Michigan has 41 closed Big Lots stores: 3.5% of the US total of 1,171. That ranks #8 by count and #14 per person (0.4 per 100,000 residents) of 51.
Source: AllThePlaces (store-locator data), runs of 31 August 2024 and 28 June 2025, June 2025. Stores in the August 2024 snapshot that are gone from the June 2025 one. Big Lots had 1,389 stores in August 2024; about 220 reopened or survived under new owners.
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