CheckingHours is a free guide to opening hours across the United States. We collect, check and publish the hours of the shops, restaurants, banks, pharmacies, gyms and public offices people visit every day, so you can plan a trip without a wasted journey or a closed door.
What we do
Every listing on CheckingHours answers two simple questions: what time does this place open, and what time does it close? Alongside regular weekly hours, we publish holiday hours, early-closing days and the exceptions that catch people out, such as reduced Sunday trading and public-holiday schedules.
Our coverage includes:
- Grocery stores and supermarkets, department stores, discount stores and wholesale clubs
- Restaurants, cafés and fast-food chains
- Banks, pharmacies and personal-care shops
- Gyms and fitness centres, theme parks and self-storage sites
- Electronics, home-improvement, office-supply and auto-parts retailers
- Shipping and delivery points, and public offices
How we collect and check hours
We start with the official source wherever one exists: the brand’s own store locator, its published opening times and its holiday notices. Where a brand does not publish hours for a location, we cross-check the information against other reliable listings and reader reports before we publish anything.
Hours are not a one-off job. We re-check listings on a regular cycle, we review them again before major holidays, and we update a page as soon as a correction reaches us and can be verified. Every article carries a last-verified note so you can see how fresh the information is. You can read the full process on our Methodology page.
Why opening hours matter
A wrong opening time is more than an inconvenience. It can mean a missed prescription, a wasted drive to a bank before a deadline, or a family arriving at a theme park after the gates have closed. Reliable hours help people with caring duties, shift workers and anyone planning around school runs and public transport to use their time well.
That is why we treat accuracy as the whole point of this site. We would rather mark hours as unconfirmed than publish a guess, and we would rather correct a page quickly than leave a mistake standing.
Get in touch
If you spot hours that are out of date, if you run a business and want your listing corrected, or if you would like to work with us, please write to extractingtextfromimage.com@gmail.com. You can also reach us through our Contact Us page. We read every message and aim to reply within two working days.