The Store Count: US Store Closure & Count Tracker

The tracker · data as of Oct 17, 2026

Which chains are growing, and which are shrinking

Weekly store counts for 31 US chains, rebuilt from their own store locators and checked against company filings. Every count carries a grade, A to C, for how well its sources agree.

Biggest gains, last 12 months

Dutch Bros▲ 17.7% (+192)
Cava▲ 17.7% (+76)
Costco▲ 4.0% (+25)
O'Reilly Auto Parts▲ 2.9% (+187)
Bath & Body Works▲ 1.6% (+29)

Biggest losses, last 12 months

Outback Steakhouse▼ 3.5% (−24)
Grocery Outlet▼ 1.3% (−7)

Only changes anchored to the companies’ own counts (verified changes).

All tracked chains

Chain	Sector	US count	12 months	Grade	Status
Advance Auto Parts	Specialty retail	about 4,050	–	B	Stable
Aldi	Grocery	about 2,740	▲ 6.2% estimate	B	Growing
AutoZone	Specialty retail	6,390	▼ 0.0%	B	Growing
Bath & Body Works	Specialty retail	about 1,820	▲ 1.6%	B	Stable
Buffalo Wild Wings	Sit-down restaurants	about 1,410	▲ 3.3% estimate	B	Shrinking
Cava	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	505	▲ 17.7%	B	Growing
Chick-fil-A	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	3,420	▲ 4.9% estimate	B	Growing
Chili's	Sit-down restaurants	about 1,210	▲ 0.3%	A	Stable
Chipotle	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	about 4,170	▲ 9.1% estimate	B	Growing
Costco	Big-box & warehouse clubs	654	▲ 4.0%	B	Growing
Cracker Barrel	Sit-down restaurants	655 company, Sep 11, 2026	–	C	Stable
CVS Pharmacy	Pharmacies	9,000 company, Jun 30, 2026	–	C	Shrinking
Dollar General	Dollar & discount stores	about 20,500	▲ 0.1%	A	Growing
Dollar Tree	Dollar & discount stores	about 9,080	▲ 1.2%	A	Growing
Dutch Bros	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	about 1,270	▲ 17.7%	B	Growing
Five Below	Dollar & discount stores	2,022 company, Aug 1, 2026	–	C	Growing
GameStop	Specialty retail	1,598 company, Jan 31, 2026	–	C	Shrinking
Grocery Outlet	Grocery	529	▼ 1.3%	A	Shrinking
Hobby Lobby	Specialty retail	about 1,100	▲ 2.6% estimate	B	Growing
Kohl's	Department & off-price stores	1,150	▼ 0.3%	A	Stable
Lowe's	Home improvement & home goods	1,759 company, Jan 30, 2026	–	C	Stable
Macy's	Department & off-price stores	432 company, Jan 31, 2026	–	C	Shrinking
Marshalls	Department & off-price stores	1,255 company, Jan 31, 2026	–	C	Stable
McDonald's	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	13,700 company, Dec 31, 2025	–	C	Stable
O'Reilly Auto Parts	Specialty retail	about 6,590	▲ 2.9%	A	Growing
Olive Garden	Sit-down restaurants	949 company, May 31, 2026	–	C	Stable
Outback Steakhouse	Sit-down restaurants	658	▼ 3.5%	B	Stable
Pizza Hut	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	about 6,260	▼ 4.0% estimate	B	Shrinking
Popeyes	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	about 3,120	▼ 0.3% estimate	B	Stable
Publix	Grocery	about 1,460	▼ 1.2% estimate	B	Growing
Raising Cane's	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	1,000	▲ 9.6% estimate	B	Growing
Red Robin	Sit-down restaurants	475 company, Dec 28, 2025	–	C	–
Ross Dress for Less	Department & off-price stores	about 2,000	–	A	Growing
Sheetz	Convenience stores	865	▲ 6.3% estimate	B	Growing
Starbucks	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	about 16,800	–	B	Shrinking
T.J. Maxx	Department & off-price stores	1,348 company, Jan 31, 2026	–	C	Stable
Target	Big-box & warehouse clubs	2,019 company, Aug 1, 2026	–	C	Stable
Texas Roadhouse	Sit-down restaurants	732	–	B	Growing
The Home Depot	Home improvement & home goods	about 2,010	▲ 0.7% estimate	A	Stable
Trader Joe's	Grocery	664	▲ 5.7% estimate	B	Growing
Walgreens	Pharmacies	about 7,880	▼ 0.9% estimate	B	Shrinking
Walmart	Big-box & warehouse clubs	4,615 company, Jul 31, 2026	–	C	Stable
Wendy's	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	about 5,860	▼ 0.2%	A	Shrinking
Wingstop	Fast food, coffee & drive-thrus	about 2,730	▲ 16.2% estimate	A	Growing

Counts as of each chain’s latest clean weekly run (up to Oct 17, 2026), rounded to three significant figures. Grey rows are estimates: the company’s own count, shown because its store locator isn’t reliable enough right now. “Estimate” changes aren’t anchored to a company count yet.