Updated: February 2, 2023 The Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank consolidates data from our Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports in addition to an annual data settlement undertaken by our experienced retail analysts. Our Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US retail industry. The Databank includes store openings and closures from 2012 to 2023 year to date (YTD), and the data can be filtered by sector, year and type (closures/openings/net store openings). For more analyst insights on store openings and closures, please see the US and UK Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker series. MethodologySector CoverageMethodology Coresight Research’s analysts curate a dynamic list of approximately 400 retailers to represent the overall US retail market. We use our industry expertise to adjust this list on a periodic basis to reflect key trends occurring in retail. We update 2023 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: Cellular Retailers Entertainment Venues Health Clubs Restaurants & Bars Service Providers 2023 YTD Closures 677 0,000 2023 YTD Openings 2,010 0,000 US Announced Store Closures and Openings: Week-by-Week Comparison The chart below depicts the week-by-week totals of US store closures and openings in 2022. 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 2023 YTD, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list. Sector: Total Apparel, Footwear and 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 Others Compare with Total Apparel footwear and accessories Beauty brands and retailers Convenience Stores Department Stores Discount Stores Drug Stores Electronics Retail Food Retail Home and Office Luxury Mass Merchandisers Warehouse Clubs Others ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings Store ClosuresNumber of StoresYOY % ChangeNumber of StoresStore Closures - Number of Stores This chart shows the number of major retail store closures in the US from 2012 to 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons. YOY % ChangeStore Closures - YOY % Change This chart shows the year-over-year (YOY) change of major retail store closures in the US from 2012 to 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons. Store OpeningsNumber of StoresYOY % ChangeNumber of StoresStore Openings - Number of Stores This chart shows the number of major retail store openings in the US from 2012 to 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons. YOY % ChangeStore Openings - YOY % Change This chart shows the year-over-year (YOY) change of major retail store openings in the US from 2012 to 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons. Net Store OpeningsNet Store Openings This chart shows the number of major retail net store openings in the US from 2012 to 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons. Distribution by SectorStore ClosuresStore OpeningsStore ClosuresDistribution by Sector - Store Closures This chart shows the sector shares of major retail store closures in the US since 2012, by year. 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Year: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 YTD All Years Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1115, 977, 1077, 1370, 2092, 3349, 2161, 5786, 3385, 2285, 754, 145, 21312 Beauty Brands and Retailers,53, 56, 50, 36, 51, 103, 61, 48, 91, 168, 142, 20, 549 Convenience Stores,133, 151, 157, 188, 220, 168, 50, 12, 139, 657, 221, 0, 1218 Department Stores,190, 93, 151, 152, 168, 434, 401, 239, 1359, 96, 79, 4, 3187 Discount Stores, 170, 258, 393, 105, 195, 222, 211, 1518, 233, 260, 224, 0, 3305 Drugstores,186, 218, 170, 55, 84, 137, 78, 395, 282, 159, 503, 300, 1605 Electronics Retailers,533, 2025, 1877, 2538, 553, 2063, 229, 218, 557, 250, 28, 0, 10593 Grocery Retailers,172, 130, 328, 223, 219, 626, 592, 529, 955, 258, 61, 3, 3774 Home and Office Retailers,287, 284, 551, 506, 416, 358, 834, 526, 1657, 380, 351, 203, 5419 Luxury Retailers,15, 19, 57, 73, 57, 26, 23, 174, 83, 132, 86, 0, 527 Mass Merchandisers,95, 83, 190, 310, 244, 347, 90, 95, 25, 30, 12, 0, 1479 Warehouse Outlets,4,3,4,2,1,0,1,0,2,0,0,0,17 Others,62, 166, 97, 57, 58, 236, 974, 282, 930, 553, 177, 2, 2862 Store OpeningsDistribution by Sector - Store Openings This chart shows the sector shares of major retail store openings in the US since 2012, by year. 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Year: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 YTD All Years Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1340, 1589, 1649, 1163, 1046, 824, 666, 1155, 520, 1027, 1403, 238, 9952 Beauty Brands and Retailers,150, 125, 134, 149, 136, 242, 166, 168, 204, 187, 125, 4, 1474 Convenience Stores,136, 149, 180, 216, 235, 218, 91, 139, 355, 529, 343, 112, 1719 Department Stores,215, 179, 179, 179, 171, 224, 90, 26, 25, 39, 48, 30, 1288 Discount Stores,1626, 1681, 1724, 1502, 1652, 2075, 1640, 1815, 1699, 1806, 1858, 1359, 15414 Drugstores,207, 343, 337, 192, 172, 136, 180, 102, 117, 60, 1, 0, 1786 Electronics Retailers,430, 304, 92, 99, 611, 155, 35, 13, 3, 4, 4, 0, 1742 Grocery Retailers,279, 323, 468, 461, 572, 409, 368, 349, 285, 416, 328, 111, 3514 Home and Office Retailers,592, 560, 695, 775, 655, 494, 245, 526, 320, 527, 530, 99, 4862 Luxury Retailers,69, 60, 53, 57, 19, 24, 26, 40, 19, 45, 49, 0, 367 Mass Merchandisers,190, 253, 357, 263, 163, 174, 91, 25, 38, 39, 26, 2, 1554 Warehouse Outlets,6, 20, 27, 29, 28, 31, 27, 14, 19, 20, 20, 10, 201 Others,164, 185, 117, 79, 138, 91, 123, 317, 100, 369, 335, 45, 1314 Distribution by YearStore ClosuresStore OpeningsStore ClosuresDistribution by Year - Store Closures This chart shows the annual shares of major retail store closures in the US since 2012, by retail sector. 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Sector: All Sectors Apparel, Footwear and 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 Others 2012,2996,1122,53,133,176,170,186,533,172,288,4,93,4,62 2013,4432,965,56,151,81,258,218,2025,130,290,13,76,3,166 2014,4913,1075,50,157,139,393,170,1877,159,556,51,185,4,97 2015,5519,1382,36,188,143,105,55,2538,142,517,55,299,2,57 2016,4309,2121,51,220,159,183,84,553,198,429,21,231,1,58 2017,7881,3356,103,168,427,218,137,2063,462,374,6,331,0,236 2018,5525,2146,61,50,396,211,78,229,441,868,14,56,1,974 2019,9822,5786,48,12,239,1518,395,218,529,526,174,95,0,282 2020,9698,3385,91,139,1359,233,282,557,955,1657,83,25,2,930 2021,5228,2285,168,657,96,260,159,250,258,380,132,30,0,553 2022,2638,754,142,221,79,224,503,28,61,351,86,12,0,177 2023 YTD,677,145,20,0,4,0,300,0,3,203,0,0,0,2 Store OpeningsDistribution by Year - Store Openings This chart shows the annual shares of major retail store openings in the US since 2012, by retail sector. 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Sector: All Sectors Apparel, Footwear and 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 Others 2012,5149,1422,150,136,128,1579,207,430,181,539,51,158,6,162 2013,5657,1669,125,149,84,1670,343,304,352,601,43,212,20,185 2014,5860,1723,134,180,81,1684,337,92,392,730,41,322,27,117 2015,5016,1239,149,216,83,1434,192,99,419,799,38,240,29,79 2016,5407,1120,136,235,69,1594,172,611,477,683,9,135,28,138 2017,4902,919,242,218,120,2027,136,155,283,523,12,145,31,91 2018,3633,706,166,91,54,1628,180,35,279,268,9,67,27,123 2019,4689,1155,168,139,26,1815,102,13,349,526,40,25,14,317 2020,3704,520,204,355,25,1699,117,3,285,320,19,38,19,100 2021,5068,1027,187,529,39,1806,60,4,416,527,45,39,20,369 2022,5070,1403,125,343,48,1858,1,4,328,530,49,26,20,335 2023 YTD,2010,238,4,112,30,1359,0,0,111,99,0,2,10,45 View Our Retail Store Databank When you upgrade to a premium subscription, you will have access to our full data on store openings and closures from 2012 to the current year. 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