Homebase to close 33 stores this month after crashing into administration – see the full list
HOMEBASE is set to close 33 stores this month after crashing into administration.
Administrators for the retailer Teneo have confirmed which branches will shut permanently in weeks.
It comes after 13 of the DIY chain's branches shut for good in January.
Shops will close across the UK including in Barnstaple, Daventry, Lewes in February. This is the full list of shops closing:
- Abingdon
- Alnwick
- Antrim
- Barnstaple
- Basildon Vange
- Belfast
- Branksome
- Cannock
- Chester
- Chichester Discovery Park
- Craigavon
- Daventry
- Derby Kingsway
- Folkestone
- Galwally
- Gateshead
- Glenrothes
- Harlow
- Herne Bay
- Hove
- Inverurie
- Ledbury
- Lewes
- Luton
- Newcastle Under Lyme
- Norwich Hall Road
- Norwich Sprowston
- Nottingham Arnold
- Saffron Walden
- Selly Oak
- Sleaford
- Sudbury
- Waltham Cross
Teneo declined to comment when asked what dates the above branches will close in February.
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Homebase fell into administration in November, with up to 70 of the struggling DIY chain's branches bought by CDS Superstores, now trading as Wilko, The Range and Homebase.
But that left around 74 branches at risk of closure if no buyers could be found to take them on.
Teneo has confirmed 13 branches closed last month, including in London, Coventry and Bradford.
Now, the 33 shutting this month will take the full list of branches closing to 46, after six shut before the end of 2024.
Of the 74 sites put up for sale by Teneo, Sainsbury's is expected to buy three more stores, after securing 10 earlier in 2024.
Last month, B&Q agreed to buy five branches, leaving a then estimated 58 stores which could be closed or sold.
We have asked Teneo how many stores now remain at risk of closure and will update this story when we have heard back.
What is happening to the stores bought by CDS?
CDS Superstores previously said it has bought up to 70 Homebase shops.
It has also taken on the Homebase brand and relaunched its website with thousands of products up for sale.
It is re-purposing and opening some of the former Homebase stores under its The Range brand with Homebase Garden Centres.
Full list of Homebase stores that closed in January
These are the Homebase stores closing after administrators could not find buyers for them:
- Bradford
- Broadstairs
- Cheltenham
- Colchester Stanway
- Coventry
- Derby Chaddesden
- Gloucester
- Hull Hessle
- London Streatham Vale
- Oban
- Oldbury
- Romford
- Wolverhampton
The hybrid branches have already started opening with CDS saying it wants to open three a week over the coming months.
The company plans to open at least 50 before the end of April.
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CDS has already confirmed nine former Homebase locations out of the up to 70 which have opened, or will open.
Pictures of one of the new stores in Bournemouth were revealed earlier this month when it opened.
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