Former retail giant has closed over 1,000 locations

Daniel Kline

Wed, July 1, 2026 astatine 10:07 AM CDT 5 min read

Some forms of retail enactment amended successful a brick-and-mortar store than they bash online.

Clothing and footwear, for example, benefits from the quality to effort the items on. Even radical who deterioration the aforesaid size crossed aggregate brands sometime enactment connected an outfit, a brace of sneakers, oregon immoderate fancy shoes lone to find that they don't acceptable right.

The net shines, however, connected items that don't request to beryllium held, touched, oregon tried on. That has made immoderate retailers much susceptible than others.

Office proviso chains, which includes Office Depot and Staples, person been successful a slow, dependable decline.

"Office proviso stores arsenic a assemblage employment immoderate 60,000 radical and bring successful $10.3 cardinal successful gross successful the U.S., which is projected to diminution astir 2% a twelvemonth done 2026, according to probe steadfast IBISWorld.

That has led to Office Depot closing much than fractional its stores since 2013, a process that has continued with the chain's astir caller shutdowns.

Office Depot has been successful a dependable diminution

Office Depot merged with Office Max successful 2013, with the combined concatenation operating astir 1,900 U.S. stores pursuing the merger, according to the Dallas Morning News.

At the clip of the deal, the 2 companies said they planned to adjacent 400 stores. The manufacture was already successful decline, according to FOX Business.

"Office proviso stores are warring a conflict for relevance, with shoppers progressively buying their paper, toner and exertion online from Amazon.com Inc, drugstores oregon wide merchants. Analysts covering bureau proviso stores person agelong called for consolidation successful what they spot arsenic a cluttered assemblage whose income crumbled during the past recession," FOX reported.

The company, which is nary longer public, reported successful a an SEC filing that it had 822 locations arsenic of Nov. 5, 2025.

It has continued to shed locations since then, but nary longer provides a store number since it does not person to study results arsenic a backstage company.

These Office Depot locations person closed since Nov. 2025

• High Point, NC: Office Depot closed its longtime store astatine the Peters Plaza IV buying halfway astatine 274 Eastchester Drive connected Dec. 20., according to the High Point Enterprise.

• Fresno, CA: The Office Depot connected Divisadero Street unopen down Feb. 21 aft much than 30 years successful business, with employees saying the spot proprietor declined to renew the lease, reported CBS47.

• Ballard (Seattle), WA: The OfficeMax successful Ballard closed April 11, 2026 with the gathering having been purchased by AutoZone for $7.8 cardinal successful precocious 2025, according to My Ballard.

• Porterville, CA: The OfficeMax astatine 1260 W. Henderson Ave., the city's lone large bureau proviso store, is closing, portion of a pickup successful OfficeMax closures that accelerated successful 2025, reported Recorder Online.

• Merriam, KS: The OfficeMax astatine Merriam Town Center adjacent Johnson Drive and Antioch Road is closing, with liquidation income already underway aft much than a decennary astatine that location, according to Johnson County Post.