Starbucks is closing about 250 cafes in North America. We can name 190 of them in the U.S.
Starbucks said on Thursday, September 24 that it will close about 250 coffeehouses in North America. Yahoo Finance and FOX 5 DC called it the company's second major round of closures since Brian Niccol became chief executive in 2024. We can now name 190 of the U.S. cafes, across 31 states and Washington, D.C., up from 147 when this page was first published. Many closed the weekend of September 26.
What's new this week
Local outlets named 43 more cafes in the week ending October 3. New York added the most, with 14, followed by Colorado with 6 and South Carolina with 4. Six states appear for the first time: Massachusetts, Missouri, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Why Starbucks is closing them
The Omaha World-Herald reported that Starbucks said in a regulatory filing "that it is closing 250 underperforming coffeehouses in North America as CEO Brian Niccol deepens his turnaround push." In a letter to employees, Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams said the company is closing locations "where we do not believe we can consistently deliver the experience we want for customers and partners," according to al.com and Patch; FOX 5 DC reported the letter as saying the stores either failed to meet financial performance standards or could not deliver the experience Starbucks expects.
Where they are
| State | Cafes named | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| California | 58 | Aliso Viejo, Azusa, Burbank, Calabasas, Century City, Chatsworth, Concord, Cypress, Encinitas, Fresno, Gilroy, Hercules, Lafayette, Laguna Woods, Los Angeles, Millbrae, Mountain View, North Hollywood, Ontario, Panorama City, Pasadena, Rancho Santa Margarita, Roseville, Rowland Heights, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Carlos, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Santa Rosa, South San Francisco, Stevenson Ranch, Temecula, Tustin, Upland, Walnut, Walnut Creek, Westlake Village |
| New York | 17 | Amherst, Blasdell, Brighton, Brooklyn, Commack, Fairport, Greenvale, Islip, New Rochelle, New York, Yonkers |
| Texas | 14 | Atlanta, Austin, Cedar Park, Corrigan, Dallas, Fort Worth, Ingleside, Levelland, Sachse, San Antonio, Texas City, Wylie |
| Florida | 9 | Aventura, Fort Myers, Longwood, Melbourne, Oviedo, Sarasota, St. Augustine, Tallahassee, West Palm Beach |
| Colorado | 8 | Colorado Springs, Denver, Grand Junction, Gunnison, Lafayette, Wheat Ridge |
| Maryland | 7 | Chester, Clarksburg, Easton, Frederick, North Bethesda, Pocomoke City, Silver Spring |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | Burrell Township, Gap, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Stroudsburg |
| Washington | 6 | Redmond, Seattle, Spokane, Vancouver |
| Alabama | 5 | Anniston, Attalla, Decatur, Florence, Tuscaloosa |
| Arizona | 5 | Chandler, Mesa, Tucson |
| Nebraska | 5 | Grand Island, Gretna, Omaha, Papillion |
| Oregon | 5 | Eugene, Milwaukie, Portland, The Dalles, West Linn |
| North Carolina | 4 | Charlotte, Winston-Salem |
| Ohio | 4 | Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Oakwood |
| South Carolina | 4 | Anderson, Darlington, Murrells Inlet, Taylors |
| Virginia | 4 | Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Richmond |
| Massachusetts | 3 | Boston, Holyoke |
| Missouri | 3 | Perryville, St. Louis, University City |
| Wisconsin | 3 | Madison, Milwaukee, Two Rivers |
| Connecticut | 2 | Manchester, West Hartford |
| Idaho | 2 | Emmett, Garden City |
| Illinois | 2 | Joliet, Rockford |
| Kentucky | 2 | Lexington |
| New Jersey | 2 | Millburn, Willingboro |
| North Dakota | 2 | Fargo, Grand Forks |
| Rhode Island | 2 | East Greenwich, Warwick |
| Arkansas | 1 | Greenbrier |
| District of Columbia | 1 | Washington |
| Michigan | 1 | Manistee |
| Nevada | 1 | Reno |
| Tennessee | 1 | Memphis |
| Vermont | 1 | Stowe |
California carries the largest share, with 58 cafes named, followed by New York with 17 and Texas with 14.
How the list was built
No single list covers every store. Some outlets reported lists of the closing locations, and the Starbucks app showed stores as closed after Saturday. Elsewhere the cafes became public one at a time: through letters posted in store windows and through employees, as in Anniston, AL, where a shift supervisor confirmed the closure before the company had named the store. Each cafe on this page is matched to a local report or a notice at the store.
What we counted, and what we left out
We count U.S. cafes named in a local report or a notice at the store. Reports that describe closures in a region without naming the stores are not counted, and neither are Canadian locations or cafes that closed before this round. Where two outlets reported the same cafe we count it once, and where two reports may describe the same cafe we count it once until a source shows otherwise. A closing date is printed only where a source states one.
This page will grow as more stores are named. Each update is dated in the changelog below.
Updated: October 5, 2026
Changelog:
- October 5, 2026: 43 cafes added from the 2026-10-03 edition, for 190 in 31 states and Washington, D.C. New states: Massachusetts, Missouri, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin.
- September 28, 2026: first published with 147 cafes in 25 states and Washington, D.C., from the 2026-09-26 edition.
Street names are from our records; house numbers are held for subscribers. As of October 5, 2026.