Trader Joe’s announced on Tuesday that it plans to open seven new stores, with the locations spread out across the country.
On the East Coast, Trader Joe’s intends to add locations in Columbia, South Carolina; Melbourne, Florida; Hamden, Connecticut; and Williamsville, New York. On the West Coast, Trader Joe’s is looking to open stores in Costa Mesa, California, and Lacey, Washington. The grocer also has a new Texas location slated for Kingwood.
Trader Joe’s did not provide expected opening dates for the locations.
All of the new stores will be in states where Trader Joe’s has already set up shop, although the Columbia location will help fill out its sparse presence in South Carolina, where the grocer only operates four stores.
Including the seven announced this week, Trader Joe’s has unveiled plans for 30 yet-to-open locations since the start of 2025.
So far this year, Trader Joe’s has announced 12 store openings, four of which took place in California. Trader Joe’s is currently on pace with last year’s store fleet growth. By comparison, the chain opened 11 stores during the first nine months of 2024 — a third of its total net-new store tally for the year.
Where Trader Joe’s has opened stores so far in 2025
In 2024, Trader Joe’s held the bulk of its grand openings in the last three months of the year.
Trader Joe’s recorded a grocery market share gain of less than 1% from mid-2020 to June 30, 2025, according to market share data collected by research firm Numerator. In an analysis of 20 grocers, Trader Joe’s saw higher market share gains over the five-year period than Whole Foods Market, H-E-B, Wegmans, Albertsons, Ahold Delhaize and Kroger, Numerator found.
In March, Placer.ai found that Trader Joe’s and Aldi were both increasing their hold on customers, with the chains each seeing a smaller share of shoppers visit other stores just before or after stopping at their locations in 2024 compared with the year prior.
Trader Joe’s currently runs stores across 42 states and Washington, D.C.
