Your Guide to What’s Open and Closed This New Year’s Eve and Day 2025
Plan your New Year’s celebrations with ease! Discover what’s open and closed on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 2025, including grocery stores, retail shops, pharmacies, banks, and postal services.
Whether it’s the start or end of the year, some errands often need attention.
In 2025, New Year’s Eve falls on a Wednesday, with New Year’s Day on Thursday. Many retailers, grocery stores, and pharmacies will remain open during this period, though some will have modified hours.
Here’s a comprehensive guide to what’s open and closed on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, 2025:
Albertsons Companies—including ACME, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, Randalls, Safeway, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb, and Vons—will operate with reduced hours on New Year’s Eve and Day. Select store pharmacies may have limited hours on New Year’s Day, so check with your local branch for details.
Most Kroger family stores, such as Baker’s, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, King Soopers, Mariano’s, Ralphs, and Smith’s, will maintain regular hours.
Costco will be closed on New Year’s Day, while Sam’s Club will close at 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and remain closed on New Year’s Day.
Aldi will close early on New Year’s Eve and stay closed on New Year’s Day. Whole Foods will operate with limited hours on both days, and Trader Joe’s will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and remain closed on New Year’s Day.
Walmart and Target will remain open on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, although some Target locations may close early on New Year’s Eve.
Home Depot will close early, at 6 p.m., on New Year’s Eve and operate from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on New Year’s Day. Lowe’s will follow a similar schedule, closing at 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and opening from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
Macy’s will operate from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and maintain regular hours on New Year’s Day. Kohl’s will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on New Year’s Day. Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack will offer limited hours on both days.
CVS Pharmacy will remain open, though some locations may have reduced hours. Walgreens will also operate with limited hours on New Year’s Eve and will close on New Year’s Day.
Rite Aid will be open on New Year’s Eve but closed on New Year’s Day.
Most banks, following Federal Reserve holidays, will close on New Year’s Day. Mobile banking services and ATMs will remain accessible.
Bank of America and Wells Fargo branches will close on New Year’s Day, as will the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, with no trading activities.
USPS will not process or deliver mail on New Year’s Day.
UPS will provide Domestic Ground, Air, and International services on New Year’s Eve, with limited locations open both days. UPS Express Critical will remain available throughout.
FedEx will operate on New Year’s Eve with limited services for Express, Freight, and Office operations. However, all FedEx services, except Custom Critical, will be closed on New Year’s Day.
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