Ball Stores was a Muncie, Indiana based department store chain founded in November 1934.

McNaughton Company Building (predecessor of Ball Stores) at the corner of Charles and Walnut Street.

In 1968, Ball Stores acquired Collegienne Shops, a retail outlet on University Avenue near Ball State University.

In 1978, Ball Stores opened an outlet in Muncie Mall.

By the 1980s, the company started to experience financial difficulties.