The Home Depot Labor Day Sale is your last chance to get summer markdowns and your first chance at fall savings. While we see better landscaping discounts during spring sales, you’ll still find solid Home Depot deals on outdoor grills, tools, air filters, and seasonal Home Depot plants. If you want to stretch your savings even further, try a few of our favorite Home Depot shopping hacks while you shop.
In 2025, The Home Depot kicked off its Labor Day Sale on Thursday, Aug. 21, and wrapped it up on Wednesday, Sept. 3. We’re expecting the 2026 sale to follow the same pattern, running Thursday, Aug. 20, through Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Stores will be open regular hours (6 a.m. - 10 p.m. local time), and nearly all deals will also be available online and in the Home Depot app.
By the way, keep an eye out for fresh Home Depot Halloween arrivals — they restock right around Labor Day.
Home Depot's Labor Day Sale is a 2-week event with price drops on fall plants, air filters, and more.
During Home Depot's Labor Day Sale, the home improvement store discounts tools, outdoor grills, and smokers. The Labor Day sale also features special deals on plants like mums and fall foliage.
KCL predicts the Home Depot Labor Day Sale will start on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026.
Although Home Depot hasn't announced the dates for their 2026 Labor Day sale, we expect the deals to start Thursday, Aug. 27, 2025, and run through Wednesday, Sept. 9. Deals will be available in-store and online. In addition to deals, Home Depot will be restocking Home Depot Halloween products.
How do we make our prediction?
Since 2017, this sale has largely started on the Thursday before Labor Day weekend. But in 2024, they kicked off the sale TWO Thursdays before Labor Day. So with that in mind, that would put our 2026 predicted start date at Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026.
Now, the exact length of the sale has varied over the years — and has often gone beyond Labor Day itself — but we’re predicting it to last through Labor Day. Here are the start dates of the Home Depot Labor Day Sale in recent years:
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Thursday, Aug 21, 2025
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Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024
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Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023
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Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022
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Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021
Best Deals From The Home Depot Labor Day Sale 2025
Fall Mums, Up to 61% Off
Home Depot had 2.5-quart mums on sale, two for $10 (regularly $7.98 each). Some regions also had pint mums for $0.99 (regularly $1.98), and even spot 10-inch hanging mum baskets for $5 (regularly $12.98) — 61% off.
Tropical Houseplants, 2 for $20
In select regions, Vigoro 8-inch tropical houseplants were two for $20. The ad showed a monstera included, which worked out to just $10 each — a great price for that size.
HDX Air Filters, 50% Off
Home Depot’s annual Labor Day deal came back: buy two and get two free HDX air filters. That’s essentially half off, and it’s the best time to stock up.
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