With my comments about Kmart on my previous post, I thought it'd be interesting to do a short little post about the decline of Kmart in a few select states over the past few years. I started to keep track of locations in a few states back in 2015 for PA and NY an 2016 for a few other states. These maps can give you an idea visually of seeing how many have closed in select areas.
First off, Pennsylvania:
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| January 2015 |
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| November 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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| November 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy)* |
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| February 2019 |
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| September 2019 # |
New York:
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| January 2015 |
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| November 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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| November 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy)* |
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| February 2019 |
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| September 2019 |
West Virginia:
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| November 2016 |
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| June 2017 ^ |
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| November 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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October 2018 (bankruptcy)
There were no changes in Feb 2019, both stores remained. |
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| Sept 2019 |
Virginia:
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| November 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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November 2017
No changes in June 2018. |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy) |
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February 2019
Kmart has left the state of Virginia with the most recent closing list. |
Maryland & Delaware:
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November 2016
There were 4 Kmart stores in Delaware at this time. |
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| June 2017 |
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| November 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy) |
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| February 2019 |
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| September 2019 |
New England states:
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| November 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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| November 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy) |
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| February 2019 |
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| Sept 2019 |
Kentucky:
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| November 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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| November 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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October 2018 (bankruptcy)
These final 2 Kentucky stores would remain until the most recent closure list in August 2019. With that list, Kmart has left the state of Kentucky. |
\Tennessee:
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| Nov 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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| November 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy) |
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Feb 2019
These final store would remain until the most recent closure list in August 2019. With that list, Kmart has left the state of Tennessee. |
Michigan:
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| Nov 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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| Nov 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy) |
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| Feb 2019 |
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| Sept 2019 |
North Carolina:
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| Nov 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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| Nov 2017 |
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| June 2018 |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy) |
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| Feb 2019 |
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| Sept 2019 |
South Carolina:
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| Nov 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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Nov 2017
No changes in June 2018 |
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| October 2018 (bankruptcy) |
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Feb 2019
Sumter, SC would close after February, but before September 2019.
The final 3 store would remain until the most recent closure list in August 2019. With that list, Kmart has left the state of South Carolina. |
Georgia:
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| Nov 2016 |
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| June 2017 |
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| Nov 2017 |
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June 2018
These final two stores would close as part of the bankruptcy, making Kmart leave the state of Georgia. |
Alabama:
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| Nov 2016 |
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June 2017
Alabama was one of the first of the Continental states that Kmart exited in late 2017. |
*During the bankruptcy wave of October 2018, public documents listed stores that were marked for future closure. This is represented by the orange K's. Some of these stores did close afterwards.
#At this time, Walnutport is rumored to close, but there is no official confirmation as of this post.
^A flash flood caused a bridge that connected a plaza (where this Kmart was located) to wash out. This caused Kmart to close the store for at least 2 or 3 months before it would reopen. The Question Mark was put in place as it was unknown if the store would even reopen at all at the time.
