Starbucks Is Closing Several Stores in 2025. Is Your Area Affected?

Starbucks is just the latest company to be affected by inflation’s grip. A new report suggests that at least a dozen stores will close in 2025. Here’s what we know so far, including what areas are most affected by these closures.

A Partial List of 2025 Starbucks Closures

Newsweek is reporting that the following is a list of Starbucks stores that have already closed, or are about to close, in 2025:

• 99 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA, set to close Feb. 9
• 1799 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA, closed
• 2222 Fillmore St., San Francisco, CA, closed
• 166 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, NY, set to close Jan. 30
• 1851 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown, PA, closed
• 1046 W Patrick St., Frederick, MD, closed
• 1201 Elm St., Dallas, TX, closed
• 1001 N Arney Road, Woodburn, OR, closed
• 12000 SE 82nd Ave. Clackamas Town, Center, Happy Valley, OR, closed
• 10201 W 75th St., Overland Park, KS, closed
• 145 W Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA, closed
• 751 N Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL, closed

“Despite our heightened investments, we were unable to change the trajectory of our traffic decline, resulting in pressures in both our top-line and bottom-line,” said Starbucks CFO Rachel Ruggeri in a statement attached to its preliminary financial results last October. “While our efficiency efforts continued to produce according to plan, they were not enough to outpace the impact of the decline in traffic.”

The statement continued: “We are developing a plan to turn around our business, but it will take time. We want to amplify our confidence in the business, and provide some certainty as we drive our turnaround. For that reason, we have increased our dividend.”

“As part of Starbucks’ standard course of business, we continually evaluate our business to ensure a healthy store portfolio,” an unnamed representative for the coffee company told SFGATE, per Newsweek, following the series of San Francisco store closures.

Could Ending the Open-Door Policy Have Something To Do With It?

While it isn’t immediately clear what caused this series of closures, the company’s reneging on its open-door policy may have contributed to its declining sales.

Starbucks is reversing its open-door policy after nearly seven years, requiring customers to purchase something in order to stay or use the toilets.

The new policy, outlined in a Code of Conduct, will go into effect later this month and will apply to all of the company’s cafés, patios, and bathrooms.

Starbucks representative Jaci Anderson told Good Morning America that the new guidelines are intended to help prioritize paying customers. She stated that numerous other retailers follow similar guidelines.

“We want everyone to feel welcome and comfortable in our stores. Implementing a Coffeehouse Code of Conduct is something most retailers already have and is a practical step that helps us prioritize our paying customers who want to sit and enjoy our cafes or need to use the restroom during their visit,” said Anderson.

“This means our cafes, patios, and restrooms are for customers and partners,” Anderson continued. “By setting clear expectations for behavior and use of our spaces, we can create a better environment for everyone. These updates are part of a broader set of changes we are making to enhance the cafe experience as we work to get back to Starbucks.”

The Code of Conduct will be published in all stores and will prohibit actions such as discrimination, harassment, smoking, and panhandling. People who break the guidelines will be asked to leave the store, and personnel may contact law enforcement. Employees will receive training on how to enforce the new policy.

The new guidelines reverse an open-door policy put in place in 2018 after two Black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks where they were meeting for business. The event, captured on film, went viral on social media, sparking nationwide outrage and demands to boycott the chain, prompting Starbucks to apologize and temporarily close 8,000 company-owned stores for mass employee training on countering racial bias.