Big Lots Closing Stores 2024 Locations. The company operates 1,389 locations according to its site as of friday, which is down from 1,425 at the start of 2023. Big lots is closing down stores in 2024 after a tough first quarter, with the troubled discount retailer initially planning to shutter 35 to 40 locations.

The chain announced the closures about one month after it gave notice to the. The discount retail chain big lots will be closing dozens of stores this year, though the fate of massachusetts locations are unknown.