US and UK Store Tracker Databank

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:

Methodology

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.

Sector Coverage

Includes:

  • Apparel, Footwear & Accessories
  • Beauty Brands and Retailers
  • Convenience Stores
  • Department Stores
  • Discount Stores
  • Drugstores
  • Electronics Retailers
  • Grocery Retailers
  • Home and Office Retailers
  • Luxury Retailers
  • Mass Merchandisers
  • Warehouse Outlets

Excludes:

  • Entertainment Venues
  • Health Clubs
  • Restaurants & Bars
  • Other Service Providers
2024 YTD Closures

7,177

0,000

2024 YTD Openings

5,577

0,000

The chart below depicts the week-by-week totals of US store closures and openings in 2024 YTD.

US Store Tracker Overview

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.

Sector:
ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings

US Store Closures and Openings: Top 50 Retailers

2024 YTD Store Closures and Openings

2024 YTD Store Closures

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

2024 YTD Store Openings

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

2023 Store Closures and Openings

2023 Store Closures

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

2023 Store Openings

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

2022 Store Closures and Openings

2022 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Figures pertain to North America closures/openings

 

2022 Store Openings

*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.

US Store Closures

Number of Stores

Store Closures - Number of Stores

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.

YOY % Change

Store Closures - YOY % Change

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.

US Store Openings

Number of Stores

Store Openings - Number of Stores

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.

YOY % Change

Store Openings - YOY % Change

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.

US Net Store Openings

Net Store Openings

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.

US Distribution by Sector

Store Closures

Distribution by Sector - Store Closures

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.

Year: 
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

Store Openings

Distribution by Sector - Store Openings

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.

Year: 
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

US Distribution by Year

Store Closures

Distribution by Year - Store Closures

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.

Sector: 
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

Store Openings

Distribution by Year - Store Openings

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.

Sector: 
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

UK Store Tracker Overview

ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings

UK Store Closures and Openings: Top 50 Retailers

2024 YTD Store Closures and Openings

2024 YTD Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
**Approximate estimate based on nonspecific company statement
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2024 YTD Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2023 Store Closures and Openings

2023 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

 

2023 Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

 

2022 Store Closures and Openings

2022 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data.

2022 Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data.

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.
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.

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