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List: 56 additional Big Lots stores expected to close in 27 states, court docs show

(NEXSTAR) — Another 56 Big Lots stores across 27 states are slated for closure, according to the latest filings by the retailer.

It’s been more than a month since the Ohio-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Since then, it has slated nearly 500 of its stores to close. More than 240 of those stores have already permanently closed their doors. 

Big Lots has already submitted a list of 56 stores across more than two dozen states that it expects to close. Unlike others before them, the banners on these locations’ web pages have not yet changed to banners reading “closing this location.”

As of Thursday, 1,145 stores remain open, according to the Big Lots website, down vastly from the 1,388 locations the company had ahead of its bankruptcy filing. 


California has seen the most stores close at 55 as of Oct. 17 — that’s roughly half of the 109 Big Lots stores it had this summer. 

Below is a list of stores that have permanently closed their doors. For a full list of stores that are slated to close, click here.

Big Lots had stores in nearly every state ahead of its bankruptcy filing, except Alaska and Hawaii. South Dakota recently became the third state without a Big Lots store after its sole location in Rapid City closed. 

So far, Big Lots has yet to announce plans to close stores in Delaware, North Dakota, or Rhode Island. Across those states, it maintains seven locations.

Big Lots expected to close roughly 550 stores as part of its bankruptcy filing.
The retailer is still gearing up for the holiday season like any other retailer would, recently announcing “Black Friday Fridays” that runs through Dec. 6.