Stores Open on Thanksgiving 2026? Walmart, Costco, Target Closed

We update this list as stores confirm their 2026 hours. The statuses below come from each company's own holiday-hours or newsroom page, checked Nov. 6, 2026. Always confirm your local store before you go.

Big-box and warehouse chains that have posted 2026 hours are closed on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026, while many Whole Foods stores open with shorter hours. Walmart, Costco, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot and Lowe’s have confirmed closed doors. Whole Foods Market says many of its stores open with modified hours. This page covers Thanksgiving Day itself; for the morning after, see our Black Friday 2026 store hours.

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving 2026

The table lists what each company has published for 2026 where available, with the year of the source so you can see how current it is.

Store	Thanksgiving Day 2026	Source year
Walmart	Closed	2026 statement
Costco	Closed	2026 holiday notice
Target	Closed	2026 fact sheet (Nov. 5)
Best Buy	Closed	2026 holiday calendar
Home Depot	Closed	2026 holiday hours
Lowe’s	Closed	2026 holiday release
Aldi	2026 hours not posted; check the store locator	aldi.us
Whole Foods Market	Open, modified hours at many stores	Holiday hours page
Dollar General	2026 hours not posted; check the store locator	None posted
Walgreens	Most stores closed; 24-hour locations open	2025 statement

Walmart. In its Oct. 7, 2026 season announcement, Walmart said its “stores will be closed again on Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.” Walmart.com stays open for online orders.

Costco. Costco’s 2026 holiday notice says: “In observance of Thanksgiving, Costco will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026.” Its holiday closures help page also lists Thanksgiving Day among the days its warehouses close. Costco.com continues to take orders.

Target. Target’s 2026 holiday shopping fact sheet, dated Nov. 5, 2026, says all stores are closed on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26. The company first said in a 2021 fact sheet that stores would be closed on Thanksgiving Day moving forward.

Best Buy. Best Buy’s 2026 holiday calendar, posted Oct. 27, 2026, says “Stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.” The company first made the closure its policy in 2020.

Home Depot and Lowe’s. Home Depot’s 2026 holiday store hours list Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, as closed. Lowe’s said in its 2026 holiday release, dated Oct. 8, that its stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Aldi. Aldi closed on Thanksgiving in past years, but it has not posted 2026 holiday hours on aldi.us. Check the Aldi store locator before you go.

Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods says many of its stores open on Thanksgiving with modified hours. Hours vary by location, so check the store’s page before you shop.

Dollar General. Dollar General has not posted 2026 Thanksgiving hours. Check the Dollar General store locator for your store.

Walgreens. For Thanksgiving 2025, Walgreens’ Holiday Hub said most stores were closed while its 24-hour locations stayed open. The company has not yet posted a 2026 note, so this is labeled as the 2025 statement.

Not yet confirmed for 2026

Several large grocery and pharmacy chains have not published Thanksgiving 2026 hours as of Nov. 6. We are not giving them a status here, because last year’s hours are not a promise for this year. Check each chain’s store locator or call your local store: Kroger, Publix, H-E-B, Trader Joe’s, Sam’s Club, CVS, Safeway and Albertsons, Wegmans, Meijer, Starbucks and Cracker Barrel. We add stores to the table above as they confirm.

Mail, banks and the stock market

Thanksgiving is a federal holiday, so government and financial services pause for the day.

Service	Thanksgiving Day 2026	Note
U.S. Postal Service	Postal holiday	Listed among 2026 postal holidays
Banks	Generally closed	Thanksgiving is a Federal Reserve holiday
New York Stock Exchange	Closed	Reopens Fri., Nov. 27 with an early close at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)

The U.S. Postal Service lists Thursday, Nov. 26 as Thanksgiving Day among its 2026 holidays. The Federal Reserve observes Thanksgiving Day, so banks generally close their branches, though automated teller machines and apps keep working. The New York Stock Exchange is closed Thursday, Nov. 26 and holds a shortened session on Friday, Nov. 27, closing at 1 p.m. ET.

Plan the holiday weekend

Thanksgiving Day is for a short grocery run at best; the bigger shopping starts the next morning. Our Black Friday 2026 store hours list the opening times chains have announced, and our Thanksgiving 2026 planner has a countdown and a cooking checklist. To see why the date lands on Nov. 26 this year, read why Thanksgiving 2026 is November 26. Mark the day on a November 2026 printable calendar, and our pages on when Thanksgiving falls and when Black Friday falls cover both dates year by year.

Print the open-or-closed list

The free printable below puts the Thanksgiving 2026 statuses we could confirm on one US Letter page, with a space to write your own store’s hours. It names stores in text only and uses no logos.