List of defunct department stores of the United States

For department stores currently in business, see List of department stores of the United States.

This is a list of defunct department stores of the United States, from small-town one-unit stores to mega-chains, which have disappeared over the past 100 years. Many closed, while others were sold or merged with other department stores.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Department stores merged with Federated and May

Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's.

Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores becoming units of Macy's, Inc. The following is a list of the affected stores, including some local and regional stores that earlier had been absorbed into chains that became part of Federated, May, or Macy's.

• Abraham & Straus (Macy's in 1995)
  • D. M. Read (Macy's in 1990)
• Bamberger's (Macy's in 1986)
• The Bon Marché (Macy's in 2005)
  • C.C. Anderson's Golden Rule (The Bon Marché in 1923)
• Bullock's (Macy's in 1996)
  • Bullocks Wilshire
• Burdines (Macy's in 2005)
  • Maas Brothers
• Carter Hawley Hale Stores (merged into Macy's West 1996)
  • The Broadway (Southern California). Headquartered in Los Angeles.
  • Emporium-Capwell (Northern California)
    • Capwell's (East Bay)
    • The Emporium (San Francisco and South Bay, North Bay)
  • Hale Bros. (San Francisco and Sacramento)
  • Weinstock's (Sacramento and Reno)
• Davison's (Macy's in 1986)
• The F & R Lazarus and Co. (Macy's in 2005)
  • Shillito's
  • Rike Kumler Co. (Rike's)
  • William H. Block Co. (Blocks)
  • Joseph Horne Co. (Horne's)
  • Herpolsheimer's
• Famous-Barr (Macy's in 2006)
  • The Famous Clothing Store
• Filene's (Macy's in 2006)
  • Filene's Basement (separated from Filene's in 1988, closed in 2011)
  • G. Fox & Co.
  • B. Peck & Co. (sold to Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.)
  • Steiger's
• Foley's (Macy's in 2006)
  • May-Daniels & Fisher
    • The Denver Dry Goods Company
  • Sanger-Harris
    • Sanger Brothers
• Gold Circle (discount store chain) Founded in 1967 by Federated; merged into Richway in 1988 and later dismantled during 1990 bankruptcy
• Gold Triangle (discount store chain for electronics, appliances, home building supply, sporting goods, photography, housewares) Founded in 1970 - closed in 1981, 6 Florida locations - 3 Miami, Plantation, Tampa and Orlando.
• Goldwater's
• Goldsmith's Merged into Rich's in mid-1980s. (Macy's in 2005)
• Hecht's (Macy's in 2006)
  • Castner Knott (Hecht's in 1998)
  • Miller & Rhoads (Hecht's in 1990)
  • Strawbridge's (Macy's in 2006)
  • Thalhimers (Hecht's in 1990)
  • Woodward & Lothrop
• I. Magnin, owned by Federated 1965-1988 and R.H. Macy Co. 1988–1994; most stores closed 1988–1993, remainder of stores converted to Macy's West and Bullock's or sold to Saks Fifth Avenue. Union Square, San Francisco location eventually incorporated into adjacent Macy's.
• John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (Philadelphia and New York City flagship stores), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
• The Jones Store (Macy's in 2006)
• Jordan Marsh (Macy's in 1996)
• Kaufmann's (Offices merged with Filene's in 2002, Macy's in 2006)
  • May Company Ohio
    • O'Neil's (department store)
  • Sibley's
  • Strouss-Hirshberg
• L.S. Ayres (Macy's in 2006)
  • Stewart's
  • H. & S. Pogue Company
• Liberty House (Macy's in 2001)
• Marshall Field's (Macy's in 2006)
  • Dayton's (Marshall Field's in 2001)
  • Frederick & Nelson (defunct in 1992)
    • The Crescent (department store) (defunct in 1992)
    • Lipman's
  • Halle Brothers Co.
  • Hudson's (Marshall Field's in 2001)
  • J.B. Ivey & Co.
• Meier & Frank (Macy's in 2006)
  • Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution (Meier & Frank in 2001)
• Rich's (Macy's in 2005)
• Robinsons-May (Macy's in 2006)
  • May Company California (Robinsons-May in 1993)
    • Hamburger's
  • J. W. Robinson's (Robinsons-May in 1993)
• Steiger's (May in 1994)
• Stern's (Macy's in 2001)
  • Gertz

Other department stores

Discount Stores

Ames. Bradlees was part of the Stop ‘n Shop Companies which was a grocery chain also based in Mass. While there were Bradlees discount stores in the mid Atlantic region, with a buying office on Broadway in the garment center district in NYC; the grocery stores were only in the New England area. Caldor, Service Merchandise, Venture, Woolco, and Zayre were national discount stores that closed due to changes in shopping places and patterns, and/or large debt from mergers and acquisitions.

National and regional

• Acorn Stores (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Ames Department Stores Inc. (based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut)
• Arlan's Department Store (Mid-Atlantic and Midwest)
• Ayr-Way (Midwest/Great Lakes States-Based out of Indianapolis) Was discount chain of L.S. Ayres & Co. that eventually became Target Stores.
• L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis-Midwest/ Great Lakes states) Was eventually sold to May Department Stores and finally became Macy's.
• The Bon-Ton and its subsidiaries: Bergner's, Boston Store (Wisconsin), Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers.
• Bradlees (based in Boston, Massachusetts) (New England, Mid-Atlantic)
• Britt's Department Store (national)
• E. J. Korvette (East Coast and Midwest) last stores were closed in 1980 after filing for bankruptcy
• Fisher's Big Wheel (Northeast & Midwest) Discount Department Stores based out of metro Pittsburgh, PA.
• Fred's (Southeast)
• F.W. Woolworth Company
• G. E. M. Membership Department Stores (national/Ontario, Canada; also known as G.E.X. and G.E.S.)
• Gibson's Discount Center, based in Texas but had spread to many other states at its peak
• W. T. Grant
• Hills Department Stores (National) Was bought out by Ames Department Stores.
• Howard Brothers Discount Stores
• Jack's (operated by Penn-Daniels and based in Quincy, Illinois with locations in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri)
• Jamesway (Mid-Atlantic)
• S.H. Kress & Co., Puerto Rico subsidiary Tiendas Kress lives on, having survived parent company
• Leggett (Mid-Atlantic), acquired by Belk in 1997
• Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store chain in the United States, founded in 1826 in New York City, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 2, 2020. On August 27, 2020, the company stated it would be liquidating all 38 locations by December 1, 2020.
• McCrory Stores (national)
• Mervyn's (primarily western U.S. but also in a few midwestern and southern U.S. states)
• Montgomery Ward (national - Chicago)
• Neisner's
• Odd Job Stores, Inc. (located in the northeast and midwestern U.S.), acquired by Amazing Savings in 2003 and went bankrupt in 2005
• P.N. Hirsch, acquired by International Shoe Company (later renamed Interco) in 1964; later sold to Dollar General in 1983 and rebranded
• Schultz's Family Stores, began as Schultz Bros. Co., headquartered in Lake Zurich, Illinois, 77 total stores in 1974 in the Upper Midwest, bankrupt and bought by Prange Way in 1989
• Sears Roebuck, still operating a few locations.
• Shoppers Fair
• Steve & Barry's
• Syms
• Topps stores were closed when parent company, Interstate Stores filed for bankruptcy in 1974
• Two Guys (Mid-Atlantic)
• Value City (Nationwide)
• Venture Stores (National) Based out of St Louis, MO metro area.
• Woolco, founded by the F.W. Woolworth Company as a full-line discount department store
• Zayre (New England, Mid-Atlantic, Chicago, Florida, Georgia)

Alabama

• Gayfer's (Mobile)
• Loveman's (Birmingham)
• Mazer's (Birmingham) Opened in 1932, closed in 2011.
• Parisian (Birmingham), sold to Belk 2006, renamed September 2007. Five stores sold to The Bon-Ton, converted to the Carson Pirie Scott name.
• Pizitz (Birmingham), 13-store Alabama chain, sold to McRae's 1987, renamed later that year
• Rogers (Florence) Became a division of Dunlap's that closed in 2007 after sale of store chain by Rogers family.

Alaska

• Northern Commercial (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai)

Arizona

• Babbit's (Flagstaff)
• Broadway Southwest (Mesa)
• Diamond's (Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Denver and Las Vegas), was part of Dayton Hudson
• Goldwater's (Phoenix)
• Goldwyn's (Tucson)
• Levy's (Tucson)
• Myerson's White House (Tucson)
• Sacanni's (Tucson)
• Yellow Front Stores

Arkansas

• MM Cohn (Little Rock), 2007

California

• The Akron (Los Angeles), a Southern California-based "eclectic" department store chain that had specialized in carrying imported goods and unusual items such as parking meters and live Mexican monkeys, and which had stores as far north as San Francisco and far south as San Diego before it was forced to close its stores in 1985
• Blackstone's Department Store
• Blum's (San Jose), originally M. Blum & Co., established 1907; store appears to have closed shortly after death of owner and founder in 1940
• The Bon Marché (Le Sage Bros. Co.), 430–434 Broadway, opened in 1907, closed within a year
• Boston Stores (California), HQ in Inglewood and later Carson; liquidated 1989
• The Broadway (Los Angeles), converted to Macy's
• Brock's (Bakersfield), started in 1924 and sold to Gottschalks in 1987
• Breuner's
• Buffum's
• Bullock's (Los Angeles), converted to Macy's
• Bullocks Wilshire (Los Angeles), converted to I. Magnin, then Macy's, and today it is Southwestern University School of Law.
• Butler Brothers (California)
• Carithers's (Petaluma), closed in 1986
• H.C. Capwell Co. (Oakland), merged with Emporium in 1929 to form the Emporium Capwell Co. holding company, Emporium-Capwell was acquired by Broadway-Hale Stores in 1970, Broadway-Hale Stores later became Carter Hawley Hale Stores and then Broadway Stores, Inc.; during this time, Capwell kept its name until 1979
• City of Paris Dry Goods Co. (San Francisco), became City of Paris by Liberty House. Demolished except the rotunda, now part of Neiman Marcus.
• City of Paris (Los Angeles), no relation to the San Francisco store or to Ville de Paris (Los Angeles), 1850s–1897
• Coulter's
• Crowley's (Vallejo)
• Daly's (Eureka), closed in 1995, with four Northern California stores, after operating for exactly 100 years
• Desmond's, founded 1862, became a large Southland-wide chain, closed 1970s
• Disco Department Stores (San Rafael), chain of discount stores located in Northern California and Northern Nevada, first store was opened in San Rafael in 1956 as Marin Associated Consumers by co-founder William L. Simmons, stores were later renamed MAC Disco Mart and then MAC Disco Discount Department Stores, chain sold to Daylin in 1966 and renamed Disco Discount Department Stores, first store outside of Northern California opened in Reno in 1968, stores were closed by 1975 due to financial problems with parent company
• B. H. Dyas
• Eastern-Columbia Department Store, Eastern Outfitters, Columbia Outfitters, San Francisco/Los Angeles through the 1950s
• Fedco
• FedMart
• Fedway (Los Angeles) – first store in this division opened (in Texas) in 1952 by Federated Department Stores; Westwood store (first in California) opened in 1953; all stores closed and sold off in 1968
• Fifth Street Store: Walker's (Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego), main store in downtown Los Angeles was also known as the Fifth Street Store since it was located at the corner of Fifth and Broadway, main store was founded in 1905 as Steele, Faris, Walker Co., later became Muse, Faris, Walker Co., and then finally Walker Inc. in 1924; opened first branch store in Long Beach in the late 1920s; opened a branch store in San Diego in 1935; San Diego store separated in the early 1950s; opened second Long Beach store in 1954; closed Los Angeles store; sold Long Beach stores in 1960 and store renamed
• Frink's (Pasadena), founded by Jose and Lola Frink in the early twentieth century, but closed by mid-century
• Gemco
• Globe Department Store, South Broadway between 51st–52nd, South Los Angeles (1920s-1930s)
• Gottschalks, bankrupt March 31, 2009, which closed all of the stores. A few former Gottschalks stores were replaced as Macy's and Forever 21 in the Pacific region. There were plans to reopen stores in Auburn, Clovis and Oakhurst in spring 2011, but the deal ultimately fell through.
• GET (Government Employees Together) Lakeshore Plaza, San Francisco, discount chain, a membership retailer open only to employees of local, state, and federal government agencies.
• Grodin's (San Francisco Bay Area), a 36-unit chain of men's and women's specialty stores, closed in January 1987.
• Gump's (San Francisco) closed 2018
• Haggarty's, Los Angeles-based chain of junior department stores for apparel, 1906–1970
• Hale's (Hale Brothers) (Sacramento/San Francisco), merged with Broadway in 1970 to form the Broadway-Hale holding company while keeping its name on its stores; merged into The Emporium under Carter, Hawley & Hale.
• A. Hamburger & Sons (Los Angeles), founded in 1881, purchased by May Co. 1923 and renamed May Company California
• Harris Department Store, based in San Bernardino, absorbed by Gottschalks
• Harris & Frank
• Hart's Department Store (San Jose)
• Henshey's (Santa Monica), finally closed in 1992 after being in business since 1925
• Hilson's (Martinez), three locations closed 2001
• Hink's (Berkeley), also known as J.F. Hink & Son, closed in 1985
• Hinshaw's (Arcadia and Whittier), both stores were closed in 1992
• Kahn's (Oakland), founded by Israel Kahn in 1879, acquired by newly formed B. F. Schlesinger & Sons in 1925, B.F. Schlesinger & Sons was renamed Western Department Stores in 1941, Kahn was rebranded Rhodes in 1960
• S. Lazard & Co.
• Levee's (Vallejo), closed in the early 1980s
• Liberty House (became Macy's)
• H. Liebes (San Francisco), liquidated when its parent company, Beck Industries, filed for bankruptcy in 1970
• I. Magnin (San Francisco), converted to Macy's
• Joseph Magnin Co., closed 1984
• Marston's San Diego, 3 branches, purchased by The Broadway in the 1960s
• Mattei Bros. (Petaluma) – closed in 1995
• May Company (Los Angeles), merged with Robinsons and became Robinsons-May, then Macy's
• Mervyn's of California, operated stores in western US. Went bankrupt December 2008
• Milliron's, see Fifth Street Store, above
• Nahas, 1953–early 1980s junior department stores with clothing and home goods, mostly in Los Angeles County. Purchased and absorbed independent department stores Rathbun's North Hollywood, Trenwiths Santa Barbara and Butler Bros. Van Nuys.
• F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be closed, main store destroyed in a daytime fire on May 11, 1976
• O'Connor, Moffat & Co., purchased by Macy's 1945, name changed to Macy's 1947
• Phelps-Terkel junior department store for apparel, founded 1923, survived in various forms until 1992
• Pic 'N' Save, became Big Lots
• Prager's (San Francisco), closed in 1921 after 25 years in business
• Rankin's, Downtown Santa Ana and Orangefair Center, Fullerton
• Rhodes (Sacramento and Central Valley), became Liberty House
• Robert's, based in Long Beach, which grew to nine stores before closing in the 1990s
• J.W. Robinson (Los Angeles), converted to Robinsons, then merged with May Company to become Robinsons-May, then eventually became Macy's
• Rosenberg's (Santa Rosa), located on Third Street; closed in 1998; now a Barnes & Noble
• Sage's Complete Shopping, one of the first full department stores that coined the name "super market," at Baseline and E Street in San Bernardino, later with stores in Riverside, Rialto, Colton and Redlands, confounded by Milton Ross Sage and C. C. Jenkins, 1937-1973
• Silverwoods
• Swelldom, junior department stores for apparel, Los Angeles, 1906–1970s
• Two Guys
• Unimart (Los Angeles, San Diego), locations variously became Two Guys, Gemco, FedMart; was owned by Food Giant Markets Inc until it merged in 1967 with Vornado, the owner of Two Guys, which quickly converted Unimart stores to Two Guys.
• Ville de Paris, Los Angeles 1893–1919
• Walker's, see Fifth Street Store (original Los Angeles store, from which Walker's Long Beach spun off) and Walker Scott (San Diego spinoff).
• Walker's (Long Beach)
• Walker Scott (San Diego), Solana Beach branch is now a HomeGoods store; founded as a branch of the Walker's Department Store of Los Angeles in 1935; close Walker associate George Scott became president in 1951 following death of Eliza Walker, widow of the deceased founder, in 1951; name of store changed to Walker-Scott in 1955; downtown store closed in 1984; all stores closed by 1986
• Weinstein's (1041 Market Street San Francisco), founded by Isidor Weinstein, went bankrupt in 1968
• Weinstock's (Sacramento), founded in 1874 as the One-Price Store by David Lubin and his half brother Harris Weinstein, renamed Mechanics' Store the following year, later renamed The Weinstock Lubin Company, acquired by Hale Bros. 1949, eventually acquired by Federated in 1995 via various mergers of its parent company, stores eventually rebranded Macy's
• White Front
• The White House (San Francisco), closed in 1965
• Whole Earth Access (Berkeley), last stores closed in 1998
• Wineman's (HQ in Ventura, Oxnard, then Huntington Park)
• Zody's (Los Angeles), bankrupt and locations were sold to Ralphs Grocery Stores in 1986

Colorado

• Broadway Southwest (Denver)
• The Denver Dry Goods Company, locations throughout the Front Range & Denver Metro
• Joslins (Denver), converted to Dillard's in 1998
• May D&F, with some of its stores purchased by Broadway Southwest
• Fashion Bar

Connecticut

• Ames Department Stores Inc. (Rocky Hill)
• Arlan's Department Store (Waterbury)
• Caldor (Norwalk)
• The Edw. Malley Co., formerly the largest hometown department store in Downtown New Haven Store relocated during urban renewal in 1962 from Chapel Street to Church Street. Bankruptcy and closure, 1981.
• E.J. Korvettes (Downtown Hartford)
• Feinson's (Danbury), closed 2000
• G. Fox & Co. (Hartford), (Downtown Hartford) flagship closed and all branches merged into Filene's 1993, and most converted to Macy's 2006
• Grant's (central Connecticut, Stamford)
• Read's Department Stores (D.M. Read) (Bridgeport), merged into Jordan Marsh
• Shartenberg's Department Store (1915–1962), Downtown New Haven. Razed in 1964 as part of Mayor Richard C. Lee's redevelopment plans.
• Two Guys (Newington)
• Shoppers Fair

Delaware

• Almart
• Bradlee's
• Hess's (Blue Hen Mall Dover, DE, and Seaford, DE)
• John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (Wilmington and suburbs), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
• Montgomery Ward
• Strawbridge and Clothier
• Wilmington Dry Goods

District of Columbia

• Garfinckel's
• Hecht's, converted to Macy's 2006
• Jelleff's
• S. Kann Sons Co.
• Lansburgh's
• Palais Royal, acquired by Woodward & Lothrop 1946
• Raleigh Haberdasher, operated originally as a haberdasher; expanded in later years to family fashions. Acquired by Hartmarx Corp. before closing.
• Woodward & Lothrop, bankrupt and closed 1995 after briefly acquiring and operating John Wanamaker & Company (Philadelphia)

Florida

• Brown's Department Stores (Dania Beach, Hollywood, Pompano Beach)
• Burdines (Miami), merged with Macy’s in 2005
• Cohen Brothers (Jacksonville), purchased by May in 1959; renamed May-Cohen
• Furchgott's (Jacksonville)
• Gold Triangle (Miami, Plantation, Tampa, Orlando)
• Ivey's (Winter Park), purchased by Dillard's in 1990
• Jackson Byron's (later J. Byrons) (Miami)
• Jordan Marsh (Miami)
• J.M. Fields (Pompano Beach)
• Maas Brothers (Tampa), merged into Burdines in 1991
• Maison Blanche
• McRae's, sold to Belk in 2006
• Richard's, (Miami, Hollywood)
• Robinson's of Florida (St. Petersburg)
• Gayfers (Clearwater, Florida)
• Parisian, sold to Belk in 2007
• W. T. Grant (discount, Jacksonville)
• Woolco (Jacksonville, South Daytona and other locations)
• Zayre (discount, Jacksonville and other locations)

Georgia

• Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose (Atlanta)
• Davison's (Atlanta), owned by Macy's since 1925 and converted to Macy's in 1986
• J.B. White (Augusta), became Dillard's in 1998 after J.B. White name was retired
• J. M. High Company (Atlanta)
• Kessler's (Atlanta), also locations in Rome, Newnan and Canton; low-end chain that closed in 1995
• Parisian acquired by Belk in 2007
• Rich's (Atlanta), acquired by Macy's
• Uptons (Atlanta), liquidated in 1999; regional chain similar to Kohl's

Hawaii

• Liberty House (Honolulu)

Idaho

• Block's Department Store (Idaho Falls and region) It was a Pocatello-based department store chain that had stores in Idaho and Utah and was liquidated in 1986. Not to be confused with the Indianapolis-based William H. Block Co. which was also known as "Block's".
• Idaho Department Store (southern Idaho) Caldwell-based department store chain that was purchased by the P.N. Hirsch division of Interco in 1966 when it had 25 stores and had survived at least to the mid-1980s. The chain was still a part of Interco when P.N. Hirsch was sold in 1983 but there is no mention of the chain in print after that point.
• King's Variety Store

Illinois

• A. M. Rothschild & Co
• Ames
• Famous Department Store (Ottawa) closed in 1983
• The Fair (Chicago and suburbs), acquired by Montgomery Ward in 1958
• Gately's People's Store
• Goldblatt's (Chicago), some stores acquired by Ames Department Stores Inc.
• K's Merchandise Mart (Decatur)
• Lewis's (Champaign)
• Henry C. Lytton & Co. (Chicago, with branch in Gary, Indiana)
• Madigans
• MainStreet Chicago, acquired by Kohl's in 1988
• Marshall Field's (Chicago), acquired by Macy's September 2006 despite local protest
• McCabe's (Rock Island)
• McDade's
• Montgomery Ward, mail order store. Founded in 1872, Montgomery Ward pioneered mail-order catalog retailing and opened its first retail store in 1926. A bankruptcy reorganization in 1999 failed to turn the chain around. Closed 2001. Still exists as a catalog/internet/mail order retailer.
• Sears (Chicago) (still operating)
• Siegel-Cooper Company
• Chas A. Stevens (Chicago) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. before being closed.
• Turn Style (Melrose Park), created by The Jewel Companies, Inc., sold to Venture Stores in 1978
• Venture Stores
• Wieboldt's (Chicago)
• Zayre (Chicago)

Indiana

• Aldens (Terre Haute)
• Ayr-Way (Indianapolis, statewide also surrounding states), originally a division of L. S. Ayres, subsequently acquired by Target
• L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis, 6 stores, and statewide)
• Ball Stores (Muncie)
• William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis, statewide), also was known as Block's
• Danner's Discount Department Stores (Indianapolis, statewide), several locations also known as 3D Discount
• DeJong's (Evansville) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. and resold before being closed
• Fetla's (Valparaiso)
• The Giant Store (Anderson)
• Goldblatt's (South Bend)
• Gordon's (Gary)
• Heck's (Fort Wayne)
• Hills Department Store (Indianapolis)
• K&S Department Store (Kokomo)
• George H. Knollenberg Co. (Richmond), founded in 1866 by George Knollenberg, closed in 1995
• Meis (Terre Haute), founded in 1923 and was acquired by Elder-Beerman in 1987. At one time, it had 10 stores in three states with locations Terre Haute, Marion, Elkhart, and Kokomo in Indiana, Danville, Mattoon, and Carbondale in Illinois, and Paducah, Kentucky.
• Edward C. Minas Co. (Hammond), also had a branch store in Calumet City, Illinois at River Oaks Center
• Root Dry Goods Co. (Terre Haute) First opened in 1856 and operated until 1998 when it was sold to May Department Stores and converted to L.S. Ayres stores. Was owned by Mercantile Stores from 1914 to 1998.
• L. Strauss & Co. (Indianapolis)
• Schultz's Family Stores (statewide and Illinois)
• H. P. Wasson and Company (Indianapolis)
• Weiler's Banner-Fair Incorporated (Anderson, Portland and Hartford City)
• The Wicks Co. (Bloomington), operated between 1891 and 1976.
• Wolf & Dessauer (Fort Wayne, downtown and Southtown, and Huntington), purchased from City Store Company by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1969 and rebranded as Ayres
• Zayre (Indianapolis)
• Ziesel's (Elkhart), founded in 1904 and closed in 1986

Iowa

• Newman's (Cedar Rapids)
• Younkers

Kansas

• ALCO Stores
• Henry's (Wichita)
• Newman's (Arkansas City)
• Woolf Brothers (Wichita)

Kentucky

• S.W. Anderson's (Owensboro)
• J. Bacon's & Sons "Bacon's" (Louisville), division of Mercantile Stores Company. All locations merged into sister division McAlpin's (Cincinnati) 1980s, select locations converted to Dillard's 1998 with Dillard purchase of Mercantile and the rest closed.
• Ben Snyder's (Louisville), was founded in 1913 and later sold to Hess's in 1987.
• Hess's (Louisville)
• Hub (Danville), opened 1906, renamed Hub-Frankel by 1948. Closed in 1996.
• Kaufman-Straus (Louisville), changed to Kaufman's (1960), purchased from City Stores Company by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1969 and rebranded as Ayres
• Parson's (Ashland), furniture department continues to operate as standalone business circa 2009
• H. P. Selman & Co. or Selman's (Louisville), founded in 1915, purchased by Weiss Brothers (1961), name changed to Gus Mayer (1970)
• Stewart Dry Goods (Louisville and Lexington), division of Associated Dry Goods. Merged into L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) along with H & S Pogue Company (Cincinnati) in the early 1980s, then Macy's 2006.
• Wolfe-Wile Co. (Lexington)
• Shopper's Fair (Paducah) ?

Louisiana

• Beall-Ladymon (Shreveport), purchased from Horace Ladymon by Stage Stores, Inc. in 1994. Stores converted to Stage soon thereafter.
• D. H. Holmes (New Orleans), purchased by Dillard's in 1989
• Krauss, 1903–1997
• Maison Blanche (New Orleans), last operated under that name by Mercantile Stores Co. Remaining Maison Blanche stores converted to Dillard's in 1998.
• The Palace (Monroe)
• Palais Royal (Shreveport), purchased by Wellan's of Alexandria 1985. Rebranded and later closed. Stage later revived the name after their purchase of Wellan's.
• Selber Bros. (Shreveport), begun in 1907, purchased by and converted to Dillard's in 1988

Maine

• Ames Department Store
• Arlan's Department Store (Portland)
• Ben Franklin's (Bucksport)
• Bradlee's
• Britt's (Ellsworth)
• Grants Department Store (Bangor, Belfast, Biddeford, Calais, Old Town, Rockland, Portland, Brunswick)
• LS Hall Company Caribou, Maine
• Mammoth Mart (Bangor, Biddeford, Brunswick, Scarborough, Waterville), Ellsworth
• McLellan's (Waterville, Westbrook)
• J.J. Newberry (Lincoln, Millinocket, Calais, Eastport, Ellsworth, Brunswick, Norway)
• Porteous, Mitchell & Braun (Congress Street, Portland), branch locations in Auburn, Bangor, Brunswick, Presque Isle, South Portland, Newington, New Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont
• Freese's, Main St Bangor, Maine

Maryland

• Bradleys (Dundalk, Baltimore)
• Garfinckel's (Washington, D.C., and Maryland suburbs)
• Hamburgers (Baltimore) Originally Isaac Hamburger & Son's clothiers
• Hechinger (Landover, Baltimore and Maryland suburbs)
• Hecht's (Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Maryland suburbs), converted to Macy's 2006
• Hochschild Kohn's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs)
• Hutzler's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs)
• S. Klein (Beltway Plaza, Greenbelt) Lansburgh's (Rockville)
• Lazarus (Cumberland)
• Rosenbaum Brothers (Cumberland)
• Stewart's (Baltimore and Maryland suburbs)
• Sunny's Surplus (Baltimore, Dundalk, Elkridge, Towson)
• Woodward & Lothrop aka Woodies (Washington, D. C. and Maryland suburbs)

Massachusetts

• AJ Wright (Framingham) Sold by TJX Companies, in 2010
• Almy's, closed 1985
• Ames, Southbridge, closed 2002
• Ann & Hope (Seekonk, North Dartmouth, Danvers and Watertown) closed in 2001
• Arlan's Department Store (New Bedford, Fall River, Massachusetts
• The Bon Marché (Lowell), later merged into Jordan Marsh
• Bradlees (Boston, Somerset, Massachusetts)
• Building #19, Swansea, Massachusetts, New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Denholm & McKay (Worcester), two branches at one time
• Filene's (Boston), converted to Macy's 2006
• Filene's Basement (Boston), separated from parent Filene's in 1988, closed 2011
• Forbes & Wallace (Springfield
• Gilchrist's (Boston)
• W. T. Grant, bankrupt in 1976, Fall River, Massachusetts, Somerset, Massachusetts
• J.M. Fields, Fall River, Massachusetts Chelmsford, Massachusetts
• Jordan Marsh (Boston), converted to Macy's in 1991 due to bankruptcy
• King's Department Stores Inc. (Brockton)
• Lechmere, originally Lechmere Sales (Cambridge), closed 1997, Seekonk, Massachusetts
• Mammoth Mart (flagship store in Framingham)
• Raymond's Department Stores (Boston, also Dedham and other locations)
• Rich's (Salem, Greenfield and other locations), closed 1997
• Spag's (Shrewsbury), 1936–2004, sold to Building #19
• R. H. Stearns and Company (Boston)
• Service Merchandise
• Stuart's Department Store (Lowell)
• Zayre (Framingham), Fall River, Massachusetts
• Wilson's (Greenfield, Massachusetts)

Michigan

• Arbaugh's of Lansing, also known as Cameron & Arbaugh. See The Arbaugh.
• Arlan's Department Store (Detroit) though not opened in Detroit until 1960s expansion, founded in 1945, bankrupt in 1973
• Billings Five and Dime Store, Bay City, Michigan
• Ciechanowski`s Dry Goods. Hamtramck
• Crowley's, a/k/a Crowley Milner (Detroit), sold to Value City in 1999
• E.J. Korvette Korvette's Founded 1948, Bankrupt 1980
• The Fair (Lansing, Flint)
• Federal's (Detroit), discount department store, closed in 1980.
• Getz's Marquette, with over a 100-year history, still operating.
• Gilmore Brother's 1881-1999 Kalamazoo
• Grisdale's Department Store, Bay City, Michigan
• Grand Leader (Battle Creek)
• Herpolsheimer's (Grand Rapids, Muskegon), sold to Lazarus in 1988
• Himelhoch's (Detroit), filed for Chap. 11 in 1979. Founded in Caro, MI in 1876, Himelhoch's moved to Detroit in 1907. Himelhoch's Department Store returned online in 2018 under the ownership of fourth-generation family members.
• Hudson's (Detroit), rebranded to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's in 2006
• Jacobson's founded in Jackson. Independent regional luxury department store chain located primarily in Michigan and Florida, but also operated stores in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. The last store closed its doors in early 2002. Then, one store in Winter Park, Florida was re-established as Jacobson's in 2004.
• J.B. Perry, Port Huron
• Kahn's Department Store, Mikado
• Kern's (Detroit), closed in 1959
• KMart, originally headquartered in Troy, still operating a few locations.
• Knapp’s (J.W. Knapp Company) closed in 1980
• Knepp's Department Store, Bay City, Michigan
• Kresge's and S. S. Kresge (Michigan) (incorporated in 1899), later K-Mart Corporation, then Sears Holdings Corporation is frequently credited with invention of the modern discount department store with the opening of Kmart in 1962. The last Kresge's store in Livonia, Michigan closed in 1987. The chain operated over 2,000 stores worldwide. Stores included lunch counters and fountain service as well as full department stores. It also operated Jupiter stores which were a smaller-scale version of Kresge's and located in downmarket or declining commercial districts (the equivalent of a "dollar store" division of Kresge's). Jupiter stores, unlike Kresge and Kmart stores, sold 'factory seconds' merchandise.
• Lendzon's, Hamtramck
• Mack & Co. (originally Mack & Schmid) located at Liberty and Main Street, Ann Arbor, in the building that eventually housed the later Pretzel Bell. It was in business from the end of the 19th Century to 1940.
• John H. Maurer Bargain Store, Cadillac
• Mill End, Bay City and Clare
• Milliken's, Traverse City and Manistee, Michigan. See William Milliken.
• Mitzelfeld's Department Store, Rochester
• Montgomery Ward. Aaron Montgomery Ward, its founder grew up in Niles. Various locations, including Dearborn, Jackson, Harper Woods, Lansing, Southfield, Southgate, Livonia Pontiac, Royal Oak Wyoming Ludington, Manistee, Port Huron, Roseville, Three Rivers.
• Neisner's
• Norman’s, Bay City, East Tawas, Standish, Traverse City
• Peebles, Alpena
• Pizer's Variety Store Harrisville, originally The White Store, at the corner of Lake Street and Main Street.
• Robinson's, Battle Creek
• Sam's Cut Rate, Detroit
• Shoppers Fair
• Seitner’s Department Store, Saginaw
• Sears
• B. Siegel & Company, originally Heyns Bazaar.
• Smith Bridgman (Flint)
• Steketee's (Grand Rapids)
• Teerman's, Holland.
• The Fair Savings Bank Department Store, a/k/a The Fair Department Store Escanaba See Escanaba Central Historic District.
• Toeller's (Battle Creek), sold to L. W. Robinson Co. in 1971
• Topps (Redford Township), Telegraph & Schoolcraft; (Warren), 13 Mile & Van Dyke; all closed by 1974
• F.B. Watkins, Hopkins
• The White store Lapeer
• Winkelman's (Detroit), purchased by Petrie Stores in 1983; closed during bankruptcy in 1998
• Wonderland Discount Department Stores, Laporte and Michigan City, Indiana and Dowagiac, Niles and South Haven, Michigan
• Woolworth
• W.T. Grant
• Wurtzburg's of Grand Rapids
• Yankee Stores, discount store with locations in Michigan and Ohio; closed in 1974
• Younkers Midland and Marquette. Owned by Bon-Ton Stores
• Zayre Kalamazoo

Minnesota

• Dayton's (Minneapolis), est. 1902, converted to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's 2006
• Donaldson's (Minneapolis), est. 1883, converted to Carson Pirie Scott in 1987 and closed in 1995
• Herberger's (St. Cloud)
• Powers Dry Goods (Minneapolis), est. 1881, acquired by Associated Dry Goods in 1920, merged with Donaldson's in 1985
• Salkin & Linoff (Minneapolis)

Mississippi

• McRae's (Jackson), acquired by Belk in 2006

Missouri

• Famous-Barr (St. Louis), founded 1911, absorbed by May Department Stores early 1990s, acquired by Macy's 2006
• Heer's (Springfield), established in 1869, closed in 1995
• The Jones Store (Kansas City), absorbed by May Department Stores 1998, sold to Macy's chain 2006
• Kmart (St. Louis)
• Newman's (Joplin), acquired by parent company of Heer's of Springfield in the early 1980s, closed in 1995
• Scruggs Vandervoort & Barney (St. Louis), closed in 1967
• Stix, Baer, Fuller (St. Louis), acquired by Dillard's in 1983
• Townsend & Wall (St. Joseph)
• Venture Stores (St. Louis)
• Woolf Brothers (Kansas City), founded 1865, closed in 1992. (See Herbert M. Woolf.)

Montana

• Buttrey's (Havre) (Miles City)
• Cole's (Billings)
• Hennessy's, acquired by Dillard's in 1998
• J.M. McDonald (Montana, Wyoming, others)

Nebraska

• J.L. Brandeis and Sons Store (Omaha), acquired by Younkers in 1987
• Gold and Company (Lincoln), acquired by J.L. Brandeis and Sons Store in 1964. Building now Gold's Galleria office/retail complex.
• Herpolsheimer's (Lincoln), closed 1931.
• J.M. McDonald (Hastings), eventually grew to a chain of 82 stores, sold in 1968, liquidated shortly after 1982
• Miller & Paine (Lincoln and Grand Island), acquired by Dillard's in 1988
• Rudge & Guenzel (Lincoln), acquired by Allied Stores in 1929, closed in 1941 when Allied sold the contents of the store to Gold & Co.

Nevada

• Ronzone's (Las Vegas et al.)

New Hampshire

• Steinbach (Manchester, New Hampshire) Sold to The Bon-Ton

New Jersey

• Great Eastern (aka Great Eastern Mills) Paramus, NJ, Little Falls NJ, Elmont NY and others. merged with Diana Stores, then Daylin inc.
• Alexander's (Paramus)
• Bamberger's (Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, converted to Macy's in 1986
• Chase-Newark (Newark and 2 branches)
• J.M. Fields
• W. T. Grant
• Hahne and Company (Newark and statewide), New Jersey's carriage trade store merged into sister division Lord & Taylor
• Jamesway
• E. J. Korvette (North Brunswick Trenton)
• Kresge-Newark (Newark and 2 branches)
• Muir's Department Store
• Ohrbach's
• Reynolds Brothers (Lakewood)
• Steinbach (New Jersey locations)
• Two Guys (also known as Two Guys from Harrison)

New York

• Abraham & Straus (Brooklyn)
• J. N. Adam & Co. (Buffalo)
• The Addis Company, merged with Dey Brothers (Syracuse)
• Alexander's (New York metropolitan area), declared bankruptcy in 1992
• B. Altman and Company (New York City)
• AM&A's (Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Company, Buffalo), purchased by The Bon-Ton of York, Pennsylvania in 1994
• Arnold Constable (Fifth Avenue, New York City)
• Barker's (multiple locations)
• Bamberger's
• Barneys New York
• Beirs (Niagara Falls)
• L.L. Berger (Buffalo), last store, in downtown Buffalo, closed in 1991
• Best & Co. (New York), closed in the 1960s
• Bonwit Teller (New York City, Boston, and upstate New York)
• Britt's (Vestal) multiple locations including Gloversville/Johnstown
• Caldor
• Chappell's (Syracuse), merged into The Bon-Ton of York, Pennsylvania in the 1990s
• De Pinna on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
• Dey Brothers (Dey's, Syracuse)
• Family Bargain Centers (Binghamton, Norwich, South Corning)
• J.M. Fields
• B. Forman Co. (Rochester)
• Fowler, Dick & Walker - The Boston Store (Binghamton), now Boscov's
• Franklin Simon & Co.
• Gertz Department Stores (Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties), owned by Allied Stores; closed in 1982 and changed to Stern's then Macy's
• Gimbels (Manhattan). The rivalry of Macy's and Gimbels is immortalized in Miracle on 34th Street; Bernard Gimbel, the owner of Gimbels, along with Horace Saks founded Saks Fifth Avenue
• Gold Circle (multiple locations)
• Grand Way (Grand Union (supermarket))
• Grants Binghamton, Troy, others
• Hens and Kelly (Buffalo)
• Hess New Hartford, Rotterdam
• Hills Department Stores
• Jamesway (Oneonta), currently Price Chopper Plaza Rte 28. Also Johnstown
• Jenss (Buffalo), closed their last location on 15 September 2000
• Jupiter Stores, Division of the S.S. Kresge Company.
• Kobacker, two locations in Buffalo, New York; closure announced on December 27, 1972. No relation to Kobacker's Market, a grocery store in Brewster, New York
• E.J. Korvette (New York City), closed 1980
• Kresge's (multiple locations)
• Loehmann's, peaked at about 100 stores in 17 states, liquidated in 2014 after several bankruptcies.
• Lord & Taylor 1823-2020
• Luckey, Platt & Company Department Store (Poughkeepsie)
• Martin's (Brooklyn)
• J.W. Mays (Downstate New York), closed 1989, now leases old store locations
• McClean's (Binghamton)
• McCrory's (Johnson City, Amsterdam, Utica, others)
• G. C. Murphy
• John G. Myers (Albany)
• J.J. Newberry (multiple locations)
• Neisner's or Neisner Brothers was a chain of variety stores in North America, opened their first variety store in Rochester, New York, in 1911.
• Ohrbach's, liquidated in 1987 and acquired by Howland-Steinbach
• Pharmhouse
• Philadelphia Sales (Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott)
• S. Klein (New York City), closed 1978
• Sattler's (Buffalo)
• Sibley's (Sibley, Lindsey, & Curr) (Rochester, in 1911, unit of Associated Dry Goods later merged into L.S. Ayers (Indianapolis) and then select locations converted to Lord & Taylor
• Siegel-Cooper Company
• Sisson's (Binghamton)
• A.T. Stewart's (Manhattan), purchased by Wanamaker's of Pennsylvania
• Times Square Stores, discount department chain mostly focused on Long Island
• Twin Fair, Inc. dba Twin Fair (multiple locations)
• Two Guys (multiple locations)
• John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (New York City), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
• Woolworth's multiple locations
• Zayre's (currently Wal-Mart, Miller Hill, Q) became Ames. Multiple locations

North Carolina

• Brody's (Kinston), acquired by Proffitt's in 1998
• Ivey's (Charlotte), acquired by Dillard's in 1990
• Sky City closed 1990

North Dakota

• The Fair (Minot)

Ohio

• Alms and Doepke (Cincinnati), Located furthest from central downtown Cincinnati relative to other department stores: N. side of Central Pkwy. between Walnut and Race Streets in an area bordering the "Over the Rhine" district; no branch stores. Closed and liquidated in 1955
• Best, closed in 1996
• Bargain City (Toledo), started by Hyman Swolsky in Toledo as Bargain Barn, later renamed Bargain City, sold to Gray Drug Co. of Cleveland in 1967, renamed Rink's Bargain City after merger, sold to Cook United Inc. and renamed Rink's in 1981, closed in 1987
• Bailey Brothers (Cleveland, Ohio) Later Bailey's Department Store, closed 1968.
• B.R. Baker, Toledo
• Buckeye Mart (Columbus, Ohio) owned by Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.; Columbus stores closed in the mid-1970s; Remaining Ohio stores along with Tempo stores in Michigan were sold to Fisher's Big Wheel Stores and renamed Fisher's Buckeye Tempo.
• Clark's (Portsmouth), owned by Clark's Gamble Corp., whose two shareholders were Landau Stores, Inc. and Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., Clark's Gamble Corp. was later sold to Cook United
• Cook's flagship of Cook United Corporation.
• Donenfeld's (Dayton)
• Federal's, (Cleveland, Ohio), branches of Federal Department Stores in Michigan not part of Federated Stores, this company closed in 1974
• Fisher's Big Wheel and Fisher's Buckeye-Tempo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Closed 1994
• Frank Brothers (Marion, Ohio), Closed 1979.
• Gaylords Department Store, Northeastern Ohio, Giant Tiger until 1968
• Gold Circle (Columbus, Ohio) part of the Federated Stores Company
• Goldman's (Dayton)
• Gregg's (Lima)
• Halle Brothers Co. (Cleveland), also known as "Halle's", division of Marshall Field & Company, sold 1981 to Associated Investors Corp, Downtown closed 1982, Final Westgate Location in Fairview Park, Ohio closed in 1983
• Harts Stores a division of Big Bear Stores, Columbus, Ohio
• Heck's Department Store
• Higbee's (Cleveland), converted to Dillard's in 1992
• Hills Department Stores
• Milner's, Toledo
• J.J. Newberry. This chain had many stores in Ohio including: Coshocton, Wooster, East Palestine, Cincinnati. The company came under control of McCrory Stores in 1974. John Josiah Newberry, founder of the company, died in 1954.
• John J. Carroll (Newark).
• Jupiter Stores, Division of the S.S. Kresge Company. Operated several stores in Ohio. Including one in Downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio which had been a S. S. Kresge store for many years. Also a location in Downtown Ashland, Ohio. Jupiter was a no frills store. When leases were soon to be up on several S. S. Kresge stores the Jupiter format was put in place. All remaining Kresge and Jupiter stores were sold to McCrory in 1987 with the Canadian Kresge and Jupiter stores closing in 1994.
• Kobackers (Canton, Mansfield, Portsmouth), purchase by Davidson Bros., the parent of Federal's in 1961
• Lamson Brothers (Toledo). Lamson's entered bankruptcy and closed in 1976.
• Lasalle & Koch Co. (Toledo), bought by R.H. Macy in 1923; operated under the Lasalle's name until 1981, when Macy consolidated Lasalle's with another division, Macy's Missouri-Kansas, to form Macy's Midwest. Macy sold the former Lasalle's stores to Elder-Beerman of Dayton in 1985.
• Lazarus (Columbus), a founding division of Federated Stores, name change briefly to Lazarus-Macy's and then Macy's in 2005.
• Leader Store (Lima), converted to Elder-Beerman, still operating as of 2009
• The Lion Dry Goods Co. (Toledo), known locally as the Lion Store. Some locations survive as of 2009 with the Dillard's name, following their 1998 purchase of Lion's previous owner, Mercantile Stores Co.
• Mabley & Carew (Cincinnati), unit of Allied Department Stores
• May Company (Cleveland), merged into Kaufmann's in 1993 and converted to Macy's 2006
• McAlpin's (Cincinnati), unit of Mercantile Stores Co., select locations operating as Dillard's as of 2009
• Morehouse Martens (Columbus, Ohio), merged with "The Fashion" to become "Morehouse-Fashion," later shortened to "The Fashion"; closed by Allied Stores in 1969
• Mr. Wiggs Sandusky based chain that had stores in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, started in Mentor as Bargain Fair in 1956, gradually rebranded stores Mr. Wiggs by 1967
• Murphy's Mart
• Neisner's (Lakewood, Ohio) & Warren Village Shopping Center Cleveland, Ohio. Warren Village store burned in 1972, Lakewood store closed in 1978.
• O'Neil's Department Store (Akron), merged into May Company Cleveland, in 1989 & then Kaufmann's in 1993, converted to Macy's in 2006
• Ontario's (Columbus) part of Cook United.
• H. & S. Pogue Company (Cincinnati), division of Associated Dry Goods. Merged into sister division L.S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in the early 1980s, which was converted to Macy's in 2006.
• Polsky's (Akron), purchased by Allied Stores in 1955 and closed in 1978
• Rattenberg's, (Utica).
• Rike Kumler Co. (Dayton), division of Federated Department Stores. Briefly merged into sister division John Shillito Company (Cincinnati) in the early 1980s as Shillito-Rike's.
• Rink's Founded by Hyman Ullner in Hamilton in 1951; acquired by Gray Drug Co. of Cleveland in 1964; Bargain City acquired by Gray Drug in 1967; both chains sold to Cook United in 1981; closed in 1987.
• Rollman's (Cincinnati) Downtown store location—N.W. corner of 5th and Vine Streets—was taken over by Mabley & Carew after primary and branch Rollman's stores were liquidated in the early 1960s
• Rudin's (Mount Vernon), sold to Uhlman's in 1979
• John Shillito Company (Cincinnati), division of Federated Department Stores. Briefly merged into sister division Rike-Kumler Company (Dayton) in the early 1980s as Shillito-Rike's, and then with sister division F&R Lazarus (Columbus). Select locations converted to Macy's 2006.
• Stein's, Toledo
• Sterling-Lindner-Davis (Cleveland), closed September, 1968; was a part of Allied Stores
• Stern and Mann (Canton), opened in 1887, close by the early 1990s
• Strouss (Youngstown), division of May Department Stores, merged into May's Kaufmann's (Pittsburgh) division, converted to Macy's 2006
• Swallen's (Cincinnati, Ohio), bankrupt in 1995
• The Fashion (store) (Columbus, Ohio), purchased by Allied Stores in 1949; later merged with Morehouse Martens to form "Morehouse Fashion"; Later returned to The Fashion
• William Taylor & Son (Cleveland), also known at Taylor's, acquired by May Company in 1939, closed in December, 1961. Southgate branch changed to May Company
• Tiedtke's (Toledo)
• Uhler's (Marion, Ohio) Founded as the Uhler Phillips Company. James Phillips left the company following the scandal that linked his wife Carrie Phillips with President Warren G. Harding.
• Uhlman's (Bowling Green), also known as F.W. Uhlman in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, purchased by Stage Stores Inc. in 1996
• Uncle Bill's, a northeast Ohio chain that was part of Cook United stores.
• Union Company (Columbus), purchased by Marshall Fields in 1980 and converted to Halle Brothers which was also owned by Marshall Fields
• Valley View (Brookfield), operated 1959–1995.
• Value City Sold by Schottenstein holdings of Columbus, re-branded as Halle's in 1980 and closed in 1983
• Van Leunen's (Cincinnati), closed in 1994 when parent company decided to focus on sporting goods
• Edward Wren Co. (Springfield), also was known as Wren's, sold to Allied Stores in 1952, merged with & rebranded as William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis) in 1984, closed 1987
• Zayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990, later sold to Ames (store)
• Ziegler's (Medina), operated 1904-1992

Oklahoma

• John A. Brown (Oklahoma City), was part of Dayton Hudson; absorbed by Dillard's

Oregon

• Lipman's (was part of Dayton Hudson)
• Olds, Wortman & King (Portland)
• Emporium (also known as Troutman's Emporium)
• Meier & Frank
• G.I. Joe's

Pennsylvania

• Ames
• Bamberger's (Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, most former locations switched to Macy's in 1986
• BEST
• Big N (1960s)
• Bloom Brothers Department Stores (Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Dry Run, and Burnt Cabins; also Baltimore, Maryland), 1897–1944
• Boston Store (Erie)
• Bradlees
• Britt's Department Store (Allentown)
• Caldor
• Cox's (McKeesport), 1955–1983
• E. J. Korvette (Philadelphia area)
• Fisher's Big Wheel, closed in 1994
• Fowler, Dick & Walker, The Boston Store (downtown Wilkes-Barre), converted to Boscov's
• Frank & Seder (Pittsburgh)
• GC Murphy Co. (Pittsburgh & suburbs)
• Gee Bee Department Stores
• Gimbels (Philadelphia, Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• The Globe Store (Scranton), closed in 1994
• Glosser Brothers
• Gold Circle
• (W.T.) Grant's Department Store (Sayre)
• Hess's (Allentown), closed in 1996
• Hills Department Stores
• Horne's (Pittsburgh), closed in 1994
• Jamesway
• J.M. Fields
• John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (Philadelphia), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington, DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company (Hecht's) in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
• Kaufman's (Uniontown)
• Kaufmann's (Pittsburgh), converted to Macy's 2006
• S. Klein (Broomall)
• Kresge's (Pittsburgh and Suburbs) (S.S. Kresge was also the founder of K-Mart Stores)
• S. H. Kress & Co. (Nanticoke)
• Laneco (Easton)
• Lazarus (Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs) - now Macy's
• Leh's (Allentown area), closed in 1994
• Lit Brothers (Philadelphia), closed in 1977
• LL Stearns Williamsport, Pennsylvania
• McCrory
• Montgomery Ward
• Murphy's Mart (Pittsburgh and Suburbs)
• J.J. Newberry (multiple locations)
• Orr's (Bethlehem, Easton), closed in 1993
• Penn Traffic
• Service Merchandise
• Snellenburg's (Philadelphia area), 1869-1962
• Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia), converted to Macy's 2006
• Towers (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Trader Horn (Butler)
• Two Guys Department Store
• The Bon-Ton Department Store (Based in York, Pa.)
• Watt & Shand (Lancaster), sold to The Bon-Ton
• Woolworth's (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Zayre (Pittsburgh & suburbs)

Rhode Island

• Apex Stores (flagship in Pawtucket)
• The Outlet Company (Providence)
• The Shepard Co. (Providence)
• Benny's, a discount store based in Smithfield that had locations in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. All locations closed in December 2017.
• Ann & Hope (Cumberland) Downgraded in 2001 closed all outlet stores in 2020.

South Carolina

J.B. White

South Dakota

• Fantle's

Tennessee

• Bry's (Memphis), sold to the parent company of Lowenstein's in 1956 before going out of business
• Cain-Sloan (Nashville), absorbed by Dillard's
• Castner Knott (Nashville), division of Mercantile Stores Company
• Fazio's
• Gerber's (Memphis), closed in 1975
• Goldsmith's (Memphis), Merged into Rich's, later converted to Macy's
• Harvey's (Nashville)
• Julius Lewis (Memphis)
• Loveman's (Chattanooga), acquired by Proffitt's in 1986
• Miller's of Tennessee (Knoxville), sold to Hess's in 1987
• Parisian acquired by Belk in 2007
• Proffitt's (Alcoa), converted to Belk stores in 2006

Texas

• Barker's (San Antonio)
• Cox's (Waco), closed in 1995
• Dunlaps (Lubbock and many other West Texas/New Mexico locations), closed in 2007
• The Fair (Galveston)
• Fedway (Wichita Falls, Longview, Amarillo, Midland, Corpus Christi), a division of Federated Department Stores that had existed in Texas from 1952 to 1968 in which stores were opened in expanding post-World War II markets of Texas and later the rest of the Southwest that were traditionally under served by existing chains; the first store opening in Wichita Falls in 1952; after expanding throughout Texas, chain expanded into New Mexico, Oklahoma, and California
• Foley's (Foley Brothers) (Houston), division of May Company, converted to Macy's in 2006
• Frost Bros. (San Antonio)
• Gemco (Houston)
• Joske's (San Antonio, also Houston and Dallas), acquired by Dillard's in 1987
• Mitchell's (Fort Worth)
• My Shoes (San Antonio, 1988, Tagline "Put Yourself in My Shoes")
• The Popular (El Paso)
• Sakowitz (Houston)
• Sanger-Harris (Dallas), division of Federated Department Stores, merged into sister division Foley's (Houston) in 1987, converted to Macy's in 2006
  • Sanger Brothers (Dallas)
• Stripling & Cox (Fort Worth)
  • Cox's (Fort Worth) merged with W.C. Stripling & Sons
  • W.C. Stripling & Sons (Fort Worth), merged with Cox's
• Titche-Goettinger (Dallas area), merged with Joske's in 1979

Utah

• Mervyns (the chain may come back, by the Morris decisions)
• Fred Meyer
  • Grand Central Stores, acquired by Fred Meyer 1985, acquired 1999 by Kroger in a merger and operations assumed by Smith's Food and Drug Stores (now a separate division of Kroger and converted into Smith's Marketplace)
• ZCMI (Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution), founded and operated by the LDS Church until purchased by May Company (1999), became Meier and Frank in 2003, some stores sold to Dillard's, others became Macy's in 2005

Vermont

• Britts Department Store (Springfield)
• Grand Way (South Burlington)

Virginia

• Hechts (bought by The May Department Stores Company in 1959, took over Thalhimer's and Miller & Rhoads in 1990, bought by Federated Department Stores in 2005 and spun off into Macy's East and Macy's South in 2006)
• S.H. Heironimus (Roanoke)
• Miller & Rhoads (Richmond)
• Rices Nachmans, formerly the Rices and Nachmans chains (Norfolk/Hampton Roads metro area)
• Thalhimers (Richmond)

Washington

• The Crescent (Spokane), a division of B.A.T.U.S
• Frederick & Nelson (Seattle), division of Marshall Field & Company (Chicago)
• Lamonts
• Peoples (Tacoma), 7-store chain in the Puget Sound region, owned by Mercantile Stores Co.; closed in 1983
• Rhodes Brothers (Tacoma), renamed Liberty House in 1974
• Valu-Mart (Seattle), renamed Leslie's in 1974, acquired by Fred Meyer in 1976
• Wigwam Stores Inc. (based in Seattle)
• White Front (Burien, Tacoma, Shoreline, Bellevue, Everett), 1969 to 1972

West Virginia

• Ames various locations
• The Diamond (Charleston and Vienna)
• Gee Bee Part of Glosser Brothers of Ohio.
• Heck's Department Store, shuttered in the early 1990s
• Hills
• L.A. Joe Department Store
• G. C. Murphy
• Stone & Thomas, West Virginia's biggest department store chain; bought by Elder-Beerman in 1998
• Watson's

Wisconsin

• Chapman's (Milwaukee)
• Gimbels (Milwaukee), converted to Marshall Field's then one former Gimbels location (Madison) to Macy's 2006.
• Hoff Department Store (Mount Horeb) closed 1984
• H.C. Prange Co. (Sheboygan), sold to Younkers in 1992
• Prange Way (De Pere), spun off in 1990 by H.C. Prange Co.; closed 1996
• Schuster's (Milwaukee), bought by Gimbels in 1962
• Shopko (Green Bay), June 2019

See also

• List of department stores by country
• List of department stores of the United States
• List of defunct retailers of the United States

External links

Media related to Defunct department stores of the United States at Wikimedia Commons

• Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Muse's Department Store (Atlanta, Ga.) records