Big Lots Is Back With 148 Store Openings (Is Yours Returning?)

The end of 2024 brought what looked like the end of Big Lots, with a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and an announcement that all stores would close in 2025 — but Big Lots got a Christmas miracle. Just days after the holiday, the discount retail chain reached an agreement with Gordon Brothers Retail Partners that would keep the brand alive under Variety Wholesalers.

They're moving fast now, with 70 store openings most recently and even more planned to open on June 5. See if a location has opened near you, so you can start saving serious money on home essentials.

The first iteration of the popular discount chain was opened in 1982 and called Odd Lots. As the stores expanded, they began operating under the name Big Lots to reference their business model of acquiring closeout and overstock merchandise in bulk and then reselling it at discount prices.

In September of 2024, Big Lots officially filed for bankruptcy. According to Big Lots' leadership, the bankruptcy was a result of the impacts of inflation, rising costs, and high interest rates. At the time, the company had posted 16 consecutive quarters of comparable sales declines, and it had already been closing underperforming stores.

"The actions we are taking today will enable us to move forward with new owners who believe in our business and provide financial stability, while we optimize our operational footprint, accelerate improvement in our performance, and deliver on our promise to be the leader in extreme value," Bruce Thorn, the retailer's president and CEO, said at the time.

The bankruptcy led to an agreement with Gordon Brothers Retail Partners investment firm that would transfer up to 219 stores to Variety Wholesalers, but still with the Big Lots name. These locations were remodeled and restocked, and are now opening in waves through June.

"We're thrilled to bring the Big Lots! brand back to life by offering more deals than ever, lots of famous brands and a new apparel department for the entire family," said president and CEO of Variety Wholesalers Lisa Seigies in a press release.

The first wave began in April with nine openings, and a second wave began May 1 with 60 stores. As of May 15, 70 additional stores opened, and the remaining locations owned by Variety Wholesalers will continue opening on June 5.

Keep reading to find out which locations just reopened on May 15 and which are planned for June 5.

May 15:

• Guntersville: 14228 U.S. Highway 431
• Cullman: 1619 Town Square SW
• Northport: 5510 McFarland Blvd.
• Jasper: 1100 Highway 78 W.

Alabama is expected to get a total of nine locations throughout the reopening process. The first wave of openings also brought stores to Athens, Decatur, Dothan, and Mobile.

May 15:

• Marianna: 4700 Highway 90
• Callaway: 225 S. Tyndall Parkway.
• Jacksonville: 9119 Merrill Rd. Ste. 50
• Ormond Beach: 122 S. Nova Rd.
• Crystal River: 146 SE U.S. Highway 19

June 5:

• Milton: 6247 Highway 90
• Spring Hill: 2384 Commercial Way
• St. Cloud: 3401 13th St., #100
• Brandon: 843 W. Bloomingdale Ave.
• Ruskin: 3048 State Road 674
• North Fort Myers: 13970 N. Cleveland Ave.
• Fort Myers: 4901 Palm Beach Blvd., Unit 27B

Not all the Big Lots locations in Florida will remain under the same name. Discount competitor Ollie's purchased three locations in Florida and 40 stores across the country. The Ollie's locations are in Brooksville, Land O'Lakes, and New Smyrna Beach.

May 15:

• Dallas: 260 Merchants Square
• Marietta: 2932 Canton Rd. Ste. 210
• Smyrna: 3791 S. Cobb Dr. SE Ste. G
• Buford: 4125 Highway 20, Ste A-2
• Vidalia: 2305 E. 1st St.

June 5:

• Lagrange: 127 Commerce Ave.
• Covington: 3111 Highway 278 NW
• Statesboro: Highway 80 and Lester St.

Georgia already had locations reopen in Brunswick, Cornelia, Fort Oglethorpe, Valdosta, and Waycross. On June 5, three additional stores will reopen.

May 15:

• Campbellsville: 400 Campbellsville Bypass
• Hazard: 294 Village Lane
• London: 845 S Main St.
• Middlesboro: 102 N 12th St.
• Somerset: 345 N Highway 27 Ste. 5

June 5:

• Bowling Green: 3000 Scottsville Rd.

Kentucky is set to get a total of 10 reopened Big Lots. In April, the Mount Sterling store reopened, and on May 1, the locations in Danville, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, and Richmond followed. The final reopening is set to occur on June 5 in Bowling Green.

May 15:

• Port Huron: 659 24th St.
• Southgate: 14333 Eureka Rd.

In addition to these two locations, Big Lots has also reopened in Burton, Flint, and Shelby earlier in May. Not all the Big Lots stores will be returning, though. Aldi has purchased the store lease on a Taylor location, but no further information regarding the store's transformation to a grocery has been released yet.

May 15:

• Southaven: 875 Main St.

Two stores also reopened in the first wave of openings in Tupelo and Pearl. Customers can expect to find an updated and remodeled store that returns to its roots, offering closeout deals and introducing new merchandise categories, including electronics and clothing.

May 15:

• Elizabeth City: 685 S. Hughes Blvd.
• Statesville: 1020 Crossroads Drive
• Mooresville: 376 West Plaza Drive
• Lincolnton: 403 N. Generals Blvd.
• Shelby: 1728 E. Dixon Blvd.
• Belmont: 601 Park St.
• Greensboro: 3718 Battleground Ave.
• Burlington: 1811 S. Church St.
• Lexington: 838 Winston Rd.
• Wilson: 1700 Raleigh Road Parkway W. Ste. 104
• Greenville: 609 Greenville Blvd. SE
• Selma: 1403 S. Pollock St.
• Dunn: 1140 W. Broad St.
• Fayetteville: 3915 Ramsey St. and 3910 Raeford Rd.

June 5:

• Weaverville: 130 Weaver Blvd.
• Franklin: 273 Franklin Park
• Waynesville: 1176 Russ Ave.
• Spindale: 2016 Highway 74A
• Murphy: 1450 Andrews Rd.
• Morganton: 1251 Burkemont Ave.
• Salisbury: 711 E. Innes St.
• Concord: 280 Concord Parkway N.
• Albemarle: 7201-C 24/27 Bypass E.
• Kannapolis: 950 S. Cannon Blvd.
• High Point: 1677 Westchester Drive
• High Point: 2531 Eastchester Drive
• Varina: 630 Lakestone Commons Ave.
• Sanford: 2950 S. Horner Blvd.
• Aberdeen: 1377 Sandhills Blvd. N.
• Laurinburg: 1664-BS Main St.
• New Bern: 520 Berne Square
• Lumberton: 2750C N. Roberts Ave.
• Jacksonville: 1110 Western Blvd.
• Morehead City: 2900 Arendell St.
• Wilmington: 6832 F Market St.
• Shallotte: 4600 Main St.

North Carolina is getting quite a few Big Lots back, and the Asheboro location was the first to reopen in the state. Even more are scheduled to open June 5 in the fourth wave of openings, with an additional 22 stores returning.

May 15:

• Toledo: 3946 W. Alexis Rd.
• Fremont: 1800 E. State St.
• Elyria: 825 Cleveland St.
• Columbus: 2837 Winchester Pike and 4260 West Broad St.
• Grove City: 3961 Hoover Rd.
• Kettering: 2050 E. Dorothy Lane
• Lancaster: 1700 E. Main St.

June 5:

• Mentor: 8489 Market St.
• Garfield Heights: 12588 Rockside Rd.
• Akron: 1890 W. Market St.
• Cuyahoga Falls: 405 Howe Ave.
• Barberton: 241 W. Wooster Rd.
• Akron: 426 E. Waterloo Rd.
• Canton: 1336 Whipple Ave. NW
• Harrison: 10560 Harrison Ave.
• Cincinnati: 3640 Werk Rd.
• Marietta: 110 S. Seventh St.
• Wheelersburg: 9025 Ohio River Rd.
• Gallipolis: State Route 7 and U.S. Route 35
• South Point: 367 County Rd. 406

Ohio will be getting another wave of 13 store reopenings on June 5, with locations across the entire state. That will be the largest single-day rollout in Ohio.

May 15:

• Erie: 2215 W. 12th St.
• Meadville: 820 Water St.
• Franklin: 697 Allegheny Blvd.
• New Castle: 2611 Ellwood Rd.
• Du Bois: 5522 Shaffer Rd. Unit 7
• Bloomsburg: 2431 Columbia Blvd.
• East Stroudsburg: 156 Eagles Glen Plaza Ste. 190
• Lehighton: 1241 Blakeslee Boulevard Drive E.
• Camp Hill: 3437 Simpson Ferry Rd.
• Cleona: 467 W. Penn Ave.

June 5:

• East Rochester: 750 Ohio River Blvd.
• Pittsburgh: 4717 McKnight Rd.
• Indiana: 2444 Philadelphia St.
• Pittsburgh: 11628 Penn Hills Drive
• Washington: 254 Oak Springs Rd.
• Greensburg: 6041 State Route 30
• Johnstown: Scalp Ave. and Route 219
• Ephrata: 389 N. Reading Rd.
• Fairless Hills: 500 Lincoln Highway
• West Manchester Township: 2140 White St.
• Penn Township: 1150 Carlisle St.

Pennsylvanians who love Big Lots will be rejoicing, as 10 stores opened on May 15 and 11 more store openings will be following in June. Pennsylvania is also the headquarters for discount retail competitor Ollie's, which has purchased many of the former Big Lots locations.

May 15:

• Seneca: 207 Oconee Square Drive
• Greenwood: 339 Bypass 72 NW
• Lexington: 421 Columbia Ave.
• West Columbia: 3230 Augusta Rd.

June 5:

• Lancaster: 1206 Highway 9 Bypass
• Columbia: 9221 Two Notch Rd.
• Columbia: 6169 St. Andrews Rd.
• Conway: 1641 Church St.
• North Myrtle Beach: 710 Highway 17 S.
• Myrtle Beach: 1370 S. Kings Highway
• Moncks Corner: 1013 Old Highway 52
• Goose Creek: 431-B James Ave.
• Summerville: 410150 Dorchester Rd.
• Beaufort: 328 Robert Smalls Parkway

Three more locations in the Lowcountry are set to reopen in June, along with the seven stores that reopened in all of May across the state. They hope to keep as many of the previous employees as they can, but all will have to reapply for employment through the new ownership.

May 15:

• Johnson City: 3110 E. Oakland Ave.
• Morristown: 2342 E. Andrew Johnson Highway
• Greeneville: 1475 E. Andrew Johnson Highway
• Alcoa: 116 S. Hall Rd.
• Sevierville: 201 Forks of the River Pkwy.
• Jefferson City: 264 E. Broadway Blvd.

June 5:

• Cookeville: 633 S. Jefferson Ave.
• Columbia: 1301 S. James Campbell Blvd.
• Kingsport: 1913 Sherwood Rd.
• Chattanooga: 3901 Hixson Pike
• Rockwood: 1496 N. Gateway Ave.

Tennessee will have an additional five stores reopening in June, along with the previous openings on May 15 under new ownership. After the fourth wave, Big Lots will have a store footprint of 220 locations nationwide — a fraction of the more than 1,300 that were open this time last year.

May 15:

• Fredericksburg: 10611 Courthouse Rd.
• North Chesterfield: 10001 Hull Street Rd.
• Chester: 2660 Weir Place
• North Prince George: 5260 Oaklawn Blvd.
• Yorktown: 4318 George Washington Memorial Highway

June 5:

• Richlands: 180 Kents Ridge Rd.
• Vinton: 1090 Bypass Rd.
• Williamsburg: 6610 Mooretown Rd.
• Hampton: 2318 W. Mercury Blvd.
• Norfolk: 1851 E. Little Creek Rd.
• Chesapeake: 1971 Military Highway S.

Five stores opened on May 15, and an additional six stores will reopen on June 5. The cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Hampton, Williamsburg, Vinton, and Richlands will all be getting their Big Lots back tomorrow.

May 15:

• Oak Hill: 291 Mall Road
• Beckley: 4522 Robert C Byrd Drive
• Princeton: 1350 Stafford Drive

The West Virginia Big Lots locations are expected to play a key role in boosting local retail and employment opportunities, especially in the southern and central areas of the state. Job seekers will have to apply with the new ownership, even if they previously were employed there.

The first wave of Big Lots reopening began in April, followed by two waves in May, and a final fourth wave scheduled for June 5. Shoppers will be getting discount retail options, but it may not be quite the same experience under the new ownership.

If you've been missing discount shopping options, grab your favorite cash back credit card and check out a Big Lots reopening near you.