What's Inside

Our Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies in the UK.

This week, we highlight store-opening plans from Asda and Sainsbury’s, as well as the stepping down of Asda’s Chief Information Officer. This report presents data up to week 17 of 2025, ended April 25, 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: Asda, Hobbycraft, JD Sports plc, J Sainsbury (Argos and Sainsbury’s)

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 Retail Bankruptcies Databank details bankruptcies of US and UK retail companies, restaurants and gyms since March 2020.