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Sears Hometown Stores
Small-format Sears spinoff, majority-controlled by Eddie Lampert's ESL Investments, which fully acquired it via Transform Holdco in 2019. Filed Chapter 11 in December 2022 and liquidated all remaining stores by early 2023.
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Record updated Sept. 4, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
This record does not identify a current owner. That absence is a gap in the record, not a conclusion about ownership.
1 ownership record has an unresolved current/former status.
Ownership and transaction history
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Feb. 1, 2023
Operations ceased
Operating outcome
Date not recorded
What happened under and after ownership
Operating outcome
No longer meaningfully operating
Transform Holdco, controlled by Eddie Lampert's ESL Investments, acquired the remaining Sears Hometown business in October 2019. The company filed Chapter 11 in December 2022 and converted to Chapter 7 liquidation in February 2023 after losing its lender's support.
No Sears Hometown store or business has operated since the 2023 liquidation.
- Founded
- 2012
- Peak headcount
- 4,500
- Sponsor at closure
- ESL Investments (via Transform Holdco)
- Cleary Gottlieb · Transform Holdco/ESL Investments acquisition of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, $2.25/share deal terms
- Wikipedia · founded 2012 as a Sears Holdings spinoff; peak of about 1,260 stores and 4,500 employees; December 2022 Chapter 11 filing and February 2023 conversion to Chapte
What we do not know
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- No current public ownership assessment has been published.
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