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 the development last month. In addition, the retailer plans on opening two other stores by 2025, which was first reported 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 stores in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Since then, users have been routinely pleading for the company to expand.
Micro Center has already created a website for the Indianapolis store, which will reside at 5702 E 86th St. and span 35,000 square feet. Local residents can register on the website to receive a coupon for a free 128GB flash drive once the location opens.
“The newest flagship store will have thousands of products, a newly designed store layout, and offer computer and repair services at the in-store Knowledge Bar,” Micro Center said in the announcement. “It will have more PC hardware inventory, including graphics cards, than any computer part store in the US.”