Ross Stores

Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) is the largest off-price apparel and home fashion retailer in the United States, operating over 1,700 Ross Dress for Less and 320+ dd's DISCOUNTS stores across 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. The company sources a broad assortment of in-season, name-brand merchandise at deep discounts (20-60% below department and specialty store prices) through opportunistic buying. Ross operates a highly efficient supply chain powered by AI-driven inventory management, distribution automation, and integrated supplier and partner technology platforms.

Ross Stores is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Fashion, Fortune 500, Off-Price Retail, Retail, and Supply Chain.

The Ross Stores catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

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12.3/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 1/100 human only Front door AI 1/6 silent Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

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1 API

Fashion Fortune 500Off-Price RetailRetail Supply Chain

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 12.3/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 1.4 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 0.8 / 17

Access Clarity 0.9 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.6 / 11

Contract Governance 2.4 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document
MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes

12 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 6.7 — up to +23.3 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 4.8 — up to +19.0 composite points
Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Fashion & Apparel (apparel, footwear, textiles)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Ross Stores Supply Chain Technology

Ross Stores operates a sophisticated supply chain technology stack including AI-driven inventory allocation, distribution center automation, and merchandise analytics. The compa...

Ross Stores API pricing

Not yet checked against Ross Stores's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from www.rossstores.com/; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Contact Sales enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Supplier-contract throttling: see partner agreement varies

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Ross Stores's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Ross Stores Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ross Stores Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Ross Stores Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Ross Stores Context

0 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Ross Stores — jsonschema rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Ross Stores Supplier Integration Schema

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Ross Stores Supplier Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Ross Stores Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

Ross Stores Reports Robust First Quarter Sales and ...

Form 10-K for Ross Stores INC filed 04/01/2025

Ross Stores makes drastic decision customers will see in ...

Stanley L. - Ross Stores, Inc.

Ross Stores posts $22.8B sales, EPS $6.61 | ROST Annual ...

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Partner Portal

Partner Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONLD

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Website

Website

Investor Relations

Investor Relations

LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: ross-stores
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ross-stores.png
name: Ross Stores
description: 'Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) is the largest off-price apparel and home fashion retailer in the United States,
  operating over 1,700 Ross Dress for Less and 320+ dd''s DISCOUNTS stores across 43 states, the District of Columbia, and
  Guam. The company sources a broad assortment of in-season, name-brand merchandise at deep discounts (20-60% below department
  and specialty store prices) through opportunistic buying. Ross operates a highly efficient supply chain powered by AI-driven
  inventory management, distribution automation, and integrated supplier and partner technology platforms.'
type: Index
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ross-stores/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Fashion
- Fortune 500
- Off-Price Retail
- Retail
- Supply Chain
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: ross-stores:ross-stores-supply-chain-api
  name: Ross Stores Supply Chain Technology
  description: Ross Stores operates a sophisticated supply chain technology stack including AI-driven inventory allocation,
    distribution center automation, and merchandise analytics. The company is investing approximately $1.1B in capital expenditures
    in 2026, with significant portions allocated to distribution center technology, supply chain automation, and store-level
    inventory systems.
  humanURL: https://corporate.rossstores.com/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://corporate.rossstores.com/responsibility/
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Automation
  - Inventory
  - Supply Chain
  - Warehouse Management
  tags_raw:
  - Analytics
  - Automation
  - Inventory Management
  - Supply Chain
  - Warehouse Management
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ross-stores-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ross-stores-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/ross-stores-finops.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ross-stores-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rossstores.com
- type: Website
  url: https://corporate.rossstores.com/
- type: Investor Relations
  url: https://investors.rossstores.com/
- type: Partner Portal
  url: https://partners.rossstores.com/
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/ross-stores-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/ross-stores-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/ross-stores-supplier-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/ross-stores-supplier-structure.json
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ross-stores-inc
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/RossStores
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Ross Stores API — frequently asked questions

Does Ross Stores have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 API from Ross Stores, including Ross Stores Supply Chain Technology.

How much does the Ross Stores API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Ross Stores, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Ross Stores API ready for AI agents?

Ross Stores has a Kin Score of 12.3 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 0.6 (human-only), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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