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Walmart Is Closing Its First Stores of 2024 (Is Yours One of Them?)

Walmart's latest move has customers and employees alike worried.

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Updated July 2, 2025
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Walmart is a great place to shop if you want to save on groceries and other items. But in some places, shoppers no longer have as many Walmart stores to shop at as they did previously.

With the popularity of online shopping, many retailers are pulling back on brick-and-mortar locations, and that includes Walmart. In fact, the retail giant just closed some of its first stores in 2024. 

Here are six stores the retailer has closed this year. 

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California

Tupungato/Adobe Walmart store in Ridgecrest California

Closed locations:

San Diego (2121 Imperial Ave.)

El Cajon, California (605 Fletcher Pkwy)

West Covina, California (2753 E. Eastland Center Drive)

Walmart closed its location in San Diego on February 9. For this location in particular, the retailer mentioned it could not reach an agreement with the property owner and decided to not move forward with another lease.

The El Cajon also closed on February 9, while the West Covina location closed on March 29. Both of these locations did not preform well and did not meet financial expectations.


Ohio

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Closed location: 3579 S. High St

Walmart shut its doors to its Ohio location due to financial troubles. This location said its final goodbyes on February 16. 


Maryland

M. Suhail/Adobe utica Walmart store with organic food items on shelves for sale

Closed location: 1238 Putty Hill Avenue, Towson, Maryland

The town of Towson said farewell to its location on April 5. The reason for its closure was due to not meeting financial expectations. 

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Wisconsin

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Closed location: 7025 W. Main Street

Milwaukee's neighborhood market location is expected to shut its doors on May 17 due to low performance. 

Walmart lovers still have time to visit this location one last time before it's closure.

Bottom line

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Retailers across the country are tightening their belts through layoffs and store closures as they prepare to weather what many believe to be a coming recession.

If you live in one of these communities, your grocery bills might be a bit higher now. Taking a part-time job, developing a side hustle, or finding another way to make more cash might be your best option for staying ahead of these higher costs.

Walmart may cut costs in the short term, but there will be long-term implications for communities that might struggle to find alternatives to the cheap food, medicine, and household supplies that these shuttered Walmarts leave behind.

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