Thursday, November 26, 2026
Stores open on Thanksgiving 2026
On Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026, 6 of the 43 store chains we checked are open (some with shorter hours): Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Meijer, O'Reilly Auto Parts and 1 more. 2 are open at some locations: Old Navy and Ace Hardware. 35 are closed, including Walmart, Target, Costco, Sam's Club and The Home Depot.
3 are confirmed for 2026; the rest follow what each chain did in past years.
Open (3)
Dollar General
Most Dollar General stores open on Thanksgiving with hours that vary by location, a company spokesperson said…OpenDollar Tree
Most Dollar Tree stores were open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving 2025, according to Dollar Tree's website a…OpenFamily Dollar
Family Dollar opens on Thanksgiving: in 2025 a spokesperson told LiveNOW from FOX that the vast majority of s…Open
Most Dollar General stores open on Thanksgiving with hours that vary by location, a company spokesperson said…OpenDollar Tree
Most Dollar Tree stores were open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving 2025, according to Dollar Tree's website a…OpenFamily Dollar
Family Dollar opens on Thanksgiving: in 2025 a spokesperson told LiveNOW from FOX that the vast majority of s…Open
Open with shorter hours (3)
Meijer
Meijer stores were open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving 2025 (curbside pickup 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.), News 5 Clev…LimitedO'Reilly Auto Parts
O'Reilly stores opened at their usual time and closed early, at 5 p.m., on Thanksgiving 2025, according to th…LimitedBig Lots
All Big Lots stores were open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving 2025, a company spokesperson told LiveNOW from…Limited
Meijer stores were open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving 2025 (curbside pickup 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.), News 5 Clev…LimitedO'Reilly Auto Parts
O'Reilly stores opened at their usual time and closed early, at 5 p.m., on Thanksgiving 2025, according to th…LimitedBig Lots
All Big Lots stores were open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving 2025, a company spokesperson told LiveNOW from…Limited
Depends on the location (2)
Closed (35)
Walmart
Walmart has closed its U.S. stores on Thanksgiving every year since 2020, including 2025; it hasn't announced…ClosedTarget
Target has closed on Thanksgiving every year since 2020 and said in 2021 that it will keep stores closed on T…ClosedCostco
Costco warehouses were closed on Thanksgiving 2025, as Costco's holiday calendar showed, CBS News reported.ClosedSam's Club
Sam's Club clubs were closed on Thanksgiving 2025, according to the company's website as reported by Fox stat…ClosedThe Home Depot
The Home Depot's 2026 holiday schedule lists all stores as closed on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026.ClosedLowe's
Lowe's closes all stores on Thanksgiving every year, which it calls a longstanding tradition; it did so again…ClosedBest Buy
Best Buy has closed its stores on Thanksgiving every year since 2020; its 2025 holiday FAQ said stores would…ClosedMacy's
Macy's store pages already list stores as closed on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, 2026 (as of Oct. 7, 2026); Macy's…ClosedKohl's
Kohl's stores close on Thanksgiving; Kohl's help center lists it as one of three holidays (with Easter and Ch…ClosedTJ Maxx
TJ Maxx closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2024 and 2025, and a company spokesperson confirmed the 2025 clo…ClosedMarshalls
Marshalls closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2019, 2024 and 2025, and a company spokesperson confirmed the…ClosedJCPenney
JCPenney has closed its stores on Thanksgiving every year since 2020 and said so again in its October 2025 ho…ClosedNordstrom
Nordstrom has long closed on Thanksgiving (news reports show closures in 2019, 2023 and 2024), and its King o…ClosedDick's Sporting Goods
Dick's has closed all its stores on Thanksgiving every year since 2020 and said in October 2025 that it would…ClosedUlta Beauty
Ulta Beauty first closed all stores on Thanksgiving in 2020, stayed closed in 2023, and its store pages liste…ClosedPetSmart
PetSmart closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2019, 2024 and 2025, and a spokesperson confirmed the 2025 clos…ClosedPetco
Petco closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2019, 2024 and 2025, and a company spokesperson confirmed the 2025…ClosedMichaels
Michaels closed all U.S. stores on Thanksgiving in 2022, 2023 and 2024, according to its holiday-hours announ…ClosedHobby Lobby
Hobby Lobby's holiday-hours announcements listed all stores as closed on Thanksgiving in 2024 and 2025; 2026…ClosedIKEA
IKEA's U.S. store pages already list Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, 2026, as a closed day (as of Oct. 9, 2026).ClosedBarnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2019 and 2024, according to CBS New York and Fox Busines…ClosedApple Store
Apple Stores were closed on Thanksgiving 2019, according to CBS New York, and Apple's Mayfair store page show…ClosedBath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2023, according to CBS News, and in 2025, according t…ClosedStaples
Staples closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2019 and 2024 (a Staples store page listed Nov. 28, 2024 as clos…ClosedOffice Depot
Office Depot and OfficeMax stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2019, 2022 and 2024, according to CBS News,…ClosedFive Below
Five Below's store pages listed Thanksgiving 2025 as closed at all four stores checked, in Arizona, Ohio and…ClosedBurlington
Burlington stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2019 and 2022, according to CBS News and The Krazy Coupon La…ClosedSephora
Sephora stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2022, according to The Krazy Coupon Lady, and DealNews listed t…ClosedGameStop
GameStop stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2022 and 2024, according to The Krazy Coupon Lady and Fox 32 C…ClosedTractor Supply
Tractor Supply closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2024 and 2025, according to its holiday announcements, sa…ClosedHarbor Freight
Harbor Freight closes its stores on Thanksgiving so associates can celebrate with family, according to its st…ClosedMenards
Menards has long stayed closed on Thanksgiving, as reported in 2013, 2019 and 2022, and DealNews listed it as…ClosedBJ's Wholesale Club
BJ's closed all its clubs on Thanksgiving 2025, continuing a yearly tradition (the company called 2021 its 15…ClosedHomeGoods
HomeGoods closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2024 and 2025, and a company spokesperson confirmed the 2025 c…ClosedAcademy Sports + Outdoors
Academy closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2023 and 2025, calling the closure a longstanding tradition, acc…Closed
Walmart has closed its U.S. stores on Thanksgiving every year since 2020, including 2025; it hasn't announced…ClosedTarget
Target has closed on Thanksgiving every year since 2020 and said in 2021 that it will keep stores closed on T…ClosedCostco
Costco warehouses were closed on Thanksgiving 2025, as Costco's holiday calendar showed, CBS News reported.ClosedSam's Club
Sam's Club clubs were closed on Thanksgiving 2025, according to the company's website as reported by Fox stat…ClosedThe Home Depot
The Home Depot's 2026 holiday schedule lists all stores as closed on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026.ClosedLowe's
Lowe's closes all stores on Thanksgiving every year, which it calls a longstanding tradition; it did so again…ClosedBest Buy
Best Buy has closed its stores on Thanksgiving every year since 2020; its 2025 holiday FAQ said stores would…ClosedMacy's
Macy's store pages already list stores as closed on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, 2026 (as of Oct. 7, 2026); Macy's…ClosedKohl's
Kohl's stores close on Thanksgiving; Kohl's help center lists it as one of three holidays (with Easter and Ch…ClosedTJ Maxx
TJ Maxx closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2024 and 2025, and a company spokesperson confirmed the 2025 clo…ClosedMarshalls
Marshalls closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2019, 2024 and 2025, and a company spokesperson confirmed the…ClosedJCPenney
JCPenney has closed its stores on Thanksgiving every year since 2020 and said so again in its October 2025 ho…ClosedNordstrom
Nordstrom has long closed on Thanksgiving (news reports show closures in 2019, 2023 and 2024), and its King o…ClosedDick's Sporting Goods
Dick's has closed all its stores on Thanksgiving every year since 2020 and said in October 2025 that it would…ClosedUlta Beauty
Ulta Beauty first closed all stores on Thanksgiving in 2020, stayed closed in 2023, and its store pages liste…ClosedPetSmart
PetSmart closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2019, 2024 and 2025, and a spokesperson confirmed the 2025 clos…ClosedPetco
Petco closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2019, 2024 and 2025, and a company spokesperson confirmed the 2025…ClosedMichaels
Michaels closed all U.S. stores on Thanksgiving in 2022, 2023 and 2024, according to its holiday-hours announ…ClosedHobby Lobby
Hobby Lobby's holiday-hours announcements listed all stores as closed on Thanksgiving in 2024 and 2025; 2026…ClosedIKEA
IKEA's U.S. store pages already list Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, 2026, as a closed day (as of Oct. 9, 2026).ClosedBarnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2019 and 2024, according to CBS New York and Fox Busines…ClosedApple Store
Apple Stores were closed on Thanksgiving 2019, according to CBS New York, and Apple's Mayfair store page show…ClosedBath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2023, according to CBS News, and in 2025, according t…ClosedStaples
Staples closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2019 and 2024 (a Staples store page listed Nov. 28, 2024 as clos…ClosedOffice Depot
Office Depot and OfficeMax stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2019, 2022 and 2024, according to CBS News,…ClosedFive Below
Five Below's store pages listed Thanksgiving 2025 as closed at all four stores checked, in Arizona, Ohio and…ClosedBurlington
Burlington stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2019 and 2022, according to CBS News and The Krazy Coupon La…ClosedSephora
Sephora stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2022, according to The Krazy Coupon Lady, and DealNews listed t…ClosedGameStop
GameStop stores were closed on Thanksgiving in 2022 and 2024, according to The Krazy Coupon Lady and Fox 32 C…ClosedTractor Supply
Tractor Supply closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2024 and 2025, according to its holiday announcements, sa…ClosedHarbor Freight
Harbor Freight closes its stores on Thanksgiving so associates can celebrate with family, according to its st…ClosedMenards
Menards has long stayed closed on Thanksgiving, as reported in 2013, 2019 and 2022, and DealNews listed it as…ClosedBJ's Wholesale Club
BJ's closed all its clubs on Thanksgiving 2025, continuing a yearly tradition (the company called 2021 its 15…ClosedHomeGoods
HomeGoods closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2024 and 2025, and a company spokesperson confirmed the 2025 c…ClosedAcademy Sports + Outdoors
Academy closed its stores on Thanksgiving in 2023 and 2025, calling the closure a longstanding tradition, acc…Closed
Not announced yet (2)
Also on Thanksgiving
Stores on other holidays
From each chain's announcements and store pages, and news reports of its hours; each chain's page gives the source. Hours at your local store can differ. What's open on Thanksgiving · All holiday hours