US Store Tracker Databank

Updated: September 28, 2023

The Coresight Research US Store Tracker 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).

The Databank now also includes retailer-level data on announced, actual and total store openings and closures, store base counts and the estimated square-footage impacts of openings and closures.

The US Store Tracker Databank includes:

Methodology

Every week, Coresight Research data analysts monitor a list of hundreds of 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:

  • Entertainment Venues
  • Health Clubs
  • Restaurants & Bars
  • Other Service Providers
2023 YTD Closures

3,856

0,000

2023 YTD Openings

4,951

0,000

The chart below depicts the week-by-week totals of US store closures and openings in 2023 YTD.

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:
ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings

Store Closures and Openings: Top Retailers

2023 YTD Store Closures

2023 YTD Store Closures

Confirmed closures/openings reflect those confirmed to have taken place to date
Planned closures/openings reflect those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Figures pertain to North America closures/openings
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 the third quarter or the fourth quarter of their fiscal 2022. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2022

2023 YTD Store Openings

2023 YTD Store Openings

Confirmed closures/openings reflect those confirmed to have taken place to date
Planned closures/openings reflect those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Figures pertain to North America closures/openings
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 the third quarter or the fourth quarter of their fiscal 2022. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2022

2022 Store Closures

2022 Store Closures

Confirmed closures/openings reflect those confirmed to have taken place to date
Planned closures/openings reflect those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place
*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.
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 the third quarter or the fourth quarter of their fiscal 2021. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2021

 

2022 Store Openings

2022 Store Openings

Confirmed closures/openings reflect those confirmed to have taken place to date
Planned closures/openings reflect those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place
*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.
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 the third quarter or the fourth quarter of their fiscal 2021. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2021

 

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 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

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 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

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 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

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 2023 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

Net Store Openings

Net 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 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,1122, 965, 1075, 1382, 2121, 3356, 2146, 5774, 3180, 2291, 864, 899, 21121
    Beauty Brands and Retailers,53, 56, 50, 36, 51, 103, 61, 48, 91, 168, 400, 77, 549
    Convenience Stores,133, 151, 157, 188, 220, 168, 50, 12, 139, 657, 479, 311, 1218
    Department Stores,176, 81, 139, 143, 159, 396, 396, 239, 1356, 95, 19, 28, 3085
    Discount Stores, 170, 258, 393, 105, 183, 249, 211, 1147, 233, 260, 321, 212, 2949
    Drugstores,186, 218, 170, 55, 84, 137, 78, 395, 282, 159, 840, 487, 1605
    Electronics Retailers,533, 2025, 1877, 2538, 553, 2063, 229, 218, 557, 250, 30, 19, 10593
    Grocery Retailers,172, 130, 159, 142, 198, 462, 441, 529, 955, 256, 77, 104, 3188
    Home and Office Retailers,288, 290, 556, 517, 429, 374, 868, 538, 1872, 380, 481, 1534, 5732
    Luxury Retailers,4, 13, 51, 55, 21, 6, 14, 174, 83, 132, 100, 25, 421
    Mass Merchandisers,93, 76, 185, 299, 231, 331, 56, 95, 25, 30, 12, 37, 1391
    Warehouse Outlets,4,3,4,2,1,0,1,0,2,0,0,0,17
    Others,62, 166, 97, 57, 58, 236, 974, 653, 923, 550, 191, 123, 3226

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,1422, 1669, 1723, 1239, 1156, 919, 708, 1149, 547, 1059, 1462, 1213, 10532
        Beauty Brands and Retailers,150, 125, 134, 149, 136, 242, 166, 168, 204, 187, 168, 123, 1474
        Convenience Stores,136, 149, 180, 216, 235, 218, 91, 139, 355, 529, 596, 471, 1719
        Department Stores,128, 84, 81, 83, 69, 120, 54, 26, 8, 15, 25, 48, 653
        Discount Stores,1579, 1670, 1684, 1434, 1594, 2027, 1628, 1735, 1688, 1812, 1741, 1932, 15039
        Drugstores,207, 343, 337, 192, 172, 136, 180, 102, 117, 60, 43, 3, 1786
        Electronics Retailers,430, 304, 92, 99, 611, 155, 35, 13, 3, 4, 12, 20, 1742
        Grocery Retailers,128, 252, 392, 419, 477, 283, 279, 349, 290, 400, 357, 337, 2869
        Home and Office Retailers,539, 601, 730, 799, 635, 469, 211, 467, 320, 521, 544, 472, 4771
        Luxury Retailers,51, 43, 41, 38, 9, 12, 9, 40, 19, 45, 47, 22, 262
        Mass Merchandisers,158, 212, 322, 240, 135, 145, 67, 25, 33, 35, 23, 19, 1337
        Warehouse Outlets,6, 20, 27, 29, 28, 31, 27, 14, 19, 20, 17, 22, 201
        Others,162, 185, 117, 79, 150, 145, 178, 462, 101, 361, 349, 269, 1579

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: 
2012,2996,1122,53,133,176,170,186,533,172,288,4,93,4,62
    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
    2017,7881,3356,103,168,396,249,137,2063,462,374,6,331,0,236
    2018,5525,2146,61,50,396,211,78,229,441,868,14,56,1,974
    2019,9822,5774,48,12,239,1147,395,218,529,538,174,95,0,653
    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
    2022,3814,864,400,479,19,321,840,30,77,481,100,12,0,191
    2023 YTD,3856,899,77,311,28,212,487,19,104,1534,25,37,0,123

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: 
2012,5096,1422,150,136,128,1579,207,430,128,539,51,158,6,162
    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
    2016,5407,1156,136,235,69,1594,172,611,477,635,9,135,28,150
    2017,4902,919,242,218,120,2027,136,155,283,469,12,145,31,145
    2018,3633,708,166,91,54,1628,180,35,279,211,9,67,27,178
    2019,4689,1149,168,139,26,1735,102,13,349,467,40,25,14,462
    2020,3704,547,204,355,8,1688,117,3,290,320,19,33,19,101
    2021,5048,1059,187,529,15,1812,60,4,400,521,45,35,20,361
    2022,5384,1462,168,596,25,1741,43,12,357,544,47,23,17,349
    2023 YTD,4951,1213,123,471,48,1932,3,20,337,472,22,19,22,269

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