,159,534,51,185,4,97 2015,5518,1422,36,188,142,106,55,2538,142,475,55,299,2,58 2016,4276,2193,51,220,160,183,84,553,197,357,21,198,1,58 2017,7880,3348,103,168,396,250,137,2063,462,380,6,331,0,236 2018,5524,2777,62,50,395,210,78,229,441,237,14,56,1,974 2019,9822,5774,48,12,239,1147,395,218,529,538,174,95,0,653 2020,9698,3180,91,139,1356,233,282,557,955,1872,83,25,2,923 2021,5228,2291,168,657,95,260,159,250,256,380,132,30,0,550 2022,3819,864,400,479,19,321,840,30,77,481,100,12,0,196 2023,5553,1014,115,498,42,382,1254,27,152,1679,32,46,0,312 2024 YTD,7177,1355,118,915,87,1738,1262,11,180,1300,29,14,0,168
This chart shows the annual shares of major retail store openings in the US since 2012, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list.
2012,5103,1426,150,137,129,1579,207,430,128,540,51,158,6,162 2013,5652,1666,126,149,83,1669,343,304,251,601,43,212,20,185 2014,5862,1722,134,180,82,1685,337,92,393,729,41,322,27,118 2015,5011,1239,149,215,82,1433,192,99,418,799,38,239,29,79 2016,5405,1155,135,235,69,1594,172,611,477,634,9,135,28,151 2017,4904,919,243,219,120,2027,136,155,283,469,12,146,31,144 2018,3628,704,165,91,54,1629,180,35,279,210,9,67,27,178 2019,4689,1149,168,139,26,1735,102,13,349,467,40,25,14,462 2020,3704,547,204,355,8,1688,117,3,290,320,19,33,19,101 2021,5048,1059,187,532,15,1812,60,4,400,521,45,35,20,358 2022,5394,1462,178,617,25,1741,43,12,337,544,47,23,17,348 2023,5827,1455,208,743,54,1885,137,13,331,521,57,22,27,374 2024 YTD,5577,1468,188,938,49,1455,219,10,413,344,36,58,38,361
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Updated: December 5, 2024
The Coresight Research US and UK Store Tracker Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US and UK retail industries. For the US, the Databank includes store openings and closures from 2012 to 2024 year to date (YTD); for the UK, data span 2017 to 2024 YTD.
This Databank includes the following US and UK data:
Every week, Coresight Research data analysts monitor a list of hundreds of retailers to represent the overall US and UK retail sectors. We use our industry expertise to adjust this list on a periodic basis to reflect key trends occurring in retail. We update 2024 closure and opening numbers on an ongoing basis as we obtain confirmed information from company releases and filings.
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