Sign in

Private company

Ocean State Job Lot

Logo: Marc Perlman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American discount store chain

Ocean State Job Lot (abbreviation: OSJL or simply Job Lot) is a northeastern American chain of discount closeout retailers founded in Rhode Island in 1977. In addition to its origin state, it operates stores throughout the Northeastern United States, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, and New Jersey.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1977Founded1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Ocean State Job Lot (Jewett City, Connecticut) (41239986271)
Photo: JJBers from Willimantic, Connecticut, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Ocean State Job Lot (abbreviation: OSJL or simply Job Lot) is a northeastern American chain of discount closeout retailers founded in Rhode Island in 1977. In addition to its origin state, it operates stores throughout the Northeastern United States, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, and New Jersey.2

Timeline

  1. 1977Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4