(NEXSTAR) — Is your neighborhood lacking a grocery store that could easily double as a well-lit tiki bar? That may change in the coming year.
Trader Joe’s currently has plans to open 21 new locations across a dozen states and Washington, D.C., according to the “Opening Soon” section of the company’s website. A representative for Trader Joe’s said the company is unable to confirm when each location will open, but a spokesperson previously told Nexstar that at least 10 of the stores are expected to be operating by the end of 2025.
The Trader Joe’s website indicates that its coming stores will be opening in the following locations:
Alabama
Hoover — 1771 Montgomery Highway
California
Northridge — 9224 Reseda Boulevard
Sherman Oaks — 14140 Riverside Drive
Tarzana —18700 Ventura Boulevard
Tracy — 2530 Naglee Road
Yucaipa – 31545 Yucaipa Boulevard
Colorado
Westminster — 9350 Sheridan Boulevard
Washington, D.C.
Friendship Heights — 5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Brookland — 701 Monroe Street, NE
Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana — 2501 Tulane Avenue
Maryland
Rockville — 225 N. Washington Street
Massachusetts
Boston — 1999 Centre Street
New Jersey
Iselin — 675 US-1
New York
Staten Island — 6400 Amboy Road
Glenmont — 388 Feura Bush Road
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City — 6920 Northwest Expressway
Pennsylvania
Berwyn — 550 Lancaster Avenue
Exton — 125 West Lincoln Highway
South Carolina
Myrtle Beach — 115 SayeBrook Parkway
Texas
San Antonio — 11745 I-10 West
Washington
Bellingham, Washington 4255 Meridian Street, Suite 200
Limited information about select planned locations can be found on the Trader Joe’s “Announcements” page, under the “Store Openings” tab. (Consumers can also find out whether their closest location will offer beer or wine on the “Opening Soon” webpage.)
A Trader Joe’s grocery store is pictured on February 28, 2025, in San Diego, California. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
When selecting a location for a new store, Trader Joe’s marketing executives Tara Miller and Matt Sloan explained in a recent episode of the “Inside Trader Joe’s” podcast that the company seeks out spaces that meet specific criteria for population density, traffic patterns and parking availability, among other factors.
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The two also emphasized that Trader Joe’s is very deliberate about its “controlled growth,” and may even avoid moving into spaces that housed former chain grocery stores, as it wouldn’t “feel” like a Trader Joe’s.
Letter-writing campaigns or petitions to bring a Trader Joe’s to a certain area will also usually fall on deaf ears, Miller and Sloan suggested.
“Our decisions, they’re business decisions. We’re excited when people are excited about us, but that’s really not what’s driving the decisions about what brings a Trader Joe’s,” Miller said.
