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US and UK Store Tracker Databank

Updated: March 14, 2025

The Coresight Research 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. For the US, the Databank includes store openings and closures from 2012 to 2025 year to date (YTD); for the UK, data span 2017 to 2025 YTD.

  • For more analyst insights on store openings and closures in the US and the UK, and for coverage of Canada store openings and closures, please see our Store Tracker report series.
  • This Databank is updated weekly.

This Databank includes the following US and UK data:

Methodology

Every week, Coresight Research data analysts monitor a list of hundreds of retailers to represent the overall US and UK retail sectors. We use our industry expertise to adjust this list on a periodic basis to reflect key trends occurring in retail. We update 2025 closure and opening numbers on an ongoing basis as we obtain confirmed information from company releases and filings.

Sector Coverage

Includes:

  • Apparel, Footwear & Accessories
  • Beauty Brands and Retailers
  • Convenience Stores
  • Department Stores
  • Discount Stores
  • Drugstores
  • Electronics Retailers
  • Grocery Retailers
  • Home and Office Retailers
  • Luxury Retailers
  • Mass Merchandisers
  • Warehouse Outlets

Excludes:

  • Entertainment Venues
  • Health Clubs
  • Restaurants & Bars
  • Other Service Providers
2025 YTD Closures

3,735

0,000

2025 YTD Openings

2,265

0,000

The chart below depicts the week-by-week totals of US store closures and openings in 2025 YTD.

Chart

Line chart with 2 lines.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying Week.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Number of Stores. Data ranges from 908 to 3735.
End of interactive chart.

US Store Tracker Overview

This chart shows the number of major retail store openings, store closures and net store openings in the US from 2012 to 2025 YTD, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list.

Sector:

Chart

Combination chart with 42 data series.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Number of Stores. Data ranges from -9822 to 5984.
End of interactive chart.
ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings

US Store Closures and Openings: Top 50 Retailers

2025 YTD Store Closures and Openings

2025 YTD Store Closures

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2024. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2024.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
***Base store count is as of the end of the company’s third fiscal quarter, or the company’s store count in December 2024, and does not reflect closures since then
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
B Store closure count tracked due to Bankruptcy
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2025 YTD Store Openings

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2024. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2024.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
B Store closure count tracked due to Bankruptcy
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2024 Store Closures and Openings

2024 Store Closures

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2023. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2023.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
***Base store count is as of the end of the company’s third fiscal quarter, or the company’s store count in December 2023, and does not reflect closures since then
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2024 Store Openings

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2023. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2023.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2023 Store Closures and Openings

2023 Store Closures

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2022. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2022.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
***Base store count is as of the end of the company’s third fiscal quarter, or the company’s store count in December 2022, and does not reflect closures since then
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2023 Store Openings

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2022. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2022.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2022 Store Closures and Openings

2022 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Figures pertain to North America closures/openings

 

2022 Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Figures pertain to North America closures/openings

 

Tables show the 50 retailers closing/opening the most stores in the year. Some tables may include slightly more than 50 retailers where a number of retailers have an equivalent number of closures/openings and a year-in progress table may contain fewer than 50. For a full list, please contact us at contact@coresight.com
Total base count: Store counts are for the period closest to the end of the prior calendar year without rolling into the current calendar year. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either their third or fourth fiscal quarters. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December in the prior year.

US Store Closures

Number of Stores

Store Closures - Number of Stores

This chart shows the number of major retail store closures in the US from 2012 to 2025 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

Chart
Line chart with 14 lines.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Number of Stores. Data ranges from 2998 to 9822.
End of interactive chart.

YOY % Change

Store Closures - YOY % Change

This chart shows the year-over-year (YOY) change of major retail store closures in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

Chart
Line chart with 14 lines.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying YOY % Change. Data ranges from -50 to 84.3.
End of interactive chart.

US Store Openings

Number of Stores

Store Openings - Number of Stores

This chart shows the number of major retail store openings in the US from 2012 to 2025 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

Chart
Line chart with 14 lines.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Number of Stores. Data ranges from 2265 to 5984.
End of interactive chart.

YOY % Change

Store Openings - YOY % Change

This chart shows the year-over-year (YOY) change of major retail store openings in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

Chart
Line chart with 14 lines.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying YOY % Change. Data ranges from -62 to 36.1.
End of interactive chart.

US Net Store Openings

Net Store Openings

This chart shows the number of major retail net store openings in the US from 2012 to 2025 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

Chart
Line chart with 14 lines.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Number of Stores. Data ranges from -5994 to 2105.
End of interactive chart.

US Distribution by Sector

Store Closures

Distribution by Sector - Store Closures

This chart shows the sector shares of major retail store closures in the US since 2012, by year. For more information on specific years, please select from the dropdown list.

Year: 
Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1147, 990, 1098, 1422, 2193, 3348, 2777, 5774, 3180, 2291, 864, 1014, 1626, 261, 27985
    Beauty Brands and Retailers,52, 56, 50, 36, 51, 103, 62, 48, 91, 168, 400, 115, 144, 7, 1383
    Convenience Stores,133, 151, 157, 188, 220, 168, 50, 12, 139, 657, 480, 498, 879, 223, 3955
    Department Stores,176, 83, 140, 142, 160, 396, 395, 239, 1356, 95, 19, 42, 46, 89, 3378
    Discount Stores, 170, 258, 393, 106, 183, 250, 210, 1147, 233, 260, 321, 382, 1761, 796, 6470
    Drugstores,186, 218, 169, 55, 84, 137, 78, 395, 282, 159, 840, 1174, 940, 642, 5359
    Electronics Retailers,534, 2025, 1877, 2538, 553, 2063, 229, 218, 557, 250, 30, 27, 44, 15, 10960
    Grocery Retailers,172, 130, 159, 142, 197, 462, 441, 529, 955, 256, 63, 151, 239, 107, 4003
    Home and Office Retailers,264, 268, 534, 475, 357, 380, 237, 538, 1872, 380, 481, 1679, 1360, 22, 8847
    Luxury Retailers,4, 13, 51, 55, 21, 6, 14, 174, 83, 132, 100, 32, 74, 1, 760
    Mass Merchandisers,93, 76, 185, 299, 198, 331, 56, 95, 25, 30, 12, 46, 14, 0, 1460
    Warehouse Outlets,4,3,4,2,1,0,1,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,17
    Others,63, 166, 97, 58, 58, 236, 974, 653, 923, 550, 196, 312, 280, 1572, 6138

Store Openings

Distribution by Sector - Store Openings

This chart shows the sector shares of major retail store openings in the US since 2012, by year. For more information on specific years, please select from the dropdown list.

Year: 
Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1426, 1666, 1722, 1239, 1155, 924, 704, 1149, 547, 1059, 1462, 1455, 1527, 836, 16035
        Beauty Brands and Retailers,150, 126, 134, 149, 135, 243, 165, 168, 204, 187, 178, 208, 212, 19, 2259
        Convenience Stores,137, 149, 180, 215, 235, 219, 91, 139, 355, 532, 596, 743, 1012, 127, 4603
        Department Stores,129, 83, 82, 82, 69, 120, 54, 26, 8, 15, 25, 54, 52, 52, 799
        Discount Stores,1579, 1669, 1685, 1433, 1594, 2027, 1629, 1735, 1688, 1812, 1741, 1885, 1751, 350, 22228
        Drugstores,207, 343, 337, 192, 172, 136, 180, 102, 117, 60, 43, 61, 72, 12, 2022
        Electronics Retailers,430, 304, 92, 99, 611, 155, 35, 13, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 3, 1785
        Grocery Retailers,128, 251, 393, 418, 477, 283, 279, 345, 290, 394, 358, 330, 443, 358, 4389
        Home and Office Retailers,540, 601, 729, 799, 634, 464, 210, 467, 320, 521, 544, 521, 358, 171, 6708
        Luxury Retailers,51, 43, 41, 38, 9, 12, 9, 40, 19, 45, 47, 57, 45, 9, 456
        Mass Merchandisers,158, 212, 322, 239, 135, 146, 67, 25, 33, 35, 23, 22, 53, 48, 1470
        Warehouse Outlets,6, 20, 27, 29, 28, 31, 27, 14, 19, 20, 17, 27, 38, 38, 303
        Others,162, 185, 118, 79, 151, 144, 178, 462, 101, 358, 348, 374, 407, 242, 3067

US Distribution by Year

Store Closures

Distribution by Year - Store Closures

This chart shows the annual shares of major retail store closures in the US since 2012, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list.

Sector: 
2012,2998,1147,52,133,176,170,186,534,172,264,4,93,4,63
    2013,4437,990,56,151,83,258,218,2025,130,268,13,76,3,166
    2014,4914,1098,50,157,140,393,169,1877,159,534,51,185,4,97
    2015,5518,1422,36,188,142,106,55,2538,142,475,55,299,2,58
    2016,4276,2193,51,220,160,183,84,553,197,357,21,198,1,58
    2017,7880,3348,103,168,396,250,137,2063,462,380,6,331,0,236
    2018,5524,2777,62,50,395,210,78,229,441,237,14,56,1,974
    2019,9822,5774,48,12,239,1147,395,218,529,538,174,95,0,653
    2020,9698,3180,91,139,1356,233,282,557,955,1872,83,25,2,923
    2021,5228,2291,168,657,95,260,159,250,256,380,132,30,0,550
    2022,3806,864,400,480,19,321,840,30,63,481,100,12,0,196
    2023,5472,1014,115,498,42,382,1174,27,151,1679,32,46,0,312
    2024,7407,1626,144,879,46,1761,940,44,239,1360,74,14,0,280
    2025 YTD,3735,261,7,223,89,796,642,15,107,22,1,0,0,1572

Store Openings

Distribution by Year - Store Openings

This chart shows the annual shares of major retail store openings in the US since 2012, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list.

Sector: 
2012,5103,1426,150,137,129,1579,207,430,128,540,51,158,6,162
    2013,5652,1666,126,149,83,1669,343,304,251,601,43,212,20,185
    2014,5862,1722,134,180,82,1685,337,92,393,729,41,322,27,118
    2015,5011,1239,149,215,82,1433,192,99,418,799,38,239,29,79
    2016,5405,1155,135,235,69,1594,172,611,477,634,9,135,28,151
    2017,4904,919,243,219,120,2027,136,155,283,469,12,146,31,144
    2018,3628,704,165,91,54,1629,180,35,279,210,9,67,27,178
    2019,4685,1149,168,139,26,1735,102,13,345,467,40,25,14,462
    2020,3704,547,204,355,8,1688,117,3,290,320,19,33,19,101
    2021,5042,1059,187,532,15,1812,60,4,394,521,45,35,20,358
    2022,5391,1462,178,617,25,1741,43,12,334,544,47,23,17,348
    2023,5750,1455,208,743,54,1885,61,13,330,521,57,22,27,374
    2024,5984,1527,212,1012,52,1751,72,14,443,358,45,53,38,407
    2025 YTD,2265,836,19,127,52,350,12,3,358,171,9,48,38,242

UK Store Tracker Overview

Chart

Combination chart with 3 data series.
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Number of Stores. Data ranges from -2677 to 1906.
End of interactive chart.
ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings

UK Store Closures and Openings: Top 50 Retailers

2025 YTD Store Closures and Openings

2025 YTD Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
**Approximate estimate based on nonspecific company statement
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2025 YTD Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2024 Store Closures and Openings

2024 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
**Approximate estimate based on nonspecific company statement
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2024 Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2023 Store Closures and Openings

2023 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

 

2023 Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

 

2022 Store Closures and Openings

2022 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data.

2022 Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data.

Tables show the 50 retailers closing/opening the most stores in the year. Some tables may include slightly more than 50 retailers where a number of retailers have an equivalent number of closures/openings and a year-in progress table may contain fewer than 50.
Total base count: Store counts are for the period closest to the end of the prior calendar year without rolling into the current calendar year. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either their third or fourth fiscal quarters. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December in the prior year.

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