Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Book resellers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 1,506 book resellers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 16,340 professional contacts across them, including 2,397 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.

This list covers book resellers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for book resellers follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
1,506Companies
16,340Contacts tracked
2,397Verified emails
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The 25 largest book resellers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,506 book resellers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to book resellers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceBirmingham, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,011 contacts →

Partial evidence

Books-A-Million, Inc, is the second-largest book retailer in the nation, operating more than 200 stores in 32 states and online at Booksamillion.com.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceDallas, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,110 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Be fair to customers and our employees, promote literacy, be kind to the environment and remain financially viable so we may continue.”, Our Mission Statement in the words of HPB…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000421 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are Europe’s leading re-commerce company, making second-hand simple, scalable, and accessible for everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceStockholm, SwedenHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000411 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“I 95 butiker och på nätet erbjuder Akademibokhandeln ett stort och väl sammansatt sortiment av böcker samt inspirerande varor för alla som vill planera och förvara, skriva och…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000386 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ThriftBooks is the world’s largest online, independent seller of used books, having sold more than 160 million used and new books since its inception.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceGoring-by-sea, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000340 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 2002, World of Books is a sustainable online destination for book lovers, a place to buy and sell both preloved and new books with ease and purpose.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceStockholm, SwedenHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500326 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Välkommen till Nordens största bokhandel.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceRichlands, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000301 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in Queensland in the late 1800s, QBD Books is Australia's largest specialty book retailer, proudly Australian-owned and operated.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidencePortland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000295 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Powell's is an independent bookseller serving Portland, Oregon, since 1971, with four store locations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500227 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nossa história começa em 1985, em São Paulo, na Vila Madalena.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNorwayHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000220 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“I 2020 feiret Norli hele 130 år som bokhandelkjede.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceMishawaka, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500207 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Better World Books is a for-profit socially conscious business and a global online bookseller that collects and sells new and used books online matching each purchase with a book…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceTourcoing, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000197 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Furet du Nord fait partie du Groupe NOSOLI regroupant les librairies Furet du Nord et Decitre.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceLexington, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500188 contacts →

Partial evidence

“eCampus.com is a premier online retailer of new, used and electronic textbooks for sale or rent, study materials and book buyback services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000174 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Enseigne historique du quartier latin à Paris, Gibert Joseph est aujourd'hui la première librairie de France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSan Isidro, ArgentinaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500156 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cúspide es una compañía con 54 años de historia en el mercado editorial.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidencePraha, Czech RepublicHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000148 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Vítejte v KNIHY DOBROVSKÝ.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceMartin, SlovakiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500139 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tisíce príbehov.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-50134 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Green Apple Books is a trio of independent bookstores in San Francisco.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500129 contacts →

Partial evidence

“86 Years and 18 Miles of Books and Counting: The History of Strand Books Where it all began: Bound by a Family The Strand was born in 1927 over on Fourth Avenue on what was then…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Partial evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200116 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We believe that discovering, buying, marketing, and selling books online should always be an easy, joyful experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceİstanbul, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Türkiye’de kitapla buluşmanın en kolay yolu olan Kitapyurdu, senesinde kurulmuştur.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Indirect evidenceVictoria, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AbeBooks, an Amazon company, is a remarkable place to work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceMexicoHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Partial evidenceStrathfield South, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Booktopia is Australia’s home of books, with over 150k items in stock and access to more than 6 million titles.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Book resellers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
14.7%Verified-email coverage
10.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
1.9%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
986
11-50
319
51-200
96
201-500
34
501-1,000
14
1,001-5,000
8
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among book resellers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for book resellers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “book resellers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names book resellers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among book resellers, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,397 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Book resellers by location

3 lists · largest first

Every Book resellers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names book resellers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many book resellers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 1,506 book resellers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Books A Million, headquartered in Birmingham, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most book resellers?

The United States leads with 354 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (85) and France (70). Every book resellers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most book resellers?

Sao Paulo leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by London (17) and Paris (15).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,397 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,506 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.