Big Lots Store Closures 2024 - The Florida Locations

The Big Lots store located at 11230 South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando is one of the 11 Florida Big Lots locations announced for closure in July 2024. 15 more closures throughout the state would be announced on August 2nd.

     A quick post for everyone tonight - as you may have heard, Big Lots announced recently that they're in pretty deep financial troubles, warning investors of a potential bankruptcy. As part of trying to hold off or stall a bankruptcy filing, Big Lots announced the closure of 35 to 40 stores in 2024 per their official statement quoted in that linked article, however, it appears the number of stores targeted for closure at the moment is much higher than that. From what I've found, it was revealed that 11 Floridian Big Lots stores are closing at this time, with multiple closures announced in additional states as well. While Big Lots has not published a complete cohesive list of closures, closing stores have been tagged on the company's store locator. Going through the 106 Florida stores listed on the website, these were the 11 closings I found announced in July 2024 - a smattering of small, older stores and some stores only a few years old:

Update 8/2/2024 - More store closures announced, bringing the total number of locations in Florida closing to 26. This is all part of a store closure wave that is now totaling 293 closures nationwide.

Boca Raton - 21697 State Road 7

Bonita Springs - 25191 Chamber Of Commerce Dr

Boynton Beach - 901 N Congress Ave - added 8/2

Bradenton - 7381 52nd Pl E - added 8/2

Clearwater - 1492 S Belcher Road - added 10/4

Clewiston - 328 E Sugarland Hwy

Coconut Creek - 4847 Coconut Creek Pkwy

Daytona Beach - 2400 W International Speedway - added 8/2

Delray Beach - 4801 Linton Blvd. - added 9/20

Destin - 34940 Emerald Coast Pkwy

Fort Myers - 15271 McGregor Blvd - added 8/2

Fort Walton Beach - 111 Racetrack Road NW - added 11/20

Hallandale - 1761 E Hallandale Beach Blvd

Hollywood - 3921 Oakwood Blvd

Jacksonville Beach - 14333 Beach Blvd. - added 9/20

Longwood - 250 N Us Hwy 17-92 - added 9/27

Miami - 2100 Sw 27th Ave - added 9/27

Miami - 8265 W Flagler St - added 8/2

Miami (Cutler Bay) - 18325 South Dixie Highway - added 9/13

Miami Lakes - 5580 NW 167th St

Naples - 2882 Tamiami Trl E - added 8/2

Ocoee - 751 Good Homes Road - added 10/11

Orange Park - 700 Blanding Blvd Ste 1

Orlando - 11230 South Orange Blossom Trail

Orlando - 1801 S. Semoran Blvd - added 8/2

Orlando - 2544 E. Colonial Drive - added 11/20

Orlando/Union Park - 11672 E Colonial Dr - added 8/2

Pembroke Pines - 7930 Pines Blvd. - added 9/20 - removed from closure list November 2024

Plantation - 7067 W Broward Blvd Ste B - added 8/2

Pompano Beach - 1440 NE 23rd St

Port Richey - 11854 Us Highway 19 - added 8/2

Royal Palm Beach - 511 N State Rd 7 - added 8/2

St. Petersburg - 1055 62nd Ave N - added 10/4

St. Petersburg - 950 58th Street N - added 10/4

Sarasota - 3750 Bee Ridge Rd - added 8/2

Stuart - 2236 Se Federal Hwy - added 8/2

Tampa - 12601 Citrus Plaza Dr - added 8/2

Tampa - 14948 North Florida Ave - added 10/11

Tarpon Springs - 41306 Us Hwy 19 N - added 8/2

Vero Beach - 6420 20th St - added 9/27

     If you want to check on the status of any Big Lots stores elsewhere, you can use Big Lots' store locator here. Click on a state and then the city to find the store details page, and if a location is closing, there will be an orange banner at the top of the store's detail page that looks like this:

     UPDATE 7/20/2024 - Retail Adventures put together a list of all the closing Big Lots stores on the store locator at the moment right now, which you can view here. It's a lot more than 35-40 locations like I though, with a lot of stores closing along the West Coast.

     In the coming months we'll have to see how Big Lots fares and how many other closings we may find. These closures come on the heels of another nationwide closure wave Big Lots held last year, which took out the stores in North Naples, Tampa's Britton Plaza, Casselberry, and Seminole (which are the 4 I know of - there may have been additional closures on top of those last fall). Additionally, if I missed any closing stores from the current list please let me know and I'll add them in. One thing is for sure, this year has been a tough year for store closures in Floridian retail! We'll keep you posted on closures here on MFR, not just with Big Lots, but also our running list of Winn-Dixie to Aldi conversions - the most complete source of those on the web.

That's all the news I have for now, so until the next post,

AFB