Reasons to Read

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 US. We review calendar 2024, breaking the counts down by sector, as well as present our projections for 2025. We also provide estimated square-footage impacts, location types (on-mall versus off-mall) and openings/closures as a proportion of retailers’ store bases.

• The infographic download, found above, summarizes key data from this report.

Stay tuned for our Store Tracker Extra report on store closures and openings in the UK in 2024, publishing next week.

Data in this research report include:

• US store closure and opening counts, 2019–2025E
• Major announced US store closures and openings, 2025
• US store closures and openings by sector, 2024
• Breakdown of US store closures in the discount-store sector by retailer, 2024
• Breakdown of US store openings in the discount-store sector by retailer, 2024
• Details of announced US store closures and openings for 2024, by retailer—total closures, closures as a proportion of store base, total size (square footage) of estimated closures, predominant location type

Companies mentioned in this report include: 7-Eleven, 99 Cents Only Stores, Aldi, Big Lots, CVS Health, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Five Below, JD Sports, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Party City, The TJX Companies, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Other relevant research:

• Retail 2025 Sector Outlooks: Ebook
• Retail 2025: What Will Redefine US Retail?—Coresight Research Predictions
• The full collection of Store Tracker reports
• 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 Retail Bankruptcies Databank details bankruptcies of US and UK retail companies, restaurants and gyms since March 2020.