List of defunct 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.

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Department stores merged with Federated and May

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)
• Ames (Eastpoint)
• Arlan's
• Bamberger's (Macy's in 1986)
• The Bon Marché (Macy's in 2005)
  • C.C. Anderson's Golden Rule (The Bon Marché in 1923)
    • The Paris (The Bon Marché in the early 1980s)
  • Barnes-Woodin Co. (Yakima, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1952)
  • Columbia River Mercantile
  • A. M. Jensen's (Walla Walla, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1951)
  • Missoula Mercantile Co. (Missoula, Montana, The Bon Marché in 1981)
  • Montague-McHugh (Bellingham, Washington, The Bon Marché in the 1950s)
  • Runbaugh-Mclain (Everett, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1952)
  • Stone-Fisher Co. (Tacoma, Washington, The Bon Marché in 1952)
  • Russell's (The Bon Marché after World War II)
• 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)
• E. J. Korvette
• 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)
  • William Barr Dry Goods Co.
  • 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
    • Daniels & Fisher
    • May Company Denver
    • The Denver Dry Goods Company
    • Z.L. White
  • Sanger-Harris
    • A. 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)
      • Stark Dry Goods - Canton (department store)
  • Sibley's
    • William Hengerer Co.
  • Strouss-Hirshberg
• L.S. Ayres (Macy's in 2006)
  • Stewart's
  • H. & S. Pogue Company
  • Wolf and Dessauer
• 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)
• O'Connor Moffat & Co., purchased by R.H. Macy in 1945, renamed Macy's in 1947. Their Union Square, San Francisco location is Macy's flagship West Coast store and headquarters of Macy's West.
• 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
• W. T. Grant
• Zayre

Other department stores

Alabama

• Duncan's (Gadsden)
• Dunnavant's (Huntsville)
• Feldman’s (Haleyville)
• Gayfer's (Mobile)
• Hammel's (Mobile)
• Loveman's (Birmingham)
• Mazer's (Birmingham) Opened in 1932, closed in 2011.
• Montgomery Fair (Montgomery) Acquired by Gayfer's. Rosa Parks was an employee at the store.
• 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.
• Waller's Town & Country (Roanoke)

Alaska

• Northern Commercial (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai)

Arizona

• Babbit's (Flagstaff)
• Bashford-Burmister Co. (Prescott)
• Broadway Southwest (Mesa)
• Diamond's (Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Denver and Las Vegas), was part of Dayton Hudson
• Goldwater's (Phoenix)
• Goldwyn's (Tucson)
• Jácome's (Tucson)
• Jones & Hughes (Phoenix)
• Korrick's (Phoenix)
• Levy's (Tucson)
• Myerson's White House (Tucson)
• Sacanni's (Tucson)
• Sanguinetti's (Yuma, Somerton, & Gadsden, Arizona; Cahto & Bard, California)
• Steinfeld's (Tucson)
• White House (Phoenix)
• Yellow Front Stores

Arkansas

• MM Cohn (Little Rock), 2007
• Gus Blass and Company Little Rock. Merged with Pfeifer Brothers and became Pfeifer Blass; became Dillards in 1974
• Pfeifer Brothers Little Rock. Merged with Gus Blass and Company and became Pfeifer Blass; became Dillards in 1974

California

• A.G.E.
• 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
• Butler Brothers (California)
• Carithers's (Petaluma), closed in 1986
• CBSS (Sacramento)
• 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)
• Goodman's (San Francisco)
• 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.
  • Gottschalks Mainline, clearance, etc.
• 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.
• Graysons
• 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

  

  Christmas advertisement for Hamburger's Department Store, Los Angeles, 1905

• 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
• Jeremys (San Francisco, Berkeley) closed 2016
• 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), converted to Robinsons-May, then Macy's
• Mervyn's of California, operated stores in western US. Went bankrupt December 2009
• 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
• 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-May, then Macy's
• Rosenberg's (Santa Rosa), located on Third Street; closed in 1998; now a Barnes & Noble
• S. Blum & Bros.
• Silverwoods
• S.Q.C., single location in Anaheim
• 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 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)
• Crews - Beggs (Pueblo)
• The Denver Dry Goods Company, locations throughout the Front Range & Denver Metro
• Eakers (Golden, Arvada, Denver)
• Everybody's Store (Pueblo)
• Gano-Downs (Denver metro)
• Gibson's Greeley
• The Golden Eagle (Denver)
• Hibbard and Company (Colorado Springs) 1892-1996
• Joslins (Denver), converted to Dillard's in 1998
• (Kline's Dry Goods), Colorado Springs
• A.T. Lewis (Denver)
• Neusteters (Denver), with locations along the Front Range ca. 1895-1985
• Perkins Shearer (Denver), with locations along the Front Range 1872-1992
• Pueblo Store Co.
• Wellsworth Department Store (Julesburg)
• Fashion Bar

Connecticut

• Ames Department Stores Inc. (Rocky Hill)
• Arlan's Department Store (Waterbury)
• Brown Thomson & Co. (Hartford) Store closed 1968. Their historic H.H. Richardson-designed building was converted into an expansion of the adjacent G.Fox & Co.. Building converted into the Richardson Shops Mall 1984, and redeveloped again into a Residence Inn by Marriott late 1990s.
• Caldor (Norwalk)
• D&L (Davidson & Leventhal) (New Britain), branch stores at the Manchester Parkade and Farmington Valley Mall.
• D.W. Rogers Co (Greenwich)
• 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)
• Fairfield Store (Fairfield), closed 1996
• 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)
• Howland's Department Store (Bridgeport), merged into Steinbach of New Jersey
• Howland Hughes Company (Waterbury), now operating as the Connecticut Store on Bank Street
• Genung's Department Store (Danbury), became Howland's some time in the late 1970s
• James H. Bunce Co. (Middletown, Connecticut), Closed 1976. Building became a relocated Shapiro's department store until late 80s.
• Kamins (Glastonbury)
• Kabachnick's (Middletown, Connecticut), Women's specialty department store. Replaced the former Wrubel's department store in 1974. Closed late 1980s.
• Luettgen's Ltd. (Hartford), 2-floor anchor of the Civic Center Mall, Hartford. Created and operated by Aetna Life and Casualty, because Filene's and Lord & Taylor both declined to open a store in downtown Hartford, competing against the venerable G.Fox & Co. Opened 1974, closed 1998.
• Marlow's Department Store (Manchester), closed 2003
• W. W. Mertz (Torrington), opened 1803, closed 1979.
• Mr. Bigs (Norwich)
• Raphael's Department Store (New Britain), branch store at the Bristol Centre Mall
• Read's Department Stores (D.M. Read) (Bridgeport), merged into Jordan Marsh
• Sage-Allen & Co. (Hartford) Merged corporately with Addis-Dey's of (Syracuse, New York) early 1990s. All stores closed 1994.
• Seapark's Department Store (East Hartford)
• Shartenberg's Department Store (1915–1962), Downtown New Haven. Razed in 1964 as part of Mayor Richard C. Lee's redevelopment plans.
• Skydel's (Bridgeport)
• Topps Discount City/Stores (Hartford, Connecticut)
• Two Guys (Newington)
• Steigers (Springfield, MA)
• Shoppers Fair
• Wise-Smith Co (Hartford, Connecticut) Store closed early 1960s. Building became a branch of E.J. Korvette discount chain. Closed 1971.

Treasure City Bloomfield, Manchester, Newington, Wethersfield CT

Delaware

• Almart
• Bradlee's
• Braunsteins
• D.M. Webb (Nylon Capital Shopping Center, Seaford, DE)
• Hess's (Blue Hen Mall Dover, DE, and Seaford, DE)
• Hoy`s $.5 and $.10
• 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
• Nichols
• Strawbridge and Clothier
• Wilmington Dry Goods

District of Columbia

• Garfinckel's
• Haber & Co.
• Hecht's, converted to Macy's 2006
• Ida's
• Jelleff's
• S. Kann Sons Co.
• Lansburgh's
• Morton'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

• Atlantic Mills (Discount department stores) (Jacksonville)
• 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
• Eagle Army-Navy Department Stores
• Falk's (Tampa)
• Furchgott's (Jacksonville)
• Gold Triangle (Miami, Plantation, Tampa, Orlando)
• Ivey's (Winter Park), purchased by Dillard's in 1990
• Jackson Byron's (later JByrons) (Miami)
• Jefferson Stores (Miami)
• Jordan Marsh (Miami)
• J.M. Fields (Pompano Beach)
• Maas Brothers (Tampa), merged into Burdines in 1991
• Maison Blanche
• May-Cohen (Jacksonville)
• McRae’s, sold to Belk in 2006
• Pic-N-Save Drugs (Discount department stores) (Jacksonville) (Longwood)
• Richards (Miami)
• Robinsons of Florida (St. Petersburg)
• Gayfers (Clearwater, Florida)
• Foxmoor (Clearwater, Florida)
• Parisian, sold to Belk in 2007
• W. T. Grant's Plaza) (Discount department stores) (Jacksonville)
• Woolco (Jacksonville, South Daytona and other locations)
• Zayre (Discount department stores) (Jacksonville and other locations)

Georgia

• Adler's (Savannah)
• Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose (Atlanta)
• Cofer Bros. (Tucker)
• Cullum's (Augusta), higher-end department store
• Davison's (Atlanta), owned by Macy's since 1925 and converted to Macy's in 1986
• The Fahy Store (Rome)
• Fine's (Savannah)
• g. Mansour's (LaGrange), owned by Mansour's of LaGrange and specialized in high end men's clothing
• Goldstein's (Marietta)
• Hogan's (Savannah)
• J.B. White (Augusta), became Dillard's in 1998 after J.B. White name was retired
• J. M. High Company (Atlanta)
• J.P. Allen (Atlanta), women's store only, men's store run separately named Zachry
• Jones (Canton)
• Kessler's (Atlanta), also locations in Rome, Newnan and Canton; low-end chain that closed in 1995
• Kirven's (Columbus), also one store in LaGrange
• Leon Frohsin's (Atlanta)
• Levy's (Savannah), converted to Maas Brothers in 1987
• Mansour's (LaGrange), also locations in (Columbus)
• Michael Brothers (Athens), bought out by Davison-Paxon, later Davison's
• Muse's (Atlanta), later operated mostly as a specialty shop
• Parisian acquired by Belk in 2007
• Regenstein's (Atlanta), higher-end department store that closed in the late 1970s
• Rich's (Atlanta), acquired by Macy's
• Saul's (Marietta), closed in the 1970s
• 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".
• Davids (Moscow)
• 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

• Ackemann's (Elgin), three-store chain; main store downtown Elgin, branch store downtown Woodstock, furniture gallery Crystal Lake. Chain closed downtown Woodstock store and then sold furniture exclusively until closing in the mid-1990s.
• A. M. Rothschild & Co
• Ames
• B. Nathan's (Chicago)
• Becker's (Joliet)
• Block & Kuhl (Peoria), acquired by parent company of Carson Pirie Scott, which was later acquired by P.A. Bergner & Co. (also established in Peoria, now Bergner's, a division of Bon-Ton Stores)
• Bressmer's (John Bressmer and Company) (Springfield), purchased by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1958, downtown store closed in 1980
• Community Discount (Chicago metropolitan area)
• Famous Department Store (Ottawa) closed in 1983
• The Fair (Chicago and suburbs), acquired by Montgomery Ward in 1958
• Gamble's (Monmouth). Hardware department store. Headquartered out of Monmouth, Illinois.
• Gately's People's Store
• Goldblatt's (Chicago), some stores acquired by Ames Department Stores Inc.
• Goodman's (Chicago) replaced by Zayre's
• Halbach-Schroeder (Quincy)
• K's Merchandise Mart (Decatur)
• Lewis's (Champaign)
• Linn & Scruggs (Decatur)
• Henry C. Lytton & Co. (Chicago, with branch in Gary, Indiana)
• Madigan's
• MainStreet Chicago, acquired by Kohl's in 1988
• Marshall Field's (Chicago), acquired by Macy's September 2006 despite local protest
• Maurice L. Rothschild & Co.
• Mayflower (Downtown Chicago), early 1920s to 1930s
• 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.
• Morris' (Chicago)
• Morris B. Sachs (Chicago)
• Myers Brothers (Springfield), relocated from downtown to White Oaks Mall in 1977, and acquired by Bergner's of Peoria the following year
• PN Hirsch (Litchfield)
• Pools (Olney Robinson Newton Paris)
• Ridge (Chicago)
• Robeson's (Champaign)
• Sears (Chicago)
• Shopper's World (Chicago), acquired by Community Discount
• Summers (Taylorville)
• Joseph Spiess Company (Elgin), four locations, with former downtown Elgin retail store remaining as corporate office and warehouse. Closed all locations by 1996.
• Chas A. Stevens (Chicago) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. before being closed.
• The Hub (Vandalia)
• Thrun's Department Store (Chicago), converted to women's clothing only approximately 1973. Opening of Ford City Mall was the beginning of the end.
• Topps (Chicago area discount store)
• Turn Style (Melrose Park), created by The Jewel Companies, Inc., sold to Venture Stores in 1978
• Union Hall Department Store
• Venture Stores
• Vim Company, sporting goods store that also sold electronics and Vim Records; at least seven stores in Chicago and 10 stores in surrounding cities; founded 1896, survived at least until the late 1930s
• Charles V. Weise Company, also known simply as ''Weise's'', a Rockford-based department store. Acquired by P.A. Bergner & Co. in 1954, but remained an autonomous division until 1982 when all Chas. V. Weise and Bergner-Weise locations were renamed Bergner's.
• Wieboldt's (Chicago)
• Woolworths (Taylorville)
• 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)
• Belmont Stores (Fort Wayne)
• William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis, statewide), also was known as Block's
• Brite-Way (South Bend)
• Clark's (Elkhart)
• Cook's (Elkhart)
• 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
• Drake's (Elkhart)
• Fetla's (Valparaiso)
• Frank's Dry Goods (Fort Wayne)
• The Giant Store (Anderson)
• G.L. Perry 5 & 10 (Elkhart)
• Goldblatt's (South Bend)
• Gordon's (Gary)
• Heck's (Fort Wayne)
• Hills Department Store (Indianapolis)
• K&S Department Store (Kokomo)
• King's (Fort Wayne)
• George H. Knollenberg Co. (Richmond), founded in 1866 by George Knollenberg, closed in 1995
• Levine's Boston Stores (La Porte and Crown Point)
• Loeb's Department Store (Lafayette)
• Maddy's (Middletown)
• McNaughton's (Muncie)
• 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
• Mr. Wiggs (Fort Wayne and Richmond), branch store of a Cleveland area based chain that first opened in 1965
• Pool's Discount Stores (Crawfordsville & Greencastle)
• Prevo's Department Store (Greencastle, Indiana)
• Rink's (Elkhart)
• Robertson's Department Store (South Bend and Elkhart)
• Robinson's (Indianapolis)
• Rody's (Greenfield and Knightstown)
• 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 and Co. Terre Haute
• Schultz's Family Stores (statewide and Illinois)
• Stillman's (Fort Wayne, downtown and Southgate), formerly The Grand Leader
• E.H. Tepe (South Bend and Merrillville)
• Thieme & Schuessler (Lafayette)
• 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.
• Wienburg's (Rensselaer)
• 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

• Armstrong's (Cedar Rapids and Dubuque (Kennedy Mall))
• Bergo's (Mason City)
• Damon's and Damon's Too (Mason City)
• Harris-Emery (Des Moines)
• Horsefall's Lansing Iowa
• James Black Co. A.K.A. Black's (Waterloo)
• Killian's (Cedar Rapids)
• Newman's (Cedar Rapids)
• Oransky's (Des Moines)
• Rosheks (Dubuque)
• Sanford's (Cedar Rapids)
• Schramm's (Burlington)
• Stampher's (Dubuque)
• Yetter's (Iowa City)
• Younkers
• M.L.Parker(Davenport)

Kansas

• ALCO Stores
• Boston Store (Wichita, Kansas) (Wichita)
• Bucks Department Store (Wichita)
• Crosby Brothers (Topeka)
• David's (Stores purchased and converted to ALCO) (Wichita)
• Eckle's (Dodge City)
• Henry's (Wichita)
• Hinkles (Wichita)
• Innes (Wichita)
• Newman's (Arkansas City)
• Pelletier's (Topeka)
• Walker's (Wichita)
• Wild Willie's (Topeka)
• 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.
• Baker & Hickman (Madisonville)
• Ben Snyder's (Louisville), was founded in 1913 and later sold to Hess's in 1987.
• The Denton Co. (Lexington)
• 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
• Levy Brothers (Louisville) 1861-1987
• Mitchell, Baker & Smith (Lexington)
• Parson's (Ashland), furniture department continues to operate as standalone business circa 2009
• Purcell's (Lexington)
• Pushins (Bowling Green)
• 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)

Louisiana

• Abdalla's (Lafayette), last store closed in 2005
• Beall-Ladymon (Shreveport), purchased from Horace Ladymon by Stage Stores, Inc. in 1994. Stores converted to Stage soon thereafter.
• Dalton's (Baton Rouge)
• Godchaux's (New Orleans), on Canal Street; closed in 1986
• Goudchaux's (Baton Rouge), purchased by Maison Blanche in the 1980s, converted to that nameplate exclusively soon after
• 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.
• M. Levy & Co. (Shreveport), last store closed June 9, 1979.
• Muller's (Lake Charles), closed in 1986
• 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.
• Rosenfield's (Baton Rouge)
• Rubenstein's (Shreveport), shuttered in 1987.
• Selber Bros. (Shreveport), begun in 1907, purchased by and converted to Dillard's in 1988
• Weiss & Goldring (Alexandria), main store closed in 2005, now operates as a 5,000-square-foot (460 m²) men's store
• West Brothers, Minden
• WF Beall & Co. (Shreveport), converted to Beall-Ladymon in the 1980s.
• The White House (Lake Charles), Beaumont, Texas-based department store, closed in the early 1990s

Maine

• Ames Department Store
• Arlan's Department Store (Portland)
• Ben Franklin's (Bucksport)
• A.H. Benoit (Portland)
• Berman's (Bucksport)
• Bradlee's
• Britt's (Ellsworth)
• Dunham’s of Maine (Waterville)
• Emery Brown’s (Waterville)
• Freeses (Bangor), affiliated with Almy, Bigelow & Washburn (Almy's Stores), Salem, Massachusetts
• Giant (Brunswick)
• Grand City Variety (Brunswick)
• Grants Department Store (Bangor, Belfast, Biddeford, Calais, Old Town, Rockland, Portland, Brunswick)
• King's Department Store (Lewiston)
• Kresge (Lewiston)
• Levine’s (Waterville)
• Mammoth Mart (Bangor, Biddeford, Brunswick, Scarborough, Waterville), Ellsworth
• McLellan's (Waterville, Westbrook)
• Mill Outlet (Brunswick)
• J.J. Newberry (Calais, Eastport, Ellsworth, Brunswick, Norway)
• Norman's (Springvale)
• Peck's (Lewiston)
• Porteous, Mitchell & Braun (Congress Street, Portland), branch locations in Auburn, Bangor, Brunswick, Presque Isle, South Portland, Newington, New Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont
• Rines Bros. (Portland)
• W.F. Senter (Brunswick), now called Senter Place
• Sterns (Waterville)
• The Great Department Store (Lewiston) opened in the 1890s and later became Peck's.
• F.W. Woolworths (Brunswick, South Portland)

Maryland

• Acme (Dundalk, Baltimore)
• Bradleys (Dundalk, Baltimore)
• Braeger Gutman's (Baltimore)
  • Braeger (Baltimore) merged with Gutmans, became Braeger Gutman's
  • Gutman's (Baltimore) merged with Braeger, became Braeger Gutman's
• Cooks (Dundalk, Baltimore)
• Epstein's (Baltimore), started on Eastern Ave. and spread to the suburbs
• Evan's (Virginia and Maryland suburbs)
• Eyerly's (Hagerstown and Frederick), bought by Bon-Ton in 1946 and changed name to Bon-Ton in the mid-to-late-1970s
• Floyds Discount Department Store (Randallstown)
• Garfinckel's (Washington, D.C., and Maryland suburbs)
• G.C. Murphy's ( Harundale Mall) Glen Burnie, Maryland
• 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)
• S.S. Kresge ( Harundale Mall) Glen Burnie, Maryland
• Lansburgh's (Rockville)
• Lazarus (Cumberland)
• M. Lurie & Co. (15 W Lexington St) (Baltimore, Maryland)<1921 Report of Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore>
• Peskins (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
• Albert Steiger's (Springfield), sold to May Co, 1996
• Almy, Bigelow & Washburn (Almy's Stores) (flagship store in Salem) Sold to Gorin's Department Stores (Woburn) 1969 then Sold to and closed by Stop and Shop 1985 -1987. Last store closed May 1987.,
• William A. Allen Co. (Leominster), one branch remaining out of four
• Ames, Southbridge, closed 2002
• Ann & Hope (Seekonk, North Dartmouth, Danvers and Watertown) closed in 2001
• Arlan's Department Store (New Bedford, Fall River, Massachusetts
• Bailey's Department Store (Holyoke)
• Barnard, Summer & Putnam Co. (Worcester)
• The Bell Shops (Lynn); later founders of Zayre
• The Bon Marché (Lowell), later merged into Jordan Marsh
• Boston Store (North Adams, Massachusetts) (North Adams), owned by Forbes & Wallace; later became England Bros.
• Bradlees (Boston, Somerset, Massachusetts)
• Building #19, Swansea, Massachusetts, New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Corcoran's (Cambridge)
• Daniel Lowe and Company (Salem)
• Denholm & McKay (Worcester), two branches at one time
• Edgar's (Brockton and Fall River), affiliated with Almy's Stores
• Empire (Salem and Gloucester)
• The Fair Department Store in Worcester, Spencer, Southbridge, West Boylston, Whitinsville and Milford.Putnam, Ct., Also see Bargains, Rose's . All stores closed 1996.
• England Brothers (Pittsfield), closed 1988
• Filene's (Boston), converted to Macy's 2006
• Filene's Basement (Boston), separated from parent Filene's in 1988, closed 2011
• Forbes & Wallace (Springfield
• Gagnon's, (Lowell)
• Giant Store, (Lowell)
• Gilchrist's (Boston)
• Gorins Department Stores (Woburn) Bought Almy's stores 1969 then sold 1984.
• W. T. Grant, bankrupt in 1976, Fall River, Massachusetts, Somerset, Massachusetts
• Grover Cronin (Waltham)
• J.M. Fields, Fall River, Massachusetts
• Jerry's Army-Navy (Salem and Newburyport), became Rich's
• Jordan Marsh (Boston), converted to Macy's in 1991 due to bankruptcy
• Kennedy's (Boston) merged with Hamburger and Sons of Baltimore, closed completely in 1992
• King's Department Stores Inc. (Brockton)
• Kline's (Watertown), closed 1993
• Lechmere, originally Lechmere Sales (Cambridge), closed 1997, Seekonk, Massachusetts
• London's (Attleboro)
• Mammoth Mart (flagship store in Framingham)
• Lord's (Medfield), closed 2013
• Mars' Bargainland (New Bedford, Orange and Peabody)
• McCallum's (Northampton), owned by Forbes & Wallace
• The Mart (Worcester)
• R.A. McWhirr (Fall River)
• Michell & Co. (Haverhill)
• Murray Jean's (Fall River)
• Orbit's, acquired by Bradlees in the late 1960s
• Parke Snow Inc. (Fitchburg),(Norwood)
• A. G. Pollard's & Sons (Lowell)
• H.W. Pray Co. (Newburyport)
• Raymond's Department Stores (Boston, also Dedham and other locations)
• Remick's (Quincy)
• Rich's (Salem, Greenfield and other locations), closed 1997
• T.W. Roger's Co. (Lynn)
• The Shepard Co. (Boston)
• Somerville Lumber (Somerville, Seekonk, Massachusetts, Salem, Massachusetts)
• Spag's (Shrewsbury), 1936–2004, sold to Building #19
• Spark's (Norwood)
• S.S. Kresge five & ten [(Waltham, and other locations)]
• Star Store (New Bedford and Fairhaven)
• R. H. Stearns and Company (Boston)
• Service Merchandise
• Stuart's Department Store (Lowell)
• Sutherland's (Lawrence), with a branch in Newington, New Hampshire
• System Co. (Lynn)
• R.H. Whites (Boston, Leominster, Worcester); Worcester location owned by Almy's stores just before closing
• Zayre (Framingham), Fall River, Massachusetts
• The Mart ((Grafton Worcester Street Country Plaza, Worcester Main Street Owned by the Goff Family)
• Wilson's (Greenfield, Massachusetts)

Michigan

• Arbaugh's (Department Store) Lansing, closed in 1969
• Arlan's Department Store (Detroit) though not opened in Detroit until 1960s expansion, founded in 1945, bankrupt in 1973
• B. Siegel (Detroit), seven stores at the chain's peak, closed in 1981
• Colonial (Detroit)
• Crowley's (Detroit), sold to Value City in 1999
• Demerey's (Detroit), purchased by Crowley's in 1974
• Eggleston's (Rochester) See Mitzelfeld's
• E.J. Korvette Korvette's Founded 1948, Bankrupt 1980
• The Fair (Lansing, Flint)
• Federal's (Detroit), discount department store, closed in 1980.
• L.H. Field's (Jackson), department store, closed in 1987.
• Gilmore Brothers (Kalamazoo), closed in 1999
• Goodyear's (Ann Arbor)
• Grand Leader (Battle Creek)
• Heavenrich's (Saginaw)
• 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.
• Houseman's (Grand Rapids)
• Hudson's (Detroit), rebranded to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's in 2006
• J.W. Knapp's (Lansing), also included Smith Bridgman's of Flint; all three buildings were sold to J. C. Penney in the 1980s
• Jacobson's (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.
• John Preih Mercantile Co. (Mount Clemens), closed June 1982
• Kern's (Detroit), closed in 1959
• Kresge's and S. S. Kresge (Michigan), 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. 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.
• May's of Michigan (Grand Rapids)
• Milliken's (Traverse City)
• Miracle Mart (Detroit) 8 Mile Road; (Portage) S Westnedge
• Mitzelfeld's (Rochester) S. Main Street. Opened as Eggleston's in 1939, and became Eggleston-Mitzelfeld's in 1949 before becoming Mitzelfeld's. Closed in 2004.
• People's Outfitting Company (Detroit)
• Robinson's (Battle Creek)
• Rogers Department Store (Grand Rapids)
• Smith Bridgman (Flint)
• Steketee's (Grand Rapids)
• 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
• Winkelman's (Detroit), purchased by Petrie Stores in 1983; closed during bankruptcy in 1998
• Wurzburg's (Grand Rapids)
• Yankee Stores, discount store with locations in Michigan and Ohio; closed in 1974
• Zolkower Department Stores with multiple locations in the Detroit area from 1919 until 1962. Stores were located in Del Ray, Allen Park, Dearborn and Farmington.

Minnesota

• Alfred Olson Co. (Milaca), 1903–2006.
• Brett's (Mankato), 1858–1992
• H. Choate & Co. (Winona), est. 1861
• 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
• Dueber's Inc. (Waconia)
• Emporium (St. Paul), closed 1968
• Fandel's Department Store (St. Cloud), 1882–1986
• Field Schlick Co. (St. Paul), closed 1979
• Frank Murphy's (St. Paul)
• Glass Block (Duluth), 1887-1998
• Goldfine's (Duluth)
• Golden Rule (St. Paul), est. 1886, merged with Donaldson's in 1961, closed in 1992
• Herberger's (St. Cloud)
• Lewis' Department Store (Cambridge), 1902-1991
• C.F. Massey Co (Rochester)
• Norby's (Detroit Lakes), closed 2018
• Ochs (Faribault)
• Panton & White (Duluth), est. 1887, name changed to Glass Block 1913, multiple sales and mergers 1994 & 1998, now Younkers
• Powers Dry Goods (Minneapolis), est. 1881, acquired by Associated Dry Goods in 1920, merged with Donaldson's in 1985
• Rothschild's (St. Paul), merged with Young Quinlan in the 1940s
• Salkin & Linoff (Minneapolis)
• Schuneman & Evans (St. Paul), est. 1890, bought by Dayton's and became Dayton-Schuneman in 1959, then moved across the street into a new building as Dayton's in 1963, converted to Marshall Field & Company in 2001, then Macy's 2006, closed 2013
• Sunders (Jordan)
• John W. Thomas & Company (Minneapolis)
• Van Arsdell's
• Young Quinlan (Minneapolis), 1894–1985, merged with Rothschild's in the 1940s

Mississippi

• Abney's Department Store (Bay Springs)
• Egger's Department Store (Columbus)
• The Emporium (Jackson)
• Fine Bros.-Madison (Laurel/Hattiesburg)
• J.J. Gordon's Store (Fayette)
• Iupe's (Canton)
• Kennington's, acquired by McRae's
• The Lampton Co. (Columbia)
• Alex Loeb (Meridian/Laurel)
• Marks-Rothenberg (Meridian)
• McRae's (Jackson), acquired by Belk in 2006
• Waldoff's (Hattiesburg)
• W.E. Walker Stores (Jackson)

Missouri

• Britts Department (Saint Louis)
• Buckner-Ragsdale Company (Cape Girardeau), founded 1907, closed 1982
• Emery, Bird, Thayer, and Company (Kansas City)
• Famous-Barr (St. Louis), founded 1911, absorbed by May Department Stores early 1990s, acquired by Macy's 2006
• Grand Pa's (formerly known as Grandpa Pigeon's), acquired by Value City in 1999
• Harzfelds (Kansas City)
• 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)
• Sam'l Levy Mercantile (Butler), founded 1876; closed by Martin & Judy Levy in 2002
• 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

• A.W. Miles (Livingston)
• Buttrey's (Havre) (Miles City)
• Chambers-Fisher (Bozeman)
• Cole's (Billings)
• Hart-Albin Co. (Billings)
• Hennessy's, acquired by Dillard's in 1998
• Kalispell Mercantile (Kalispell), founded 1887, closed 1980s
• J.M. McDonald (Montana, Wyoming, others)
• The Paris (Great Falls)
• Power Mercantile (Lewistown)
• Vaughn and Ragsdale
• Yellowstone Mercantile (Sidney)

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.
• Skagway (Grand Island)

Nevada

• Gray Reid (Reno, Carson City)
• Ronzone's (Las Vegas et al.)

New Hampshire

• The Lynch Corp (Manchester)
• Speare Dry Goods (Nashua)
• Steinbach (Manchester, New Hampshire) Sold to The Bon-Ton
• Ward's Department Store (Hanover)
• Zyla's (Merrimack)
• McQuade's ([Manchester, New Hampshire|Merrimack])

New Jersey

• Alexander's (Paramus)
• Atlantic Department Store (Trenton), known by the South Trenton locals as Atlantic Mills
• Bamberger's (Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, converted to Macy's in 1986
• Chase-Newark (Newark and 2 branches)
• The Dry Goods (Cherry Hill, Deptford)
• S. P. Dunham's (Trenton & environs)
• M. Epstein (Morristown), 3 locations
• J.M. Fields
• FMC (Morris Plains)
• Garwood Mills (Atlantic City)
• Goerke's (Elizabeth), absorbed by Steinbach
• W. T. Grant
• Great Eastern
• 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)
• K-Way (Manville)
• Levy's (Elizabeth and other NJ locations)
• Meyer Brothers (Paterson & Wayne)
• Miller Wohl Co (Secaucus)
• Mr. Big
• Muir's Department Store
• Nevius-Voorhees (HQ in Trenton?, a store -P.J. Young's - in New Brunswick)
• Ohrbach's
• Quackenbush (Paterson), absorbed by Stern's
• Reynolds Brothers (Lakewood)
• Sealfons (Summit, Ridgewood, Wayne, Caldwell, Red Bank, Princeton, Shrewsbury, Westfield).
• Steinbach (New Jersey locations)
• Tepper's Department Store (Plainfield)
• J.M. Towne & Co.
• Two Guys (also known as Two Guys from Harrison)
• Unishops Inc (Jersey City)
• Valley Fair Corp (Little Ferry, Irvington, Hillsdale; Value City subsidiary)
• P.J. Young's - Nevius Voorhees (New Brunswick)

New Mexico

• Joyce-Pruitt
• Ilfeld's
• Populer Dry Good (Las Cruces) In bussniess from 1902 to November 6th,1995

New York

Interior of Hearn's Department Store, 14th Street in New York City, 1945

• Ames, Multiple locations in New York
• Abraham & Straus (Brooklyn)
• Abrahamson-Bigelow Co (Jamestown)
• Abrahams Bros. (New York City)
• J. N. Adam & Co. (Buffalo)
• The Addis Company, merged with Dey Brothers (Syracuse)
• Alexander's (New York metropolitan area), declared bankruptcy in 1992
• Almart Stores (New York City)
• 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
• Argersinger's (Jamestown) multiple locations including Gloversville, Johnstown and New Hartford formerly Bigelow's
• Arnold Constable (Fifth Avenue, New York City)
• Atlantic Department Stores (New York City)
• Barker's (multiple locations)
• Bamberger's
• Barney’s 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
• Bigelow's (Jamestown)
• Big Scott (Kingston)
• Bonwit Teller (New York City, Boston, and upstate New York)
• Brand Names (Buffalo, New York)
• Bresee's (Oneonta), founded 1899
• Britt's (Vestal) multiple locations including Gloversville/Johnstown
• Burt's (Endicott)
• Caldor
• Carl Co. (Schenectady)
• C. L. Carr Company (Batavia)
• Chappell's (Syracuse), merged into The Bon-Ton of York, Pennsylvania in the 1990s
• Clark's (Glens Falls, NY), current site of Price Chopper Supermarkets store
• De Pinna on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
• Dey Brothers (Dey's, Syracuse)
• Edson's, in the Hotel Syracuse
• Empsall's (Watertown), opened 1906, closed 1993
• Fae Mart Department Stores, Inc. established 1960, defunct 1981
• Family Bargain Center (regional), founded 1956 in Utica
• Franklin Simon & Co.
• J.M. Fields
• B. Forman Co. (Rochester)
• Fowler, Dick & Walker - The Boston Store (Binghamton), now Boscov's
• Garber's (Staten Island)
• 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))
• W. T. Grant's (multiple locations)
• Hearn's Manhattan & The Bronx
• Hens and Kelly (Buffalo)
• Hess New Hartford, Rotterdam
• Hills Department Stores
• Holzheimer & Shaul (Amsterdam)
• Iszard's (Elmira)
• Jamesway (Oneonta), currently Price Chopper Plaza Rte 28. Also Johnstown
• Jenss (Buffalo), closed their last location on 15 September 2000
• Joy department stores (Clifton Park, South Glens Falls, and Rensselaer)
• Jupiter Stores, Division of the S.S. Kresge Company.
• KBC/Kamino Bargain Center (Fulton), started by retired founder of Family Bargain Center
• 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)
• Lamstons (Manhattan)
• 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)
• Lurie's (Amsterdam)
• MacDonald's, located in the Hotel Syracuse, with a second location in Palm Beach, Florida
• Martin's (Brooklyn)
• J.W. Mays (Downstate New York), closed 1989, now leases old store locations
• McCrory's (Johnson City, Amsterdam, Utica, others)
• McCurdy & Company (Rochester, Midtown Plaza)
• McLean's (Binghamton)
• Moskin's Credit Clothing
• G. C. Murphy
• John G. Myers (Albany)
• Naum Brothers (Rochester)
• Nelson's (Rome)
• J.J. Newberry (multiple locations)
• Nichols Discount City (S.E. Nichols)
• Ohrbach's, liquidated in 1987 and acquired by Howland-Steinbach
• Pharmhouse
• Robinson's - North Pearl St. Albany,
• Robbins (New York City), closed 1999
• Rockwell's (Corning)
• Rothschild Bros. Department Store (Ithaca) 1882-1980
• S. Klein (New York City), closed 1978
• Sattler's (Buffalo)
• Sibley's (Sibley, Lindsey, & Curr) (Rochester), unit of Associated Dry Goods later merged into L.S. Ayers (Indianapolis) and then select locations converted to Lord & Taylor
• Sisson Brothers & Weldon (Binghamton)
• Stars (Vestal)
• Sullivan's Department Store (Liberty, NY)
• A.T. Stewart's (Manhattan), purchased by Wanamaker's of Pennsylvania
• Sullivan's (Liberty and Middletown)
• Swezey & Newins Inc (Patchogue)
• The Globe (Watertown), opened 1894, closed 1976
• Times Square Stores, discount department chain mostly focused on Long Island
• T S S Seedman's Inc.
• Tuttle and Rockwell’s, (Hornell)
• Twin Fair, Inc. dba Twin Fair (multiple locations)
• Two Guys (multiple locations)
• Wallace's (Schenectady, Poughkeepsie and Kingston), owned by Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, Massachusetts
• 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.)
• W. M. Whitney's. North Pearl Street, Albany)
• Weston's (multiple locations, acquired by Jamesway)
• Hengerer's (Buffalo, New York, opened 1867, acquired by Sibley's 1981.
• Woolworths Inc.
• Zayre's (currently Wal-Mart, Miller Hill, Q) became Ames. Multiple locations

North Carolina

• The Bon Marché (Asheville), acquired by Meyers-Arnold of Greenville SC in the late 1970s (not to be confused with the chain of the same name based in the Pacific Northwest)
• Brody's (Kinston), acquired by Proffitt's in 1998
• The Capitol (Fayetteville), established 1912, closed in 1990
• The Collins Company (Charlotte), acquired by Peeble's in 1984
• Ivey's (Charlotte), acquired by Dillard's in 1990
• Sky City closed 1990
• Spainhour's (Hickory, NC)
• Waccamaw, closed 1998

North Dakota

• De Lendrecie's (Fargo)
• The Fair (Minot)
• Fauchald's (Minot)
• Herbst (Fargo)
• A.W. Lucas (Bismarck)
• Ontario Store (Grand Forks)
• The Store Without a Name (Fargo)

Ohio

• Atlantic Spartan discount store known as Spartan's, opened in 1969; liquidated in 1972
• 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.
• Bragdon's (Portsmouth)
• 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
• Concord City (Dayton)
• Cook's flagship of Cook United Corporation.
• Donenfeld's (Dayton)
• Elder-Beerman (Dayton), closed 2018
• 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.
• H. Freedlander Co. (Wooster), closed 2009
• Gaylords Department Store, Northeastern Ohio, Giant Tiger until 1968
• Giant Store (Ashland)
• 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
• Hawks Department Store (Bryan)
• Heck's Department Store
• Higbee's (Cleveland), converted to Dillard's in 1992
• Hills Department Stores
• 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.
• Kenrick's (Portsmouth)
• 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. Closed 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
• Marting Brothers (Portsmouth), founded 1872, closed 2003 as Ohio's last locally owned major department store (100,000+ sq ft)
• 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
• Millers (Urbana, Ohio) also, Marion, Ohio (closed 1968).
• 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.
• NBC Stores (Norwalk & Bellevue)
• Neville's (Lakewood, Ohio) moved into former Bailey's location in 1965. Liquidated in 1969
• Nichols Discount City (S.E. Nichols) Locations in Ashtabula, New Philadelphia, and Wooster as of 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.
• Peoples Store (Delaware, Ohio)
• 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.
• Ringwalts (Mount Vernon)
• 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.
• 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
• Sutton & Lightner (Marion, Ohio) and Florida.
• 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

• C. R. Anthony (Anthony's) (Oklahoma City, other places in Oklahoma and Texas), acquired by Stage Stores, retained stores became part of Stage's Bealls chain
• Brown Duncan (Tulsa)
• John A. Brown (Oklahoma City), was part of Dayton Hudson; absorbed by Dillard's
• Frougs (Tulsa)
• Katz (Stillwater)
• Kerr's (Oklahoma City)
• Renberg's (Tulsa)
• Rothschild's (Oklahoma City)
• Scott-Halliburton (later Gloyd-Halliburton, McEwen-Halliburton, finally simply Halliburton's) (Oklahoma City)
• Oertle's House of Name Brands Family Discount Department Stores (Tulsa, Broken Arrow)

Oregon

• C.J. Breier Co, a department store chain of about 56 located in Oregon, Washington and Idaho
• Lipman's (was part of Dayton Hudson)
• Olds, Wortman & King (Portland)
• Emporium (also known as Troutman's Emporium)

Pennsylvania

• Ames
• Armstrong - Collier Inc. (Oil City)
• Authenreith's (Brookline, Pittsburgh)
• Bamberger's (Newark and other NJ locations), division of R.H. Macy, most former locations switched to Macy's in 1986
• Basco (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Bergman's (Wilkes-Barre)
• BEST
• Big N (1960s)
• Bloom Brothers Department Stores (Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Dry Run, and Burnt Cabins; also Baltimore, Maryland), 1897–1944
• Boggs and Buhl (Pittsburgh), operated from the mid-19th century until it closed in 1958
• Boston Store (Erie)
• Bradlees
• Bright's Department Store, Carbon Plaza Mall, Lehighton
• Britt's Department Store (Allentown)
• Brody's (Indiana)
• Caldor
• Carlisle's
• Claber's (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Colonial Fair (Waynesboro)
• Conn Brothers (Chambersburg, Mercersburg, and Dry Run), 1897–1932
• Cox's (McKeesport), 1955–1983
• Danks & Co. (Lewistown, State College, Bellefonte, Clarion, Indiana), 1924–1995
• Dahlkemper's (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• David Weis (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Deisroth's (Hazelton)
• E. J. Korvette (Philadelphia area)
• Eiben & Err (Pittsburgh)
• Fisher's Big Wheel, closed in 1994
• Fowler, Dick & Walker, The Boston Store (downtown Wilkes-Barre), converted to Boscov's
• Frank & Seder (Pittsburgh)
• Gable's (Altoona)
• Gaylord's
• 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
• Gold Coast (Southern suburbs, Pittsburgh)
• Grant's Department Store (Philadelphia, Chambersburg and Lehighton)
• (W.T.) Grant's Department Store (Sayre)
• Hess's (Allentown), closed in 1996
• Hills Department Stores
• Horne's (Pittsburgh), closed in 1994
• Isaac Longs (Wilkes-Barre)
• Jamesway
• J.E. Tobacco
• J.M. Fields
• Jetco
• Jewelcor
• 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 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)
• Laubach's (Easton), sold to Allied Stores in 1947, replaced by Pomeroy's then closed
• Lazarus Bros. (Wilkes-Barre) destroyed by 1972 flood
• Lazarus (Downtown Pittsburgh and suburbs) - now Macy's
• Leh's (Allentown area), closed in 1994
• Lit Brothers (Philadelphia), closed in 1977
• McCrory
• Metzler's (Uniontown)
• Miller's (Charleroi), (Charleroi, Pleasant Hills and Upper St. Clair)
• Montgomery Ward
• Murphy's Mart (Pittsburgh and Suburbs)
• J.J. Newberry (multiple locations)
• Nichols (Bloomsburg and Chambersburg)
• O W Hout's & Son State College, closed in 2008
• Orr's (Bethlehem, Easton), closed in 1993
• Paige's Department Store (Athens)
• Penn Traffic
• Pomeroy's (Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre, Reading, and Philadelphia area)
• Rosenbaum's (Pittsburgh)
• Ruggle's (Towanda)
• Scranton Dry Goods (Oppenheim's) (1912-1980) (Scranton)
• Service Merchandise
• Sugermans (Scranton area)
• Snellenburg's (Philadelphia area), 1869-1962
• L.L. Stearns & Sons Department Store (Williamsport), closed late 1970s or early 1980s, assets sold 1986
• Stephen Richards (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Strawbridge & Clothier (Philadelphia), converted to Macy's 2006
• Surprise Department Store (Easton), Located on Northampton St.
• Swanson's (Titusville)
• Towers (Pittsburgh and suburbs)
• Trader Horn (Butler)
• Troutman's, a division of Allied Stores. Locations in Greensburg - Downtown (Flagship Location) and Westmoreland Mall; also locations in Butler, Connellsville, Indiana, Latrobe, New Castle, & Washington.
• 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)
• A.B.Wyckoff East Stroudsburg, Main Street
• Zayre (Pittsburgh & suburbs)
• Zollinger-Harned Co. (Allentown)

Rhode Island

Apex Department Store in Pawtucket Rhode Island

Shepard Company Building

• Apex Stores (flagship in Pawtucket)
• Cherry & Webb (Providence)
• Gladdings (Providence)
• Kornstein & Company (Woonsocket)
• William Levy's Dry Goods (Newport)
• McCarthy Dry Goods (Woonsocket)
• The Outlet Company (Providence)
• Peerless Department Store (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.

South Carolina

• Berry's on Main (Columbia), established 1940, closed 1982
• Condon's (Charleston)
• Edward's (Charleston)
• Kerrison's (Charleston)
• Meyers-Arnold (Greenville, South Carolina), acquired by American Retail Group, who then converted the stores to Uptons in 1987
• Tapp's (Columbia), established 1903 as The James L. Tapp Company, closed in 1995
• The Capitol (Sumter), established 1927, closed 1982

South Dakota

• Fantle's
• Shriver's
• Stereoland

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)
• Kisber's (Jackson), closed in 1991
• Levy's (Memphis), converted to Gus Mayer
• Loveman's (Chattanooga), acquired by Proffitt's in 1986
• Lowenstein's (Memphis), absorbed by Dillard's
• Miller's of Tennessee (Knoxville), sold to Hess's in 1987
• Miller Brothers Co. (Chattanooga), combined with Miller's of Tennessee in the early 1970
• Parisian acquired by Belk in 2007
• Proffitt's (Alcoa), converted to Belk stores in 2006
• Shainberg's (Memphis)
• Sportsman's Stores (Nashville)
• Wolfe Brothers (Memphis)
• Zayre Stores (Memphis)

Texas

• Barker's (San Antonio)
• Battlestein's (Houston)
• Ben F. Smith's (Texarkana), partially destroyed by top floor night club fire; now a mixed-use development
• Blackburn's (Amarillo)
• Bruner's (San Antonio)
• Cariker (Marshall)
• Cobb's (Lubbock)
• Colbert's (Amarillo, other Texas cities)
• Cox's (Waco), closed in 1995
• Dryden's (Port Arthur)
• Dunlaps (Lubbock and many other West Texas/New Mexico locations), closed in 2007
• Eibands (Galveston)
• Everybody's (Fort Worth), owned by Leonard Brothers
• The Fair (Galveston)
• The Fair Stores (Fort Worth and Arlington)
• 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)
• Goldstein-Migel (Waco)
• Hemphill-Wells (Lubbock, San Angelo)
• Joske's (San Antonio, also Houston and Dallas), acquired by Dillard's in 1987
• E. M. Kahn (Dallas)
• Leonard Brothers (Fort Worth, Arlington, Hurst, Irving), acquired by Tandy Corp. 1970s, later Dillard's
• Levenson & Rosenberg (El Paso)
• Levines (Texas) (Irving)
• Levy's (Galveston)
• Lichtenstein's (Corpus Christi)
• Meacham's (Fort Worth), competed with Neiman Marcus, acquired by Tandy Corp in the 1970s
• Meyer & Schmidt (Tyler), acquired by Dillard's
• Minter's (Abilene)
• Mitchell's (Fort Worth)
• Monnig's (Fort Worth)
• Morris (Dallas)
• Nathan's (Galveston)
• The Popular (El Paso)
• Sage Department Store and Grocery (Houston) and (Austin)
• 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
  • A. Harris (Dallas)
  • Sanger Brothers (Dallas)
• Schwartz's (Galveston)
• Stripling & Cox (Fort Worth)
  • Cox's (Fort Worth) merged with W.C. Stripling & Sons
  • W.C. Stripling & Sons (Fort Worth), merged with Cox's
• Terry Farris (McAllen)
• Thornton's (Abilene), dissolved by Thornton family in 1988 & building/land given to the city of Abilene for law enforcement center
• Titche-Goettinger (Dallas area), merged with Joske's in 1979
• Volk (Dallas)
• Watson's (Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Hurst)
• J. B. White (Jacksonville)
• The White House (El Paso and Las Cruces, New Mexico), closed in 1983
• Wolff Brothers (Dallas)
• Wolff & Marx (San Antonio), purchased by rival Joske's in 1965

Utah

• Auerbachs
• Buehler-Bingham (Ogden)
• S. H. Kress & Co
• 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)
• The Paris
• 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

• Abernathy-Clarkson-Wright (Burlington)
• Britts Department Store (Springfield)
• Economy Department Store (Rutland)
• Jupiter (Burlington)
• Gaynes (Burlington)
• Centers (Burlington)
• Woolworth's (Burlington)
• Grand Way (South Burlington)
• Hill's (Winooski)
• F.C. Luce Co. (Waterbury)
• The Economy Store 1934-2010 (Northfield)
• Forest Hills (Winooski)

Virginia

• Altschul's Department Store (Norfolk)
• Ames & Brownley (Norfolk)
• The Bargain Center (Martinsville)
• H.B. Carter & Co (Warrenton)
• Fine's Men Shop (Norfolk/Hampton Roads metro area)
• Gammon's (Rural Retreat)
• Globeman Stores (Martinsville)
• 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)
• Leggett, now part of Belk
• Miller & Rhoads (Richmond)
• Morton's Department Store (Arlington)
• Rices Nachmans, formerly the Rices and Nachmans chains (Norfolk/Hampton Roads metro area)
• Richmond Dry Goods Co.
• Smith & Welton (Norfolk)
• Southern Department Stores (20 locations, including Petersburg)
• Thalhimers (Richmond)

Washington

• Bell's of Burien, renamed Lamonts in 1969
• Bremer's (Bremerton), founded by Bremer, also the founder of Bremerton; closed circa 1985
• The Crescent (Spokane), a division of B.A.T.U.S
• Elvins' (Puyallup), 1908–1979
• Farrel & Eddy (Camas), in several different forms between 1902 and going out of business in 1998
• Frederick & Nelson (Seattle), division of Marshall Field & Company (Chicago)
• Gardner's (Walla Walla), estd. 1861, closed 1980
• Gov-Mart/Baza'r (Seattle), operated in Washington and Oregon, sold to K-Mart in 1973 and renamed as Payless
• House of Values (Seattle), sold to K-mart in 1973 along with Gov-Mart/Baza'r, renamed as Payless/House of Values
• Jayhawks (Enumclaw)
• Lamonts
• Lynden Department Store (Lynden), 1897–1979; building destroyed by fire in 2008
• MacDougall-Southwick (Seattle) 1874–1964, opened several stores in Puget Sound region
• Peoples (Tacoma), 7-store chain in the Puget Sound region, owned by Mercantile Stores Co.; closed in 1983
• Proffitt's (Centralia, Chehalis, Longview, Olympia), opened in 1907 by Lee Proffitt; the chain folded in 1977
• Rhodes Brothers (Tacoma), renamed Liberty House in 1974
• Rhodes of Seattle, not related to the Tacoma store; renamed Lamonts in 1969
• Schacht's Department Store (Burlington), from 1905 to 1940
• Valu-Mart (Seattle), renamed Leslie's in 1974, acquired by Fred Meyer in 1976
• Wahl's (Bellingham), operated in downtown from 1913 to 1972
• Wigwam Stores Inc. (based in Seattle)
• White Front (Burien, Tacoma, Shoreline, Bellevue, Everett), 1969 to 1972
• Yard Birds (Chehalis, Olympia, Shelton)
• Young's (Pasco)

West Virginia

• Ames various locations
• Anderson-Newcomb (Huntington), acquired by Stone & Thomas
• Bernhardt's (Wheeling)
• Cooey-Bentz (Wheeling)
• Collins' (Charleston), opened 1937
• Coyle & Richardson (Charleston)
• The Diamond (Charleston and Vienna)
• F. E. Summers Department Store Co. (Charleston)
• Gee Bee Part of Glosser Brothers of Ohio.
• D. Gundling & co.
• Heck's Department Store, shuttered in the early 1990s
• Hills
• The Huntington Store (Huntington)
• L.A. Joe Department Store
• Levin's (Charleston), estd. 1915
• Lowndes' (Clarksburg)
• The Magic Carpet (Wheeling)
• Morrison Store Co. (Clarksburg)
• G. C. Murphy
• George M Snook Co. (Wheeling)
• Steifel's (Wheeling)
• Stone & Thomas, West Virginia's biggest department store chain; bought by Elder-Beerman in 1998
• Value City (Wheeling)
• Watson's
• Watts-Sartor-Lear (Clarksburg)

Wisconsin

• J. M. Bostwick's (Janesville)
• Chapman's (Milwaukee)
• Christel's (Kiel)
• Doerflinger's (La Crosse), closed in the 1980s
• Espenhain's (Milwaukee)
• Fischers (Watertown)
• Gimbels (Milwaukee), converted to Marshall Field's then one former Gimbels location (Madison) to Macy's 2006.
• Gloudeman's (Appleton)
• Goldmanns (Milwaukee), closed in 2007
• Henderson-Hoyt (Manitowoc)
• Hoff Department Store (Mount Horeb) closed 1984
• Johnson-Hill (Wisconsin Rapids)
• Kline's (Oshkosh)
• Klitsner's (Milwaukee) closed 1932
• Lauerman Brothers (Marinette)
• Manchester's (Madison)
• Pettibone-Peabody's (Appleton)
• 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
• Roth Brothers (Superior)
• Schuette Brothers (Manitowoc) closed 1994
• Schuster's (Milwaukee), bought by Gimbels in 1962
• Shopko (Green Bay), June 2019
• Winkleman's (Wausau)
• Zahn's (Racine)

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.
• 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
• F.W. Woolworth Company
• Fisher's Big Wheel (Northeast & Midwest) Discount Department Stores based out of metro Pittsburgh, PA.
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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)

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