- Walmart has announced closures for 11 locations across six states in 2024 so far.
- The company cited financial underperformance as the reason for the decisions.
- The company plans to open or begin construction on 14 new locations this year.
Walmart will close two Atlanta-area locations next month, bringing the number of confirmed closures this year to 11.
According to layoff notices filed with the states of Colorado, Wisconsin, and California, the company also recently closed Neighborhood Markets in Aurora, Colorado, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as a Bay Area store.
Earlier this year, Walmart shuttered four stores in California, one in Maryland, and one in Ohio. In each case, the company said the stores were not meeting financial performance expectations.
"We are grateful to the customers who have given us the privilege of serving them at our San Diego and El Cajon stores," Walmart spokesperson Brian Little said in a January statement to Business Insider. "We look forward to continuing to serve them at any of our many locations across the area, on Walmart.com, and through delivery to their home or business."
At the beginning of May, Walmart had over 4,600 retail locations in the US, including 3,559 Supercenters, 357 discount stores, and 673 Neighborhood Markets. It also owns nearly 600 Sam's Club warehouses.
Meanwhile, the company opened the first two new Neighborhood Market locations in May — one in Georgia and one in Florida — with plans for a dozen more locations across the US this year. Four of this year's new locations will be in Texas, with three in the Dallas area and one near Houston, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Walmart said in January it will build or up-size more than 150 stores in the next five years in total, and some 650 locations will be renovated to the brand's "Store of the Future" concept.
Last year, Business Insider tracked the closures of at least 22 Walmart locations across the US, including four in Chicago. Financial performance was cited in those cases as well.
Here are the latest Walmart closings:
California:
- 2121 Imperial Ave. in San Diego
- 605 Fletcher Parkway in El Cajon
- 2753 E. Eastland Center Dr. in West Covina
- 4080 Douglas Blvd in Granite Bay (Neighborhood Market)
- 40580 Albrae St. in Fremont
Colorado
- 10400 E Colfax Ave. in Aurora
Georgia:
- 4725 Ashford Dunwoody Rd in Dunwoody
- 3101 Roswell Rd in Marietta (Neighborhood Market)
Maryland:
- 1238 Putty Hill Ave in Towson
Ohio:
- 3579 S. High St. in Columbus
Wisconsin
- 7025 W Main St. in Milwaukee (Neighborhood Market)
Here are the confirmed new locations:
Georgia:
- Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta (Neighborhood Market)
Florida:
- U.S. Highway 98 East in Santa Rosa Beach (Neighborhood Market)
Texas
- Preston Road in Celina (Dallas area)
- 16600 FM 423 in Frisco (Dallas area)
- McKinney Street in Melissa (Dallas area)
- 8927 Fry Road in Cypress (Houston area)
8 additional US locations are planned to be announced this year.
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