Reasons to Read

Our Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies in the UK. This week, we highlight store closures by Clarks and Superdrug, as well as the appointment of a new Marketing Director (Food) at Marks & Spencer. Totaling 1,235, UK store closures for calendar 2025 are now up 8% year over year.

This report presents data up to week 27 of 2025, ended July 4, 2025.

Data in this research report include:

• Week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the UK—2025 vs. 2024
• Major UK store closures and openings—2025 and 2024

Companies mentioned in this report include: Aesop, Clarks, Marks & Spencer, ME+EM, Superdrug

Other relevant research:

• The full collection of Store Tracker reports, including our US-focused series
• The 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.
• The Corporate and Financial Developments Databank includes details of management changes, financial guidance updates and capital raised by major retail companies.
• The Retail Bankruptcies Databank details bankruptcies of US and UK retail companies, restaurants and gyms since March 2020.