Junior anchors are Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW, Guitar Center, H&M, Kirkland's, LensCrafters, Morris Home Furniture, Ross Dress for Less, and Ulta Beauty.

Other major tenants included four smaller department stores: Metropolitan, Donenfeld's, Dunhill's, and Thal's.

McCrory five and ten store, a Liberal supermarket, Orange Julius, Kinney Shoes, Thom McAn, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Hickory Farms of Ohio, Waldenbooks, Fanny Farmer, Gray Drug, Russell Stover, Lerner New York, Lane Bryant, The Limited, Frederick's of Hollywood, LeRoy's Jewelers, Hallmark Cards, and Chess King.

Several more stores were added when the Dayton Mall underwent two major renovations of its existing structure in 1984 and 1995-1996.

In the first renovation, the interior of the east and west concourses was remodeled, as was the two-level main entrance.

[12] The original J. C. Penney location became a Cincinnati-based McAlpin's in 1996 and then a Dayton-based Elder-Beerman in 1998; the store contained 227,070 sq ft (21,095 m2).

A 97,000-square-foot (9,000 m2), open-air, "lifestyle component" was added in the Dayton Mall's north parking lot, along Ohio State Route 725.

In April 2012, Dick's Sporting Goods announced that it would relocate from a nearby location in Miamisburg and occupy the space held formerly by DSW and f.y.e.

[21][22] In November 2014, Doppelganger Laboratories opened a store in the Dayton Mall employing a Shapify Booth, manufactured by Luxembourg's Artec Group.

[29] On October 25, 2017, it was announced that the freestanding Sears Auto Center would be converted to an Outback Steakhouse and another unnamed tenant.

Trade magazine Furniture Today claimed that a 51,000-square-foot (4,700 m2) store was scheduled to open around late summer 2019.

Trade magazine Shopping Centers Today claimed that the RoomPlace would move into an empty anchor store, however, a press release from mall owner Washington Prime Group stated that the store would be in newly created inline space.

[37][38][39][40] In late November 2018, it was reported that Old Navy, with a Dayton Mall location, would open a store in the Austin Landing development, also in Miami Township.

[55] On August 22, 2022, it was reported that Cincinnati-based Crossroads Church had purchased the former Sears site, intending to relocate Dayton-area services from Bellbrook Middle School and other rented facilities to the mall location.