Black Friday Planner 2026: Store Opening Times From 5 a.m., Printable

On Friday, Nov. 27, 2026, Kohl’s and JCPenney reopen at 5 a.m. local time, and Walmart, Target, The Home Depot and Dick’s Sporting Goods open at 6 a.m., according to each company’s own 2026 announcement. The free Black Friday 2026 shopping planner (PDF) puts those times in order and leaves blank rows for your route, items, budget, ad price and each store’s price-match rule.

Black Friday 2026 opening times, earliest first

Every row below comes from the store’s own statement. Closing times are left out: only Hobby Lobby’s statement gives one for Black Friday. For the full hours story and more stores, see Black Friday 2026 store hours.

Opens on Fri., Nov. 27	Store	What the store said	Thanksgiving, Thu., Nov. 26
5 a.m. local time	Kohl’s	“reopen at 5 a.m. local time on Friday, Nov. 27”	Closed
5 a.m. local time	JCPenney	“opening at 5 a.m. local time on Black Friday”	Closed
6 a.m. local time	Walmart	“in stores on November 27 at 6 a.m. local time”	Closed (Walmart, Oct. 7)
6 a.m. local time	Target	“Stores open at 6 a.m. local time”	“All stores closed”
6 a.m.	The Home Depot	“Black Friday Fri., Nov. 27 Open 6 a.m.”	Closed
6 a.m. local time	Dick’s Sporting Goods	“before doors open on Black Friday at 6:00 a.m”	Closed
8 a.m. to 9 p.m.	Hobby Lobby	“Friday after Thanksgiving – 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.”	Closed
Closed all day	Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)	“all REI stores, distribution centers, call centers and headquarters will be closed”	Not mentioned in the release

REI’s release, issued through PR Newswire on Nov. 2, 2026, covers Nov. 27 only; its Black Friday closure story has the details.

Which stores have not announced Black Friday hours?

Four chains say they are closed on Thanksgiving but had not posted a Black Friday opening time when this was checked on Nov. 15, 2026. The planner prints them as “Closed Thanksgiving; Black Friday hours not yet announced”.

• Best Buy: “Stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.” Its Oct. 27 holiday calendar lists 10 days of doorbusters starting Nov. 19.
• Lowe’s: its Oct. 8 release says its stores “will remain closed on Thanksgiving Day”.
• Costco: “In observance of Thanksgiving, Costco will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026.” Its Black Friday savings are valid Nov. 27-30.
• IKEA: its customer service page lists Thanksgiving and Christmas Day as closed.

Macy’s and Sam’s Club Thanksgiving status is not confirmed here. Macy’s and BJ’s pages refused automated access, so nothing from them is used.

Sale windows to write on the planner

Opening times matter less when the deal is online. These start dates come from each company’s own release.

Store	Sale window	Source date
Walmart	Black Friday Deals on Walmart.com from 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov. 23	Oct. 26, 2026
Target	Early Black Friday deals Nov. 5-7	Nov. 5, 2026
The Home Depot	Black Friday sale Nov. 5 to 25	Oct. 29, 2026
JCPenney	Black Friday deals Nov. 20 to 29	Nov. 2, 2026
Kohl’s	Black Friday Week, Sun., Nov. 22 to Sat., Nov. 28	Oct. 30, 2026
Dick’s Sporting Goods	Deals Nov. 22 to Dec. 5	Nov. 10, 2026
Best Buy	10 days of doorbusters from Nov. 19	Oct. 27, 2026

What the price-match column is for

Three stores state limits that matter when an ad price beats the store’s own. Best Buy matches Qualified Competitors but excludes “items denoted as Black Friday pricing” and “items for sale the Thursday before Thanksgiving Day through the Monday after Thanksgiving”, under a policy effective Oct. 30, 2026. Walmart does not match competitors and excludes “Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals”; the policies page it cites says it was updated June 8, 2023. Target matches only Target.com and Target’s digital ad, with a holiday window of Nov. 1 to Dec. 24, 2026. Write the store’s rule in that column before you drive anywhere; price-match policies for more stores has the rest.

How to use the Black Friday 2026 planner

1. Pick the stores from the table above and list them by opening time, earliest first.
2. Fill the Item, Budget and Ad price cells from the ads you are following, and add the budget column at the bottom.
3. Note each store’s price-match rule so you do not count on a match the store excludes.
4. Use the four lines under the table for online sales and their start dates.

Banks, mail and markets keep their own schedule that day; what is open on Nov. 27 covers them. Thanksgiving itself falls on Thursday, Nov. 26; see when is Black Friday for the date logic and the November 2026 printable calendar for the whole month.