B
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9%
9% -- retail store closure rate for US retail sector (2026)
Around 9% of all retail stores in the US (approximately 80,000 stores) are projected to close by 2026 if e-commerce sales continue to rise.
- Conditional on e-commerce sales continuing their upward trend
- Projection/forecast by UBS reported via CNBC
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9%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
UBS
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Tier C
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UBS
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UBS projection reported by CNBC; secondary citation in agency blog
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US retail sector: 9% retail store closure rate. Source: UBS (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-retail-store-closure-percentage-2026
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