Is your neighborhood lacking a grocery store that could easily double as a well-lit tiki bar? That may change in the coming year.
Trader Joe’s currently has plans to open 21 new locations across a dozen states and Washington, D.C., according to the “Opening Soon” section of the company’s website. A representative for Trader Joe’s said the company is unable to confirm when each location will open, but a spokesperson previously told Nexstar that at least 10 of the stores are expected to be operating by the end of 2025.
The Trader Joe’s website indicates that its coming stores will be opening in the following locations:
Alabama
- Hoover — 1771 Montgomery Highway
California
- Northridge — 9224 Reseda Boulevard
- Sherman Oaks — 14140 Riverside Drive
- Tarzana —18700 Ventura Boulevard
- Tracy — 2530 Naglee Road
- Yucaipa – 31545 Yucaipa Boulevard
Colorado
- Westminster — 9350 Sheridan Boulevard
Washington, D.C.
- Friendship Heights — 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW
- Brookland — 701 Monroe Street, NE
Louisiana
- New Orleans, Louisiana — 2501 Tulane Avenue
Maryland
- Rockville — 225 N. Washington Street
Massachusetts
- Boston — 1999 Centre Street
New Jersey
- Iselin — 675 US-1
New York
- Staten Island — 6400 Amboy Road
- Glenmont — 388 Feura Bush Road
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City — 6920 Northwest Expressway
Pennsylvania
- Berwyn — 550 Lancaster Avenue
- Exton — 125 West Lincoln Highway
South Carolina
- Myrtle Beach — 115 SayeBrook Parkway
Texas
- San Antonio — 11745 I-10 West
Washington
- Bellingham, Washington 4255 Meridian Street, Suite 200
Limited information about select planned locations can be found on the Trader Joe’s “Announcements” page, under the “Store Openings” tab. (Consumers can also find out whether their closest location will offer beer or wine on the “Opening Soon” webpage.)
When selecting a location for a new store, Trader Joe’s marketing executives Tara Miller and Matt Sloan explained in a recent episode of the “Inside Trader Joe’s” podcast that the company seeks out spaces that meet specific criteria for population density, traffic patterns and parking availability, among other factors.
The two also emphasized that Trader Joe’s is very deliberate about its “controlled growth,” and may even avoid moving into spaces that housed former chain grocery stores, as it wouldn’t “feel” like a Trader Joe’s.
Letter-writing campaigns or petitions to bring a Trader Joe’s to a certain area will also usually fall on deaf ears, Miller and Sloan suggested.
“Our decisions, they’re business decisions. We’re excited when people are excited about us, but that’s really not what’s driving the decisions about what brings a Trader Joe’s,” Miller said.
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