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US Store Tracker Databank

Updated: May 27, 2022

Coresight Research’s 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 2022 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.

Methodology

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 2022 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
2022 YTD Closures

1,587

0,000

2022 YTD Openings

4,229

0,000

The chart below depicts the week-by-week totals of US store closures and openings in 2022 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 2022 YTD, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list.

Sector:
ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings

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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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,1115, 977, 1077, 1370, 2092, 3349, 2161, 5786, 3385, 2256, 562, 21312
    Beauty Brands and Retailers,53, 56, 50, 36, 51, 103, 61, 48, 91, 168, 116, 549
    Convenience Stores,133, 151, 157, 188, 220, 168, 50, 12, 139, 657, 46, 1218
    Department Stores,190, 93, 151, 152, 168, 434, 401, 239, 1359, 96, 75, 3187
    Discount Stores, 170, 258, 393, 105, 195, 222, 211, 1518, 233, 260, 34, 3305
    Drugstores,186, 218, 170, 55, 84, 137, 78, 395, 282, 159, 419, 1605
    Electronics Retailers,533, 2025, 1877, 2538, 553, 2063, 229, 218, 557, 250, 22, 10593
    Grocery Retailers,172, 130, 328, 223, 219, 626, 592, 529, 955, 231, 24, 3774
    Home and Office Retailers,287, 284, 551, 506, 416, 358, 834, 526, 1657, 378, 43, 5419
    Luxury Retailers,15, 19, 57, 73, 57, 26, 23, 174, 83, 129, 77, 527
    Mass Merchandisers,95, 83, 190, 310, 244, 347, 90, 95, 25, 30, 8, 1479
    Warehouse Outlets,4,3,4,2,1,0,1,0,2,0,0,17
    Others,62, 166, 97, 57, 58, 236, 974, 282, 930, 552, 161, 2862

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,1340, 1589, 1649, 1163, 1046, 824, 666, 1155, 520, 1003, 1030, 9952
        Beauty Brands and Retailers,150, 125, 134, 149, 136, 242, 166, 168, 204, 187, 73, 1474
        Convenience Stores,136, 149, 180, 216, 235, 218, 91, 139, 355, 529, 202, 1719
        Department Stores,215, 179, 179, 179, 171, 224, 90, 26, 25, 39, 61, 1288
        Discount Stores,1626, 1681, 1724, 1502, 1652, 2075, 1640, 1815, 1699, 1806, 1975, 15414
        Drugstores,207, 343, 337, 192, 172, 136, 180, 102, 117, 60, 0, 1786
        Electronics Retailers,430, 304, 92, 99, 611, 155, 35, 13, 3, 4, 4, 1742
        Grocery Retailers,279, 323, 468, 461, 572, 409, 368, 349, 285, 381, 279, 3514
        Home and Office Retailers,592, 560, 695, 775, 655, 494, 245, 526, 320, 527, 290, 4862
        Luxury Retailers,69, 60, 53, 57, 19, 24, 26, 40, 19, 44, 39, 367
        Mass Merchandisers,190, 253, 357, 263, 163, 174, 91, 25, 38, 39, 33, 1554
        Warehouse Outlets,6, 20, 27, 29, 28, 31, 27, 14, 19, 20, 23, 201
        Others,164, 185, 117, 79, 138, 91, 123, 317, 100, 349, 220, 1314

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
    2017,7881,3356,103,168,427,218,137,2063,462,374,6,331,0,236
    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, 5166,2256,168,657,96,260,159,250,231,378,129,30,0,552
    2022 YTD, 1587,562,116,46,75,34,419,22,24,43,77,8,0,161

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: 
2012,5149,1422,150,136,128,1579,207,430,181,539,51,158,6,162
    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
    2021,4988,1003,187,529,39,1806,60,4,381,527,44,39,20,349
    2022 YTD, 4229,1030,73,202,61,1975,0,4,279,290,39,33,23,220

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