Quick Facts
- Over 65 Kirkland’s Home locations have been closed or targeted for shutdown since February 2025
- Closures came in three separate rounds, each tied to a different business decision
- 25 confirmed locations were shut down by January 2026; 40+ more are slated to close in early 2026
- Every California Kirkland’s is closing permanently with zero conversions planned
- The Bed Bath & Beyond acquisition of the chain’s parent company is still pending as of today, targeting an April 2026 close
One Fort Myers, Florida store manager said she was “surprised we were even closing to begin with, to be honest, because we do fairly well.” Her Kirkland’s Home location at Gulf Coast Town Center shut down anyway, near the end of December 2025. That reaction played out at stores across the country. The Kirkland’s Home closures have not been the story of a chain hemorrhaging customers. They’ve been the story of a company making deliberate real estate and financial decisions in the middle of a full corporate transformation.
More than 65 locations have been shuttered or formally targeted since February 2025, and the closures are still ongoing. Here is what’s actually happening, state by state and round by round.
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Three Separate Rounds of Closures
The Kirkland’s Home store closures arrived in stages, not all at once. Each round had a different trigger.
Round 1 — February 2025
Following a portfolio-wide performance review, Kirkland’s announced it would close approximately 6% of its roughly 317 locations. That translated to around 19 stores failing its profitability standards. CEO Amy Sullivan said at the time: “Following a comprehensive review of our entire store footprint, we have identified an initial list of approximately 6% of our stores that do not meet our profitability standards in their current format, and we are aggressively taking actions to address these stores.”
No specific locations were named publicly at that stage.
Round 2 — September 2025
By September, a confirmed list of 25 specific locations was set for permanent closure by January 2026. These shutdowns were driven primarily by lease expirations at sites the company no longer considered viable. None of these 25 stores were part of the Bed Bath & Beyond Home conversion program. They were simply closing.
Round 3 — November 2025
When Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. announced a merger agreement to acquire The Brand House Collective, the chain’s parent company, the deal came attached to a third set of closures. More than 40 additional “underperforming or non-strategic” locations were flagged for shutdown in early 2026 as part of a cost-reduction strategy tied directly to the merger.
Confirmed Store Closures by State
The following Kirkland’s Home locations have been confirmed as closed or closing through company announcements, SEC filings, and local news coverage.
Alabama
- Opelika — Tiger Town Shopping Center, 2630 Enterprise Dr. (closed January 19, 2026)
Arizona
- Phoenix — Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center, 4619 E. Ray Road
California (see California section below)
- Apple Valley — 19105 Bear Valley Road
- Clovis — 1295 Herndon Ave. (closed December 27, 2025)
- Fresno — Villaggio Shopping Center (closed January 31, 2026)
- Gilroy — Highway 101/152 interchange
- Lake Elsinore — 29229 Central Ave.
- Livermore
- Palmdale — 1247 Rancho Vista Blvd.
- Redlands — 27451 San Bernardino Ave.
- Vacaville
Colorado
- Centennial — The Streets at Southglenn, 6955 S. York St. (closed December 27, 2025)
- Colorado Springs — multiple locations
Florida
- Fort Myers — Gulf Coast Town Center (closed late December 2025)
- Jacksonville — The Markets at Town Center, 4870 Big Island Drive
- Naples — Park Shore Plaza (closed late January 2026)
Illinois
- Carbondale (closed late December 2025)
Minnesota
- Burnsville — Burnsville Center, 901 County Road 42 West
New Jersey
- Watchung — Consumer Square, 2300 Consumer Square, Suite 280
- Watchung — 1515 Route 22 West, Suite 39
The 40-plus locations in the third round have not been publicly identified by address as of March 14, 2026. Those closures are expected to be confirmed and carried out through the first half of this year.
California: A Total Exit
Every Kirkland’s Home location in California is being permanently closed. No California stores are being converted to Bed Bath & Beyond Home.
The reason goes back to August 2025, when Bed Bath & Beyond Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis publicly ruled out opening any new physical stores in the state. He called California “one of the most overregulated, expensive, and risky environments for businesses in America,” adding that California shoppers would be served exclusively through online delivery. Governor Gavin Newsom’s office responded publicly on social media.
Before the original Bed Bath & Beyond chain filed for bankruptcy and shuttered all of its stores in 2023, it operated close to 90 locations across California. Under the new combined company, that number goes to zero.
Why the Closures Are Happening at This Scale
The financial picture behind the Kirkland’s Home store closures is more nuanced than a simple spiral.
Net sales fell 12% year over year in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 to $75.8 million, producing a net loss of $20.2 million. That quarter was hit by two events simultaneously: a tornado struck the company’s distribution center in Jackson, Tennessee, on May 20, 2025, disrupting inventory flow, while the company deliberately liquidated merchandise to clear shelf space for incoming Bed Bath & Beyond assortments.
By the third quarter, results shifted. Net sales came in at $103.5 million, and the net loss narrowed to $3.7 million. Comparable in-store sales grew 1.7% during that quarter.
That last number is worth holding onto. Individual stores that stayed open were performing better year over year, not worse. The drag on overall revenue came from two places: a 34.6% collapse in e-commerce sales, and a shrinking store count. The closures, particularly in Rounds 1 and 2, were a real estate and portfolio decision, not a sign of failing locations across the board.
The Conversion Plan Has Complications
Officially, the plan calls for converting between 250 and 275 of the current Kirkland’s Home locations into Bed Bath & Beyond Home stores over two years. The new format runs up to about 15,000 square feet, smaller than the classic Bed Bath & Beyond box, blending Kirkland’s home décor with Bed Bath & Beyond merchandise. The first conversion opened August 8, 2025, in Brentwood, Tennessee, honoring the original blue Bed Bath & Beyond coupons. Customer turnout at that first location was strong.
By the end of 2025, approximately six or seven stores had been converted nationally, concentrated around the greater Nashville area.
In January 2026, Business of Home, a trade publication, reported that three suppliers who sell to the chain told them the real conversion number could end up far lower than announced, possibly as few as 40 stores. According to those sources, only locations around 10,000 square feet or larger are being considered. Smaller stores in the 5,000 to 8,000 square foot range were described as impractical for the Bed Bath & Beyond product mix. The company did not publicly respond to the report.
Whether the official target of 250 to 275 conversions holds, or whether the supplier accounts reflect where the program is actually heading, will become clearer once the merger closes and a combined leadership team takes over operations.
The Merger: Still Pending as of Today
On November 24, 2025, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and The Brand House Collective announced a definitive merger agreement valuing the transaction at approximately $26.8 million. Both boards approved it unanimously.
As of today, March 14, 2026, the deal has not formally closed. The original Q1 2026 target has shifted to approximately April 1, 2026, pending final shareholder approval and lender consent from Bank of America. A Form S-4 proxy prospectus has been filed with the SEC.
Post-close, Amy Sullivan is expected to lead a newly formed division called the Beyond Retail Group, overseeing retail operations across Bed Bath & Beyond, BuyBuy Baby, Overstock, and Kirkland’s Home. The combined company is projecting annualized revenue of approximately $1.5 billion. Management has set a target of approaching EBITDA breakeven by Q3 2026.
Marcus Lemonis described the deal this way: “This acquisition is a big step in building a profitable, growth-oriented Everything Home company. The power of this deal comes from a more efficient and productive engagement with the consumer, while extracting over $20 million in duplicate costs.”
For anyone with a Kirkland’s location nearby that hasn’t closed yet, the situation through mid-2026 is straightforward: if yellow “All Sales Final” signs go up, the location is confirmed for closure, and discounts typically start at 30% before climbing as the final day approaches. The third round of 40-plus closures is still being executed, the merger closes in weeks, and every decision about which stores survive as Bed Bath & Beyond locations gets made by the combined company on the other side of that deal.
