The BHS store in Huddersfield has escaped the first store closures.
Administrators have failed to find a buyer for the retailer and it will eventually disappear from the high street with the loss of up to 11,000 jobs.
The business will wind down and all 163 BHS shops will close and be sold off to other retailers.
Administrator Duff & Phelps said that 8,000 permanent jobs are likely to be lost and another 3,000 not directly employed by BHS are also at risk.
And they have named the first 20 stores which will close this Saturday (July 23).
They are South Shields, Slough, Truro, Hartlepool, Stirling, Lisburn, High Wycombe, Ashford, Clydebank, Preston, St Helens, Yeovil, Basildon, Southport, Peterborough, Newport, Stratford Upon Avon, Warrington, Wigan and Burton on Trent.
No dates have been set for the other stores to shut.
The BHS store at The Shambles in Huddersfield employs about 60 people. Others facing closure include stores at Wakefield, Leeds city centre, the White Rose shopping centre and Meadowhall.
BHS fell into administration in April, leaving a £571m pensions black hole and sparking an investigation by MPs into its demise.
Previous owner billionaire Sir Philip Green has been criticised for paying a £400m dividend to his family from the business and over his management of the pension scheme.
Dave Gill, national officer for shopworkers union Usdaw said: “We are saddened to hear the administrators for BHS have announced they are closing 20 stores which will impact around 600 staff. We hope that other retailers, including Sir Phillip Green’s Arcadia group, will offer employment to these experienced, dedicated and loyal staff who suddenly find themselves unemployed.
“We believe there is hope for the remaining stores with the administrators continuing to seek buyers and we are still waiting to hear the details of Sir Phillip’s offer to ‘sort’ the pension scheme. In the meantime we are providing the support, advice and representation our members require at this difficult time.”
