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What Stores Are Open, Closed on Thanksgiving 2025


  • Thanksgiving 2025 is on Thursday, November 27.
  • Many major stores, including Costco, Walmart, and Target, will be closed on Thanksgiving this year.
  • However, other major chains will be open under modified hours.

As families across the country gather for Thanksgiving feasts and other celebrations, many major retailers will also be taking the day off.

Big-box stores like Costco, Walmart, and Target all plan to be closed for the holiday, while a few grocery and retail chains will remain open for any last-minute essentials.

Here are 16 major chain stores that will be open on Thanksgiving, as well as 20 that will be closed.

Bass Pro Shops


Bass Pro Shops.

AP/Butch Dill

Number of locations (approximate): 200

Bass Pro Shops will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Big Lots


A entrance to a Big Lots retail store.

An entrance to a Big Lots retail store.

Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Number of locations: 219

Big Lots stores will have extended hours from 7 a.m. until midnight.

CVS


cvs pharmacy

CVS.

Kevin Carter/Getty Images

Number of locations: 9,000

Most CVS stores will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Dollar General


A customer shops at a Dollar General store.

A customer shops at a Dollar General store.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Number of locations: 20,700

Most Dollar General stores will be open on Thanksgiving, though hours might vary by location.

Dollar Tree


FILE PHOTO: A customer walks out of a Dollar Tree discount store in Austin, Texas, U.S., February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Khursheed

A Dollar Tree discount store in Austin.

Reuters

Number of locations: 9,000 (includes Canadian locations)

Most Dollar Tree locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.

Family Dollar


The front of a Family Dollar store in New Mexico.

A Family Dollar facility in Arkansas had more than 1,000 rodents inside.

Robert Alexander/Getty Images

Number of locations: 8,000

Family Dollar stores will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Giant Eagle


Giant Eagle store

Giant Eagle.

woodsnorthphoto/Shutterstock

Number of locations: 470

Giant Eagle stores will be open at their normal time on Thanksgiving Day and will close at 3 p.m. Pharmacies will be closed.

Harris Teeter


Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter.

Frame Craft 8/Getty Images

Number of locations: 260

Stores will open at 6 a.m. and close by 2 p.m. Pharmacies will be closed.

Kroger


A Kroger store in Ohio

Kroger.

Jeff Dean/AP

Number of locations: 2,700

Pharmacies will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but stores will be open until 4 p.m.

Ralph’s


An Electric Vehicle charging station lights up green in the parking lot of a Ralph's supermarket in Monterey Park, California.

Ralph’s.

Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Number of locations: 182

Ralph’s, which is owned by Kroger, will be open on Thanksgiving until 10 p.m., though pharmacies will also be closed.

Safeway


A Safeway store in Littleton, Colorado.

Safeway.

AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post

Number of locations: 910

Safeway locations will be open on Thanksgiving, though exact hours vary by location.

Sprouts


A Sprouts Farmers Market logo is displayed outside their market on February 28, 2025 in San Diego, California.

Sprouts.

Kevin Carter/Getty Images

Number of locations: 478

Sprouts markets will be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Stop & Shop


Stop & Shop

Stop & Shop.

Business Wire/AP

Number of locations: 365

Stop & Shop stores in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey will be open until 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving, but locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will be closed. Pharmacies across the chain will be closed as well.

Walgreens


The Walgreens store at State and Randolph Streets in Chicago. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Walgreens.


Chicago Tribune / Getty Images

Number of locations: 8,500

For the third year in a row, Walgreens will close most of its stores on Thanksgiving, but it says 24-hour locations will remain open for essential pharmacy services.

Wegmans


The cheese department at Wegmans in Harrison, NJ, Oct. 21, 2025.

Wegmans.

Tania Savayan/The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images/Reuters

Number of locations: 100

Most Wegmans locations will be open on Thanksgiving day, but stores will close early at 4 p.m. A spokesperson said the company’s five Boston-area stores will be closed for the day.

Whole Foods


The sign outside of a Whole Foods Market Daily Shop store

Whole Foods.

Alex Bitter/BI

Number of locations: 530

Whole Foods Markets will open early in the morning on Thanksgiving at 7 a.m., but will close up shop at 1 p.m.

Most major retail chains will be closed on Thanksgiving.


A Costco Wholesale store in Colchester, Vermont, on November 13, 2023.

A Costco Wholesale store in Colchester, Vermont, on November 13, 2023.

Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

The major chain stores that will be closed on Thanksgiving 2025 are:

  1. Aldi
  2. Belk
  3. Best Buy
  4. BJ’s Wholesale Club
  5. Costco
  6. Dick’s Sporting Goods
  7. Home Depot
  8. Ikea
  9. Kohl’s
  10. Lowe’s
  11. Macy’s
  12. Nordstrom
  13. Publix
  14. Sam’s Club
  15. Sephora
  16. Target
  17. T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, and Sierra
  18. Trader Joe’s
  19. Ulta
  20. Walmart





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