Rite Aid closes all remaining stores nationwide

Rite Aid has closed all of its remaining stores nationwide, the company announced on its website, ending more than six decades as a presence on U.S. street corners. The website said, "All Rite Aid stores have now closed. We thank our loyal customers for their many years of support," and directed former customers to resources for locating a new pharmacy and requesting prescription and immunization records. The company’s final locations, in Washington and Oregon, closed on September 29, 2025.

The closures follow years of financial distress that culminated in two Chapter 11 filings. Rite Aid first sought bankruptcy protection in October 2023 amid high debt, falling revenue and legal costs tied to opioid litigation. The company reached a settlement in July 2024 resolving claims that it violated controlled substance regulations for roughly $410 million. It emerged from restructuring in 2024 but filed again in May 2025 and moved to liquidate remaining assets.

Rite Aid’s footprint shrank steadily from 2,451 stores in the first quarter of 2022 to just 89 stores by early September 2025. Customers and local reports in the months before the final closures noted thinning inventories at some...