Updated: September 25, 2020 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 2020 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 weekly store openings and closures, please see the Weekly Store Tracker Report series. 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. Note: we update the 2019 closures and openings numbers on an ongoing basis when we obtain confirmed information from company releases and filings, and these adjustments will continue through 2020. 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 2020 YTD Closures 8,013 2020 YTD Openings 3,354 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 2020 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 2020 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 2020 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 2020 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 2020 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 2020 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 YTD All Years Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1115, 977, 1077, 1370, 2092, 3349, 2161, 5765, 2935, 20841 Beauty Brands and Retailers,53, 56, 50, 36, 51, 103, 61, 48, 76, 534 Convenience Stores,133, 151, 157, 188, 220, 168, 50, 12, 2, 1081 Department Stores,190, 93, 151, 152, 168, 434, 401, 248, 1344, 3181 Discount Stores, 170, 258, 393, 105, 195, 222, 211, 1518, 118, 3190 Drugstores,186, 218, 170, 55, 84, 137, 78, 395, 167, 1490 Electronics Retailers,533, 2025, 1877, 2538, 553, 2063, 229, 218, 386, 10422 Grocery Retailers,172, 130, 328, 223, 219, 626, 592, 529, 931, 3750 Home and Office Retailers,287, 284, 551, 506, 416, 358, 834, 488, 1330, 5054 Luxury Retailers,15, 19, 57, 73, 57, 26, 23, 196, 4, 471 Mass Merchandisers,95, 83, 190, 310, 244, 347, 90, 133, 120, 1612 Warehouse Outlets,4,3,4,2,1,0,1,0,2,17 Others,62, 166, 97, 57, 58, 236, 974, 282, 597, 2529 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 YTD All Years Apparel Footwear and Accessories,1340, 1589, 1649, 1163, 1046, 824, 666, 988, 493, 9758 Beauty Brands and Retailers,150, 125, 134, 149, 136, 242, 166, 168, 182, 1452 Convenience Stores,136, 149, 180, 216, 235, 218, 91, 139, 191, 1555 Department Stores,215, 179, 179, 179, 171, 224, 90, 183, 202, 1622 Discount Stores,1626, 1681, 1724, 1502, 1652, 2075, 1640, 1815, 1662, 15377 Drugstores,207, 343, 337, 192, 172, 136, 180, 102, 50, 1719 Electronics Retailers,430, 304, 92, 99, 611, 155, 35, 13, 0, 1739 Grocery Retailers,279, 323, 468, 461, 572, 409, 368, 363, 205, 3448 Home and Office Retailers,592, 560, 695, 775, 655, 494, 245, 502, 209, 4727 Luxury Retailers,69, 60, 53, 57, 19, 24, 26, 50, 0, 358 Mass Merchandisers,190, 253, 357, 263, 163, 174, 91, 35, 39, 1565 Warehouse Outlets,6, 20, 27, 29, 28, 31, 27, 14, 13, 195 Others,164, 185, 117, 79, 138, 91, 123, 317, 108, 1322 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 2012,3015,1115,53,133,190,170,186,533,172,287,15,95,4,62 2013,4463,977,56,151,93,258,218,2025,130,284,19,83,3,166 2014,5102,1077,50,157,151,393,170,1877,328,551,57,190,4,97 2015,5615,1370,36,188,152,105,55,2538,223,506,73,310,2,57 2016,4358,2092,51,220,168,195,84,553,219,416,57,244,1,58 2017,8069,3349,103,168,434,222,137,2063,626,358,26,347,0,236 2018,5705,2161,61,50,401,211,78,229,592,834,23,90,1,974 2019,9832,5765,48,12,248,1518,395,218,529,488,196,133,0,282 2020 YTD,8013,2935,76,2,1344,118,167,386,931,1330,5,120,2,597 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 2012,5404,1340,150,136,215,1626,207,430,279,592,69,190,6,164 2013,5771,1589,125,149,179,1681,343,304,323,560,60,253,20,185 2014,6012,1649,134,180,179,1724,337,92,468,695,53,357,27,117 2015,5164,1163,149,216,179,1502,192,99,461,775,57,263,29,79 2016,5598,1046,136,235,171,1652,172,611,572,655,19,163,28,138 2017,5097,824,242,218,224,2075,136,155,409,494,24,174,31,91 2018,3748,666,166,91,90,1640,180,35,368,245,26,91,27,123 2019,4689,988,168,139,183,1815,102,13,363,502,50,35,14,317 2020 YTD,3354,493,182,191,202,1662,50,0,205,209,0,39,13,108 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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