US and UK Store Tracker Databank

Updated: April 12, 2024

The Coresight Research US and UK Store Tracker Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US and UK retail industries. For the US, the Databank includes store openings and closures from 2012 to 2024 year to date (YTD); for the UK, data span 2017 to 2024 YTD.

This Databank includes the following US and UK data:

Every week, Coresight Research data analysts monitor a list of hundreds of retailers to represent the overall US and UK retail sectors. We use our industry expertise to adjust this list on a periodic basis to reflect key trends occurring in retail. We update 2024 closure and opening numbers on an ongoing basis as we obtain confirmed information from company releases and filings.

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
2024 YTD Closures

2,143

0,000

2024 YTD Openings

3,087

0,000

The chart below depicts the week-by-week totals of US store closures and openings in 2024 YTD.

US 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 2024 YTD, by retail sector. For more information on specific sectors, please select from the dropdown list.

Sector:
ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings

US Store Closures and Openings: Top 50 Retailers

2024 YTD Store Closures

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2023. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2023.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Total includes a small number of retailers that each announced fewer than two store openings and are not included in the table
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2024 YTD Store Openings

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2023. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2023.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Total includes a small number of retailers that each announced fewer than two store openings and are not included in the table
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2023 Store Closures

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2022. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2022.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Total includes a small number of retailers that each announced fewer than two store openings and are not included in the table
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2023 Store Openings

Methodology summary for this and each subsequent table in this report:
1. Coresight Research attributes store openings and closures to the year in which they occurred or are expected to occur.
2. As companies have different fiscal year-ends, total store count information for most public retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from either the third or fourth quarter of their fiscal 2022. Total store count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December 2022.
“Confirmed” closures/openings are those confirmed to have taken place to date (such as through retrospective reporting and our tracking of store counts including through ChainXY data); “planned” closures/openings are those announced but not yet confirmed to have taken place.
*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Total includes a small number of retailers that each announced fewer than two store openings and are not included in the table
‡Figures pertain to Americas (North and South America) region closures
§Figures pertain to North America closures
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2022 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
†Figures pertain to North America closures/openings

 

2022 Store Openings

*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 and a year-in progress table may contain fewer than 50. For a full list, please contact us at contact@coresight.com
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 their third or fourth fiscal quarters. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December in the prior year.

US Store Closures

Store Closures - Number of Stores

This chart shows the number of major retail store closures in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

Store Closures - YOY % Change

This chart shows the year-over-year (YOY) change of major retail store closures in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

US Store Openings

Store Openings - Number of Stores

This chart shows the number of major retail store openings in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

Store Openings - YOY % Change

This chart shows the year-over-year (YOY) change of major retail store openings in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

US Net Store Openings

Net Store Openings

This chart shows the number of major retail net store openings in the US from 2012 to 2024 YTD, by retail sector. Choose more than one sector to make comparisons.

US Distribution by Sector

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, 1024, 278, 25578
    Beauty Brands and Retailers,53, 56, 50, 36, 51, 103, 61, 48, 91, 168, 400, 111, 57, 1285
    Convenience Stores,133, 151, 157, 188, 220, 168, 50, 12, 139, 657, 479, 418, 13, 2785
    Department Stores,176, 81, 139, 143, 159, 396, 396, 239, 1356, 95, 19, 40, 60, 3299
    Discount Stores, 170, 258, 393, 105, 183, 249, 211, 1147, 233, 260, 321, 382, 1022, 4934
    Drugstores,186, 218, 170, 55, 84, 137, 78, 395, 282, 159, 840, 1254, 566, 4424
    Electronics Retailers,533, 2025, 1877, 2538, 553, 2063, 229, 218, 557, 250, 30, 27, 9, 10909
    Grocery Retailers,172, 130, 159, 142, 198, 462, 441, 529, 955, 256, 77, 154, 15, 3690
    Home and Office Retailers,288, 290, 556, 517, 429, 374, 868, 538, 1872, 380, 481, 1679, 72, 8344
    Luxury Retailers,4, 13, 51, 55, 21, 6, 14, 174, 83, 132, 100, 32, 0, 685
    Mass Merchandisers,93, 76, 185, 299, 231, 331, 56, 95, 25, 30, 12, 46, 6, 1485
    Warehouse Outlets,4,3,4,2,1,0,1,0,2,0,0,0,0,17
    Others,62, 166, 97, 57, 58, 236, 974, 653, 923, 550, 196, 306, 45, 4323
    
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, 1479, 874, 15406
        Beauty Brands and Retailers,150, 125, 134, 149, 136, 242, 166, 168, 204, 187, 178, 163, 22, 2024
        Convenience Stores,136, 149, 180, 216, 235, 218, 91, 139, 355, 529, 596, 653, 141, 3638
        Department Stores,128, 84, 81, 83, 69, 120, 54, 26, 8, 15, 25, 51, 40, 784
        Discount Stores,1579, 1670, 1684, 1434, 1594, 2027, 1628, 1735, 1688, 1812, 1741, 1893, 1174, 21659
        Drugstores,207, 343, 337, 192, 172, 136, 180, 102, 117, 60, 43, 137, 0, 2026
        Electronics Retailers,430, 304, 92, 99, 611, 155, 35, 13, 3, 4, 12, 13, 1, 1772
        Grocery Retailers,128, 252, 392, 419, 477, 283, 279, 349, 290, 400, 357, 365, 328, 4322
        Home and Office Retailers,539, 601, 730, 799, 635, 469, 211, 467, 320, 521, 544, 525, 167, 6528
        Luxury Retailers,51, 43, 41, 38, 9, 12, 9, 40, 19, 45, 47, 48, 7, 409
        Mass Merchandisers,158, 212, 322, 240, 135, 145, 67, 25, 33, 35, 23, 22, 58, 1475
        Warehouse Outlets,6, 20, 27, 29, 28, 31, 27, 14, 19, 20, 17, 27, 34, 299
        Others,162, 185, 117, 79, 150, 145, 178, 462, 101, 361, 349, 380, 241, 2907
        

US Distribution by Year

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
    2022,3819,864,400,479,19,321,840,30,77,481,100,12,0,196
    2023,5473,1024,111,418,40,382,1254,27,154,1679,32,46,0,306
    2024 YTD,2143,278,57,13,60,1022,566,9,15,72,0,6,0,45
    
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
    2022,5394,1462,178,596,25,1741,43,12,357,544,47,23,17,349
    2023,5756,1479,163,653,51,1893,137,13,365,525,48,22,27,380
    2024 YTD,3087,874,22,141,40,1174,0,1,328,167,7,58,34,241
    

UK Store Tracker Overview

ClosuresOpeningsNet Store Openings

UK Store Closures and Openings: Top 50 Retailers

2024 YTD Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
**Approximate estimate based on nonspecific company statement
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2024 YTD Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

2023 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

 

2023 Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data
Source: Company reports/ChainXY/Coresight Research

 

2022 Store Closures

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data.

2022 Store Openings

*Estimate based on multiyear projections or non-calendar fiscal year data.

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 and a year-in progress table may contain fewer than 50.
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 their third or fourth fiscal quarters. Store-count information for private retailers in the list above is based on reported counts from December in the prior year.

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