Home Depot Plans 12 New U.S. Stores in 2026, Adding Thousands of Jobs

Home Depot announced plans to open 12 new U.S. stores across eight states in 2026, adding more than 1.6 million square feet of retail space and what the company describes as thousands of career opportunities stretching from Southern California to the Florida peninsula.

The March 17 announcement spotlights Store #1348 in Leander, Texas, a 146,000-square-foot location at 9541 183A Toll FR Rd that will carry full tool-rental capabilities, a larger garden center, and new merchandising displays. The store is expected to bring more than 150 jobs to the community when it opens this spring, making it one of the more closely watched openings in the batch given Leander's rapid residential growth north of Austin.

Daniel Corbell, the Leander store's designated manager, said the timing fits the market. "There is a special kind of energy when you're building a team from the ground up," Corbell said. "Leander is growing fast, and we're here to make sure every home builder and homeowner has the tools they need to succeed."

Leander joins Buckeye, Arizona, and Naples, Florida, as spring openings. Three Texas and California locations, including Mission Valley, Celina, and East Dallas, are scheduled for later in the year, as are fall openings in Hot Springs, Arkansas; Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Inverness, Florida; Clinton, Utah; and Cookeville, Tennessee. Hardware Retailing also reported a Penitas, Texas location among the fall openings, though that city did not appear in the corporate release excerpt.

Each of the 12 stores is being built with a consistent set of updated features: flexible checkout areas, specialty showrooms, new merchandising displays, larger garden centers, dedicated storage for buy-online-pickup-in-store orders, and a full-service tool rental center stocked with pro-grade equipment. For associates who work the tool rental desk or run the pro desk, that last item signals an intent to keep serious contractors in the store rather than sending them to specialty rental houses.

Ann-Marie Campbell, Home Depot's senior executive vice president, pointed to internal metrics as evidence the broader store investment is landing. "We're excited about all of the progress we've made in our stores. And our efforts are paying off," Campbell said, adding that customer satisfaction scores rose every quarter in 2025 and that hourly associate tenure is now at its highest level since 2017.

The expansion comes as a number of other retailers have been shrinking their physical footprints. Home Depot's build-out is concentrated heavily in Sun Belt metros and fast-growth suburbs, the kind of markets where new housing construction and aging starter-home stock both drive consistent demand for lumber, fixtures, and the skilled-trades knowledge that experienced associates bring to the floor every shift.