Starbucks Closed Over 450 Stores This Week—Is Your Favorite Location on the List?

Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Starbucks has announced a $1 billion restructuring plan that will result in nearly 900 non-retail employees being laid off and will close hundreds of its coffee shops across the U.S.

Key Takeaways

Over 450 Starbucks (SBUX) locations in the U.S. closed this week, about 1% of its total locations in North America. The "grab and go" revolution might be overtaking Starbucks' traditional coffee shop model. From renovated stores with actual seating to baristas writing on cups again, Starbucks is betting on becoming your "third place" even as customers increasingly just want their coffee fast.

Starbucks is closing about 1% of its company-operated North America stores as part of CEO Brian Niccol's dramatic $1 billion restructuring plan, Niccol announced last week. The cutback, he wrote, is "necessary to build a better, stronger and more resilient Starbucks." The company did not specify the number of closures, but some industry watchers say the "about 1%" translates into approximately 430 to 520 stores.

While the company wouldn't provide us with an official list of its closures, Investopedia scoured local newspapers and network affiliates, employee lists circulating on social media, and cross-referenced locations with the Starbucks location app and phone calls to compile a list of 467 locations that have shut their doors permanently this week.

This map shows all the closures—hover and zoom to see locations in your area. There is also a searchable table to check your hometown. Below that, we detail why these specific stores didn't make the cut, how the "grab and go" revolution is reshaping the coffee industry, and what all of this means for your morning coffee routine.

Why This Matters to You

Beyond the immediate impact on the employees affected, these shutdowns could mean longer drives for coffee, increased wait times at remaining stores, and less competition to keep prices in check. If some analysts are right that more closures are ahead, your morning coffee run might become more expensive, less convenient, and increasingly dominated by drive-thru chains that treat coffee as fuel rather than an experience.

Why Your Starbucks Didn't Make the Cut

Starbucks frames the move as necessary to invest in better cafés (more seats, warmer design, and faster service) and says it is closing locations that can’t meet the new standards or aren't making enough money.

The closures come as the company is facing intense competition from both ends of the coffee spectrum. Independent coffee shops like Blank Street Coffee and former indies like Blue Bottle are capturing customers who want a more artisanal experience. Companies like Dutch Bros (BROS) focus on the 59% of coffee drinkers who bought at least one cup of java in a recent week outside their home and did so at a drive-through.

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These companies have seen better growth in recent years, which could mean Starbucks "is misaligned with how a growing number of Americans want to purchase their coffee," Chris Kayes, chair of the Department of Management at George Washington University's School of Business, told Investopedia. He noted the disconnect between Niccol's vision of cozy coffeehouses and the reality of modern coffee consumption, in which companies like Dutch Bros that are focused on speed and medium-sized indie businesses with more bespoke offerings are seeing significant growth.

Given these industry shifts, you're likely to see more of a split in your coffee experience between the true sit-down, “third place” cafés—a cozy space between home and work—where Starbucks is placing its bets, and high-traffic formats everywhere else.

"After making some critical improvements in the customer experience, Starbucks hasn't realized the gains it had hoped for and is now moving to a more traditional playbook," Kayes said.

Bringing back barista doodles on cups, reinstating self-serve milk stations, cutting the size of the menu to speed up service, and renovating stores with more comfortable seating—all of which Niccol had said was central to Starbucks success—haven't reversed the decline in revenue seen in four of the six most recent quarters.

The path ahead for Starbucks, Kayes suggested, is to appease Wall Street analysts by "focusing on costs, margins, and shareholder value, especially since the stock has declined."

But that could mean Starbucks misses "the changing tide" in America's coffee consumption culture.

Note

Starbucks' most popular location is its cafe at 646 Michigan Ave. in Chicago, IL, with 152,200 visitors in August 2025, according to Placer.ai data.

The Bottom Line

Starbucks finds itself caught between its leadership's vision of cozy coffeehouses and the reality that most of America's coffee purchases happen via apps and drive-throughs. While the company is closing hundreds of stores and pivoting to what analysts say is a more traditional playbook focused on margins and Wall Street, you might need to switch up your morning coffee routine.

If your local Starbucks survived this round of cuts, expect to see renovations aimed at making you stay longer—even as competitors bet you'd rather just get your caffeine fix and go.

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