Electronics Retailer Micro Center Is Finally Expanding With 3 New Stores
Ever dreamed of living near a Micro Center store to fulfill all your PC building needs? In some good news, the electronics retailer plans on opening three new locations, the first of which will arrive in Indiana this summer.
On Thursday, Micro Center officially confirmed the new store will land in Indianapolis after local newspapers reported(Opens in a new window) the development last month. In addition, the retailer plans on opening two other stores by 2025, which was first reported(Opens in a new window) by Tom’s Hardware. Micro Center has yet to disclose the locations, though.
The expansion marks the first time in years that Micro Center has added new outlets. Founded in 1979, the Columbus, Ohio, retailer currently has 25 locations across the US and many of them have become popular places to buy PC parts, especially for graphics cards during the great GPU shortage of 2020-2021.
Although Best Buy’s own physical stores can carry PC parts, Micro Center is known for offering a far larger selection of components and computer products, including Raspberry Pis, making it a candy shop for PC enthusiasts. The problem is that Micro Center only has locations in 16 states, denying a wide number of US consumers from physically shopping at the retailer.
But on Thursday, a Micro Center spokesperson said it’s “an exciting time for growth” for the retailer. Although demand for PCs has fallen from the pandemic highs, the company expects it can grow revenue from $2.1 billion in 2022 to $2.2 billion in 2023 and then $2.4 billion in 2024, according to Tom’s Hardware, which notes Micro Center is focusing on sales through physical store locations, rather than e-commerce.
The last time Micro Center opened a new location was in 2014 with
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