Data Dive: Mapping Bed Bath & Beyond Store Closures—States Impacted and Retailers Likely To Benefit

What's Inside

Bed Bath & Beyond recently announced a huge number of store closures in the US as part of its strategy to avoid bankruptcy. We map those closures to determine which states and metropolitan (metro) areas will be most affected.

We also look at which companies could stand to benefit from the recent news, based on the proximity of competitor retailers’ stores to closing Bed Bath & Beyond stores.

This report is part of our Data Dive series, which offers an essential briefing on topical, need-to-know data.

Data in this report are:

• Bed Bath & Beyond US store closures, mapped by selected states and metro areas
• Current store locations of Bed Bath & Beyond and selected competitors in selected states and metro areas
• Appendix—breakdown of Bed Bath & Beyond’s store portfolio and announced store closures by selected states

Companies mentioned in this report are: Bed Bath & Beyond, The Container Store, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Target, Walmart

Other relevant research:

• Bed Bath & Beyond: What Went Wrong?
• Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies.
• The Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2023 year to date, filterable by sector and year.
• The previous report in our Data Dive series, How US Consumers Spent in 2022—and Why Services Are Yet To Fully Bounce Back