Retail Store Closures and Bankruptcies Tracker
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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 May 2026
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:160px">Company</th><th style="min-width:160px">Event Type</th><th style="min-width:80px;white-space:nowrap">Stores Closing</th><th style="min-width:200px">States / Locations Affected</th><th style="min-width:280px">Reason</th><th style="min-width:130px;white-space:nowrap">Announcement Date</th><th style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td>Hooters of America</td><td>Chapter 11 Bankruptcy</td><td>24</td><td>Nationwide</td><td>Declining sales, cultural shift, sagging interest</td><td>2026-05-30</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/controversial-sports-bar-chain-closes-165000907.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">finance.yahoo.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td>Red Lobster</td><td>Chapter 11 Bankruptcy</td><td>6+</td><td>FL, NY, LA, KS</td><td>Rising costs of labor, food and leases; failed endless shrimp promotion</td><td>2026-05-19</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2026/05/19/red-lobster-closing-oldest-location-florida/90160362007" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.usatoday.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td>Clover Food Lab</td><td>Chapter 11 Bankruptcy</td><td>12</td><td>Massachusetts (Cambridge, Boston, Brookline)</td><td>Insurmountable macroeconomic challenges, high inflation, rising supply costs</td><td>2026-05-27</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.thestreet.com/restaurants/another-vegetarian-restaurant-chain-clover-labs-closes-all-locations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.thestreet.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td>FAT Brands</td><td>Chapter 11 Bankruptcy</td><td>N/A</td><td>Texas, Nationwide</td><td>Debt owed to lenders</td><td>2026-05-13</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.chron.com/food/article/great-american-cookies-bankruptcy-fat-brands-22257706.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.chron.com</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td>Hooters Harlingen</td><td>Store Closure</td><td>1</td><td>Harlingen, TX (Rio Grande Valley)</td><td>Debt-driven restructuring under Chapter 11</td><td>2026-05-24</td><td style="min-width:100px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://hoodline.com/2026/05/last-hooters-south-of-san-antonio-goes-dark-in-harlingen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hoodline.com</a></td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><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></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><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>