Updated: December 5, 2019 The Coresight Research Retail Store Databank consolidates data from our well-known Weekly Store Tracker reports in addition to an annual data settlement monitored by our experienced retail analysts. This is the definitive resource in the retail industry for information on store openings and closures. The comprehensive databank includes store openings and closures from 2012 to 2019 year to date (YTD), and the data can be filtered by sector, year and type (closures/openings/net store openings). MethodologySector CoverageMethodology Coresight’s experienced analysts curate a dynamic list of approximately 400 retailers to represent the overall US retail market. We utilize our industry expertise to adjust this list on a periodic basis to reflect key trends occurring in retail. The proprietary Coresight Research Retail Store Databank reflects store closures and openings of retailers. 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 2019 YTD Closures 9,271 2019 YTD Openings 4,346 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 2019 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 2019 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 2019 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 2019 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 2019 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 2019 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 YTD All Years Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1115, 977, 1077, 1370, 2092, 3349, 2161, 5699, 17840 Beauty Brands and Retailers,53, 56, 50, 36, 51, 103, 61, 42, 452 Convenience Stores,133, 151, 157, 188, 220, 168, 50, 9, 1077 Department Stores,190, 93, 151, 152, 168, 434, 401, 350, 1939 Discount Stores, 170, 258, 393, 105, 195, 222, 211, 1377, 2930 Drugstores,186, 218, 170, 55, 84, 137, 78, 220, 1148 Electronics Retailers,533, 2025, 1877, 2538, 553, 2063, 229, 128, 9946 Grocery Retailers,172, 130, 328, 223, 219, 626, 592, 398, 2686 Home and Office Retailers,287, 284, 551, 506, 416, 358, 834, 450, 3686 Luxury Retailers,15, 19, 57, 73, 57, 26, 23, 185, 445 Mass Merchandisers,95, 83, 190, 310, 244, 347, 90, 68, 1427 Warehouse Outlets,4,3,4,2,1,0,1,0,15 Others,62, 166, 97, 57, 58, 236, 974, 345, 1997 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 YTD All Years Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1340, 1589, 1649, 1163, 1046, 824, 666, 902, 9179 Beauty Brands and Retailers,150, 125, 134, 149, 136, 242, 166, 161, 1264 Convenience Stores,136, 149, 180, 216, 235, 218, 91, 149, 1374 Department Stores,215, 179, 179, 179, 171, 224, 90, 195, 1431 Discount Stores,1626, 1681, 1724, 1502, 1652, 2075, 1640, 1757, 13657 Drugstores,207, 343, 337, 192, 172, 136, 180, 100, 1668 Electronics Retailers,430, 304, 92, 99, 611, 155, 35, 5, 1730 Grocery Retailers,279, 323, 468, 461, 572, 409, 368, 289, 3169 Home and Office Retailers,592, 560, 695, 775, 655, 494, 245, 385, 4400 Luxury Retailers,69, 60, 53, 57, 19, 24, 26, 60, 369 Mass Merchandisers,190, 253, 357, 263, 163, 174, 91, 45, 1535 Warehouse Outlets,6, 20, 27, 29, 28, 31, 27, 14, 182 Others,164, 185, 117, 79, 138, 91, 123, 284, 1181 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. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list. 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 2012,3015,1115,53,133,190,170,186,533,172,287,15,95,4,62 2013,4462,977,56,151,93,258,218,2025,130,284,19,83,3,166 2014,5101,1077,50,157,151,393,170,1877,328,551,57,190,4,97 2015,5615,1370,36,188,152,105,55,2538,223,506,73,310,2,57 2016,4357,2092,51,220,168,195,84,553,219,416,57,244,1,58 2017,8069,3349,103,168,434,222,137,2063,626,358,26,347,0,236 2018,5706,2161,61,50,401,211,78,229,592,834,23,90,1,974 2019 YTD,9271,5699,42,9,350,1377,220,128,398,450,185,68,0,345 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. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list. 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 2012,5403,1340,150,136,215,1626,207,430,279,592,69,190,6,164 2013,5772,1589,125,149,179,1681,343,304,323,560,60,253,20,185 2014,6013,1649,134,180,179,1724,337,92,468,695,53,357,27,117 2015,5162,1163,149,216,179,1502,192,99,461,775,57,263,29,79 2016,5598,1046,136,235,171,1652,172,611,572,655,19,163,28,138 2017,5099,824,242,218,224,2075,136,155,409,494,24,174,31,91 2018,3747,666,166,91,90,1640,180,35,368,245,26,91,27,123 2019 YTD,4346,902,161,149,195,1757,100,5,289,385,60,45,14,284 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. Become a Subscriber
