San Mateo, Walnut Creek Pier 1 stores among closures.

Locations in San Francisco, Walnut Creek and Fremont among those set to close

The number of Pier 1 Imports stores around the Bay Area is about to shrink dramatically.

Eight regional Pier 1 stores will be closing in the coming months as part of the Fort Worth, Texas-based retailer’s plans to shutter 450 stores nationwide in an effort to cut costs and remain in business.

Associates at several Pier 1 stores in the Bay Area said they have begun telling customers that their locations would be closing, with some workers saying their stores were likely to shut their doors for good by late April.

Pier 1 didn’t immediately return a request for comment about its store closings.

Here are the locations of Bay Area Pier 1 stores that confirmed they are closing:

• 2003 Chess Dr., San Mateo

• 3535 Geary Blvd., San Francisco

• 20610 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino

• 101 Colma Blvd., Colma

• 39198 Fremont Blvd. (The Hub), Fremont

• 636 Blossom Hill Rd., Los Gatos

• 1087 El Camino Real, Redwood City

• 1902 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Walnut Creek Other stores in the nine-county Bay Area that are set to close include locations in Novato, Santa Rosa, San Rafael and Napa.

Earlier Thursday, Business Insider reported that more than 260 Pier 1 stores had been removed from the company’s website. All of those Bay Area stores confirmed they would be closing.

Some Bay Area stores will remain open. Associates reached at the Pier 1 stores located at 4976 Dublin Blvd., Dublin, 1975 Diamond Blvd., Concord, and 1009 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose, said they have been told their stores are staying open.

Calls to the Pier 1 store at 5739 Lone Tree Way in Antioch were met with a busy signal, and an associate with the Pier 1 at 6835 Camino Arroyo in Gilroy referred questions to the company’s corporate offices.