Retail Store Closures and Bankruptcies Tracker
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April–May 2026
Real Estate & Infrastructure
Retail store closure announcements and retail bankruptcy filings confirmed each month from retail industry news, bankruptcy court filings, company investor relations announcements, and local business press. Each record includes the retailer name, number of locations affected, geographic markets impacted, stated reason (bankruptcy, lease expiry, strategic consolidation, brand exit), and announcement date. Coverage spans apparel, electronics, grocery, home goods, and specialty retail – both full chain liquidations and partial fleet reductions.
Retail store chain or shopping mall closure or bankruptcy filing resulting in store closures in the US announced in the past month
Commercial real estate investors and mall operators use it to anticipate vacancy events and plan re-tenanting strategies. Retail analysts and equity researchers track sector consolidation and identify distressed operators through it. Retail landlords and property managers use it to monitor tenant financial health before formal notice. Journalists covering the retail and consumer sector use it as a structured, sourced record of confirmed closures.
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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:200px">Company</th><th style="min-width:130px;white-space:nowrap">Event Type</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Stores Closing</th><th style="min-width:200px">States / Locations Affected</th><th style="min-width:300px">Reason</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Announcement Date</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:200px">Lammes Candies</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Store Closure</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">6</td><td style="min-width:200px">Texas</td><td style="min-width:300px">Unprecedented economic pressures, current market conditions, soaring costs, squeezed shoppers, brutal market conditions, long-term sustainability worries, higher cocoa prices, rising labor costs, i...</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-24</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lammes-candies-closes-after-141-years-1794429" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ibtimes.co.uk</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:200px">FAT Brands</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Chapter 11 Bankruptcy</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">—</td><td style="min-width:200px">Nationwide</td><td style="min-width:300px">—</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-24</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.chron.com/food/article/great-american-cookies-bankruptcy-fat-brands-22257706.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">chron.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:200px">Sweets and Meats BBQ</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Store Closure</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">—</td><td style="min-width:200px">Ohio</td><td style="min-width:300px">financial challenges and health concerns, continued rising costs and decreasing customer traffic</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-26</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://whatnow.com/news/local-news/cincinnati-bbq-favorite-shuts-down-all-locations-after-12-year-run" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">whatnow.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:200px">CycleBar</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Store Closure</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">—</td><td style="min-width:200px">South Carolina</td><td style="min-width:300px">—</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-26</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/cyclebar-closed-fitness-forest-acres-sc/article_6026a7c7-426d-4f2d-8dc6-31c674aec9e3.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">postandcourier.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:200px">Amazon</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">Chapter 11 Bankruptcy</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">12</td><td style="min-width:200px">Washington, California, Maryland, New York, Virginia</td><td style="min-width:300px">Restructuring, paring back headcount, economic downturn, AI-driven cost-cutting, and a nationwide decision to wind down Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go physical retail locations while shifting grocery i...</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-27</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article315548583.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bnd.com</a></td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Are individual store closures included, or only full chain shutdowns?</h3><p>Both. Full chain liquidations, partial fleet reductions (e.g. closing 50 of 200 stores), and individual flagship or anchor store closures are tracked where publicly announced.</p><h3>Are closures driven by a digital pivot included?</h3><p>Yes. Closures where a brand exits physical retail to focus on e-commerce are included and noted in the event type field.</p><h3>How does CatchAll's data compare to tracking company press releases directly?</h3><p>CatchAll aggregates closure announcements across all retailers simultaneously, including announcements that surface first in local news or bankruptcy filings rather than company press releases – giving a more complete picture than monitoring individual brand communications.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>