UK Store Tracker Extra: 2025 Store Openings and Closures Review and 2026 Outlook

The Store Tracker Extra monthly series offers additional insight into retailers’ store closure and opening announcements.

In this report, we provide our yearly review of store closures and openings in the UK. We review calendar 2025, breaking the counts down by sector, as well as present our projections for 2026.

Data in this report are:

• Will UK retailers open more stores than they close in 2026?
• How did store openings and closures trend across the UK retail sector in 2025?
• Which retail sectors led store closures in 2025, and which drove new openings?
• Which retailers were the biggest contributors to store closures and expansions?

Introduction

UK Store Openings and Closures 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook: Coresight Research Analysis

• Overview of Closures and Openings
• 2025 Review
• UK Store Closures by Sector: Apparel Retailers Lead Store Closures
• UK Store Openings by Sector: Once Again, the Grocery Sector Leads Store Openings

What We Think

Appendix: 2025 Data in Full

Notes and Methodology

• Projections
• Revisions
• Definitions and Methodology Details

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Amazon, Animal, Bath & Body Works, Birkenstock, Crocs, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, JD Sports Fashion Plc, Levi’s , Lululemon Athletica , Marks & Spencer , Next plc , Nike , Puma, Ralph Lauren , Sephora, Tesco PLC , The TJX Companies, Timberland, Uniqlo, Urban Outfitters, Whole Foods Market, and Zara.

• UK Store Closure and Opening Counts
• Major Announced UK Store Closures for 2026
• Major Announced UK Store Openings for 2026
• UK Store Closures and Openings: Overview
• UK Store Closures by Sector in 2025
• UK Store Openings by Sector in 2025
• Details of Announced UK Store Closures for 2025, Ranked by Retailer (Listed by Most to Least Closures)
• Details of Announced UK Store Openings for 2025, by Retailer (Ranked by Total Openings)