After quietly shrinking its retail footprint over the past year, one of the nation's largest office supply chains is set to close more stores in August, extending its ongoing effort to adapt to changing consumer demand.
As online shopping grows in popularity and digital tools replace many paper-based workflows, retailers focused on workplace products have been forced to rethink their physical footprints. Rising operating costs and an uncertain economic environment have only accelerated that shift.
Founded in 1986 in Brighton, Massachusetts, Staples grew into one of the country's largest providers of office supplies, expanding to more than 900 U.S. stores.
Today, however, demand for traditional workplace essentials has weakened as consumers and businesses increasingly rely on digital tools and online purchasing.
Staples will close two locations across two states in August 2026, according to local reports by the Santa Barbara News-Press and Greater Long Island.
Goleta, California: 7015 Market Pl Dr, closing after more than 27 years.
Levittown, New York: 2981-2991 Hempstead Tpke, closing after more than 15 years.
The Goleta closure marks the end of Staples' presence in Santa Barbara County, while the Levittown shutdown leaves the Long Island suburb without a Staples store. Despite the closures, Staples still operates approximately 114 locations in California and 64 in New York.
The latest closures continue Staples' broader consolidation strategy.
According to ScrapeHero, Staples' U.S. store count declined from 929 locations in October 2025 to 916 by January 2026, a net decrease of 13 stores in just four months.
Store shutdowns have continued throughout 2026, according to Usearch data, including:
Astoria, New York: 24-41 31st St
Bayside, New York: 209-34 Northern Blvd
Waterville, Maine: 40 Waterville Commons Dr
Frederick, Maryland: 5557 Urbana Pike
Chicopee, Massachusetts: 591 Memorial Dr
Whitehall Square, Pennsylvania: 2180 MacArthur Rd
Those closures are part of a long-running effort to streamline Staples' store network as the office supplies market undergoes structural change.
Staples' challenges have been building for more than a decade as consumer purchasing habits shifted away from traditional office supplies and toward digital solutions and online shopping.
Former Staples CEO Ron Sargent acknowledged as early as 2014 that customers were buying fewer office products while increasingly shopping online, making it harder for stores to generate higher-margin add-on sales, according to reporting by The Motley Fool's Dan Caplinger.
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