State of the Chains, 2023

State of the Chains, 2023 Report - December 2023 State of the Chains, 2023 Our sixteenth annual ranking of national retailers in New York City finds a 3.1 percent downtick in chain stores across the five boroughs over the past year. [...] The number of chain stores in the city in November 2023 was still 13.8 percent below the total from late 2019—or 1,097 fewer stores than before the pandemic. [...] The pullback in chain retailers over the past year occurred even as the city experienced an increase in people returning to the office and upticks in subway ridership and tourist visits. [...] Some of the notable contractions since the pandemic include:  Metro by T-Mobile (-199, from 468 in 2019 to 269 in 2023) Duane Reade (-106, from 317 in 2019 to 211 in 2023) T-Mobile (-74, from 245 in 2019 to 171 in 2023) Subway (-72, from 287 in 2019 to 215 in 2023) Center for an Urban Future Rite Aid (-65, from 119 in 2019 to 54 in 2023) GNC (-53, from 99 in 2019 to 46 in 2023) 7-Eleven (-36, from. [...] The Bronx contains 11.5 percent and 6 percent are in Staten Island.  Click here to read the full report  and view our comprehensive rankings of national chains in New York City by their number of store locations, the number of store locations in each zip code, zip codes with the most and least number of chains, and zip codes with the most and least number of chains by borough.