Retail Stores Closed on Holidays

While we know that many corporate businesses close for national holidays, did you know that certain retail stores are closed on holidays, too? You have to commend these retailers for giving their employees the day off when many other Americans have vacation, too.

However, if you’re looking to go shopping, this may not be good news. Perhaps you want to do in-person shopping on certain holidays. So having retail stores closed is no good for you. You do realize that even when physical, brick-and-mortar locations are closed, you can always shop online, right? I mean, this is true in most instances.

Which retail stores are closed on holidays

There are a handful of retailers that are reliably closed on certain national holidays. This is just like government offices and banks that also close on national holidays. There are other retailers that close for just some holidays, such as Thanksgiving, Memorial Day or July 4th.

For example, Costco locations in the United States are closed on most major holidays.

Those holidays are:

• New Year’s Day
• Easter Sunday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

If you’ve ever visited a Costco location and paid attention to the front door or the entrance, you’ll notice they post this sign on every store. Also, they have it listed on the Costco website.

List of store closures by holiday

It’s possible you may be visiting this article at different times of year. Therefore, I’ve broken out which retail stores are closed on holidays by holiday. I’ve listed them in chronological order by when they happen throughout the year. Finally, when I first started writing about stores closed on holidays, it was limited to the news of stores staying closed on Thanksgiving. However, this topic has expanded over the years. Find out how federal holidays affect store closures.

Retail stores not open on New Year’s Day

• Aldi
• Costco
• Lidl
• Sam’s Club
• Trader Joe’s

Retail stores not open on Easter

• Aldi (except in Arizona and California)
• Barnes & Noble
• Best Buy
• The Container Store
• Costco
• Dick’s Sporting Goods
• Dillard’s
• Five Below
• Giant Eagle
• Hobby Lobby
• HomeGoods
• JCPenney
• Joann Stores
• Kirkland’s
• Kohl’s
• Lidl
• Lowe’s
• Macy’s
• Marshalls
• Michaels
• Natural Grocers
• Nordstrom
• Nordstrom Rack
• Office Depot and OfficeMax  
• Party City
• Ross
• Sam’s Club
• Sephora
• Target
• T.J. Maxx
• Tractor Supply & Co

Stores not open on Memorial Day

• Costco
• Von Maur

Retail stores not open on the July 4th holiday/ Independence Day

• Albertsons pharmacies
• Costco
• Safeway pharmacies
• Star Market pharmacies
• Von Maur
• Vons pharmacies

Retail stores not open on Labor Day

I’m guessing so few retailers close on Labor Day because it tends to straddle back-to-school shopping.

And back to school shopping is a big time to be in the stores.

However, there is one store that is reliably closed on Labor Day.

And it’s listed below.

• Costco

Stores closed on Columbus Day

I could not find any national stores that are closed on Columbus Day.

This day is also known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Retail stores not open on Thanksgiving

Here are the retail stores that were closed for Thanksgiving last year and, I expect, will be closed this year, too.

• Academy Sports
• Aldi
• American Girl
• At Home
• Barnes and Noble
• Belk
• Best Buy
• BJs Wholesale Club
• Burlington Coat Factory
• Costco
• Cricket Wireless
• Dick’s Sporting Goods
• Dillard’s
• DSW
• Five Below
• GameStop
• Giant Eagle (the supermarket chain closed on Thanksgiving starting in 2022)
• H&M
• Half Price Books
• The Home Depot
• HomeGoods
• Ikea
• JCPenney
• Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores
• Kohl’s
• Lidl
• Lowe’s
• Marshall’s
• Mattress Firm
• Nordstrom
• Nordstrom Rack
• Paragon Sports
• Patagonia
• P.C. Richard & Son
• Petco 
• PetSmart
• REI
• Sam’s Club
• Sephora
• Simply Mac
• Spring Mobile
• Staples
• Sur La Table
• Target
• Think Geek
• TJ Maxx
• Trader Joe’s
• Ulta
• Walmart
• Von Maur

Retail stores not open on Christmas

• Ace Hardware
• Aldi
• Bass Pro Shops
• Big Lots
• BJs Wholesale Club
• Burlington
• Cabela’s
• Cost Plus World Market
• Costco
• Cracker Barrel
• Dollar General
• Dollar Tree
• Dunkin Donuts
• Family Dollar
• Giant
• Hallmark
• H-E-B
• HomeGoods
• Kohl’s
• Kroger
• Ikea
• Lidl
• Macy’s
• Marshall’s
• Michaels
• Nordstrom
• Nordstrom Rack
• Paragon Sports
• Party City
• PetSmart
• Publix
• Sam’s Club
• Sephora
• ShopRite
• Stop & Shop
• Trader Joe’s
• Target
• TJ Maxx
• The Home Depot
• Walmart
• Wegmans
• West Elm
• Whole Foods

Final thoughts on retail stores closed on national holidays

Keep in mind that this information is based on behavior from the previous year. Of course, if any of this information changes, I’ll update this post.

Maybe you’ll want to reward these stores mentioned here with your business. You know, give them your business by doing some of your shopping when they open again after a holiday is over. Because I think retailers like this should be commended for doing the right thing and closing on a national holiday.

Here is a list of tax-free shopping holidays throughout the United States.