Department stores in the US

Our maps cover 11 department stores in the US. The biggest is Ross Dress for Less, with about 2,000 locations in 45 states, followed by T.J. Maxx (about 1,300) and Marshalls (about 1,200). Ross Dress for Less has the most locations in 27 of the 50 states.

Biggest department stores in each state

State	Most locations	Locations	Runner-up	Locations
Alabama	Ross Dress for Less	30	T.J. Maxx	30
Alaska	Burlington	2	JCPenney	1
Arizona	Ross Dress for Less	80	Marshalls	27
Arkansas	T.J. Maxx	16	JCPenney	10
California	Ross Dress for Less	384	Marshalls	152
Colorado	Ross Dress for Less	37	Kohl's	23
Connecticut	T.J. Maxx	24	Marshalls	23
Delaware	Kohl's	5	Burlington	3
District of Columbia	T.J. Maxx	3	Marshalls	2
Florida	Bealls	223	Ross Dress for Less	212
Georgia	Ross Dress for Less	66	T.J. Maxx	52
Hawaii	Ross Dress for Less	19	T.J. Maxx	5
Idaho	Ross Dress for Less	13	T.J. Maxx	7
Illinois	Ross Dress for Less	92	Kohl's	64
Indiana	Kohl's	42	Ross Dress for Less	36
Iowa	Kohl's	18	T.J. Maxx	14
Kansas	Ross Dress for Less	15	Kohl's	12
Kentucky	Bealls	26	Ross Dress for Less	19
Louisiana	Ross Dress for Less	20	T.J. Maxx	20
Maine	Kohl's	5	T.J. Maxx	5
Maryland	Ross Dress for Less	35	Marshalls	26
Massachusetts	Marshalls	51	T.J. Maxx	49
Michigan	Kohl's	44	T.J. Maxx	35
Minnesota	Kohl's	29	Marshalls	18
Mississippi	Bealls	17	Ross Dress for Less	13
Missouri	Ross Dress for Less	35	Kohl's	27
Montana	Ross Dress for Less	7	T.J. Maxx	5
Nebraska	Ross Dress for Less	10	Kohl's	9
Nevada	Ross Dress for Less	37	Burlington	18
New Hampshire	T.J. Maxx	12	Kohl's	9
New Jersey	Marshalls	49	T.J. Maxx	39
New Mexico	Ross Dress for Less	20	JCPenney	9
New York	Marshalls	78	T.J. Maxx	74
North Carolina	Ross Dress for Less	54	T.J. Maxx	37
North Dakota	T.J. Maxx	6	JCPenney	5
Ohio	Kohl's	58	T.J. Maxx	49
Oklahoma	Ross Dress for Less	28	Bealls	21
Oregon	Ross Dress for Less	36	Marshalls	15
Pennsylvania	Ross Dress for Less	60	T.J. Maxx	51
Rhode Island	Burlington	6	Marshalls	6
South Carolina	Ross Dress for Less	31	T.J. Maxx	23
South Dakota	Kohl's	4	Ross Dress for Less	3
Tennessee	Ross Dress for Less	45	Bealls	34
Texas	Ross Dress for Less	247	Marshalls	105
Utah	Ross Dress for Less	29	T.J. Maxx	16
Vermont	T.J. Maxx	6	Kohl's	3
Virginia	Ross Dress for Less	41	T.J. Maxx	41
Washington	Ross Dress for Less	51	Marshalls	23
West Virginia	Bealls	10	Kohl's	8
Wisconsin	Kohl's	42	Ross Dress for Less	31
Wyoming	Ross Dress for Less	4	JCPenney	3

All 11 department stores on our maps

Chain	Locations	States	Most in
Ross Dress for Less	1,996	45	California
T.J. Maxx	1,286	49	California
Marshalls	1,203	48	California
Kohl's	1,150	49	California
Burlington	849	47	California
Bealls	661	23	Florida
JCPenney	622	49	Texas
Macy's	395	43	California
dd's DISCOUNTS	384	24	California
Dillard's	272	30	Texas
Nordstrom	101	28	California

Store locations from All the Places (data from October 2026), with gaps filled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Only chains on our maps with at least 25 locations are listed, so smaller local chains are missing. Counts can be a little off as stores open and close.