The first Sears retail store opened in Chicago on February 2, 1925. This store included an optical shop and a soda fountain. Today, Sears operates more than 2,300 Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the U.S. and Canada, which include approximately 870 full-line and 1,300 specialty stores in the U.S.

For more information on select histories of Sears store openings, click on the appropriate link below.

Select store histories:

• Sears first stores
• Chicago: Oldest continuously operating stores
• Chicago: Irving Park Store
• Indiana: Evansville
• Iowa: Mason City
• Massachusetts
• New York
• North Carolina
• Texas: Dallas and Fort Worth

Note: This list is by no means comprehensive, but offers a range of information for those interested in the historical perspectives on the Sears stores.