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Top 25 Bookstores worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,296 company matches for bookstores worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 33,560 professional contacts across them, including 1,895 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for bookstores worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for bookstores follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.
The 25 largest bookstores worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12,213 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Barnes & Noble proudly serves America with approximately 600 bookstores across all fifty states, and are busy opening newly designed stores in communities nationwide.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 1,371 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Inaugurada em 1967 por Emidio Teles como Livraria Lê, tendo seu nome alterado em 1975 para Leitura, a rede foi uma das primeiras do Brasil no conceito megastore, que consiste em…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 1,048 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Borders is a place to discover fascinating new releases and reconnect with old favorites, a place to share a family story time or savor a hot cup of coffee.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 1,001 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Tai Loy es la primera cadena de Stationery en el Perú.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 775 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Turkuvaz Medya Grubunun bir üyesi olan D&R 1996 yılının Kasım ayında kuruldu ve ilk mağazasını 1997 yılının Mayıs ayında Erenköy’de açtı.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 714 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Con 49 milioni di visitatori ogni anno, Librerie Feltrinelli è leader in Italia nei settori del libro, della musica e dell’home video.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 698 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “ReaderLink is North America’s largest full-service book distributor.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 642 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Gramedia Store was established on February 2, 1970 by P.K.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 418 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “75 Years of Endless Discoveries For many years, we have remained close to the hearts of millions of Filipinos across generations.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 411 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 378 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “With more than 70 stores throughout Southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland, we have more than 100-years experience in supplying academic books to students…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 326 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Välkommen till Nordens största bokhandel.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 301 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in Queensland in the late 1800s, QBD Books is Australia's largest specialty book retailer, proudly Australian-owned and operated.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 264 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “De 25 ani, Cărturești redefinește așteptările pe care le avem de la o librărie.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 227 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Nossa história começa em 1985, em São Paulo, na Vila Madalena.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 220 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “I 2020 feiret Norli hele 130 år som bokhandelkjede.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 220 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Actualmente Librerías El Sótano cuenta con once sucursales ubicadas en la Ciudad De México, Guadalajara, León, Querétaro y Puebla.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 197 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Furet du Nord fait partie du Groupe NOSOLI regroupant les librairies Furet du Nord et Decitre.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Enseigne historique du quartier latin à Paris, Gibert Joseph est aujourd'hui la première librairie de France.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Cúspide es una compañía con 54 años de historia en el mercado editorial.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Oy on Suomen suurin ja asiakkaidensa arvostama kirjakauppaketju.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “New Zealand's largest book and stationery retailer with over 85 independently owned and operated stores throughout the country.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 148 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Vítejte v KNIHY DOBROVSKÝ.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 135 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “AKO B.V.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Since it was established in 1933, Antoine has and continues to be an undeniable landmark of knowledge and culture.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
This list uses Exact for “bookstores”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.
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Bookstores worldwide at a glance
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How this list was built
The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for bookstores are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “bookstores” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
- RevenueBase SmartSearch
- Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
- Public preview
- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
- Match quality
- RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
- 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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 1,895 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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.
- Record context
- Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.
Bookstores by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Bookstores list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?
RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “bookstores”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many bookstores are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,296 company matches for bookstores worldwide as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.
What is the largest company on this list?
Barnes & Noble, INC tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most bookstores?
The United States leads with 313 companies, followed by France (103). Every bookstores list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most bookstores?
Sao Paulo leads with 14 company records, followed by New York (13) and Paris (12).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 1,895 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 1,296 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
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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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 SmartSearch, 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.
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Top 25 bookstores worldwide
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 1,296 matching company records for bookstores worldwide, with 33,560 tracked contacts and 1,895 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 19, 2026.
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Top 25 bookstores worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barnes & Noble, INCbarnesandnoble.comHQ: NY, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | NY, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 12,213 contacts → |
“Barnes & Noble proudly serves America with approximately 600 bookstores across all fifty states, and are busy opening newly designed stores in communities nationwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Livraria Leituraleitura.com.br HQ: Belo Horizonte, BrazilReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,371 contacts → |
“Inaugurada em 1967 por Emidio Teles como Livraria Lê, tendo seu nome alterado em 1975 para Leitura, a rede foi uma das primeiras do Brasil no conceito megastore, que consiste em…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Bordersborders.com HQ: Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,048 contacts → |
“Borders is a place to discover fascinating new releases and reconnect with old favorites, a place to share a family story time or savor a hot cup of coffee.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | TAI LOY S.Atailoy.com.pe HQ: Lima, PeruReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Lima, Peru | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,001 contacts → |
“Tai Loy es la primera cadena de Stationery en el Perú.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | D&rdr.com.tr HQ: İstanbul, TürkiyeReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | İstanbul, Türkiye | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 775 contacts → |
“Turkuvaz Medya Grubunun bir üyesi olan D&R 1996 yılının Kasım ayında kuruldu ve ilk mağazasını 1997 yılının Mayıs ayında Erenköy’de açtı.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Librerie Feltrinellilafeltrinelli.it HQ: Milano, ItalyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Milano, Italy | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 714 contacts → |
“Con 49 milioni di visitatori ogni anno, Librerie Feltrinelli è leader in Italia nei settori del libro, della musica e dell’home video.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 |  Readerlinkreaderlink.comHQ: Oak Brook, IL, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Oak Brook, IL, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 698 contacts → |
“ReaderLink is North America’s largest full-service book distributor.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Gramediagramedia.id HQ: Tanah Abang, IndonesiaReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Tanah Abang, Indonesia | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 642 contacts → |
“Gramedia Store was established on February 2, 1970 by P.K.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | National Book Store, INCnationalbookstore.com HQ: Mandaluyong, PhilippinesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Mandaluyong, Philippines | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 418 contacts → |
“75 Years of Endless Discoveries For many years, we have remained close to the hearts of millions of Filipinos across generations.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  Akademibokhandelnakademibokhandeln.seHQ: Stockholm, SwedenReported employees: 501-1,000 | Stockholm, Sweden | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 411 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | VAN Schaik Bookstorevanschaik.com HQ: Cape Town, South AfricaReported employees: 201-500 | Cape Town, South Africa | 201-500 | Exact match | 378 contacts → |
“With more than 70 stores throughout Southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland, we have more than 100-years experience in supplying academic books to students…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Adlibrisadlibris.com HQ: Stockholm, SwedenReported employees: 201-500 | Stockholm, Sweden | 201-500 | Exact match | 326 contacts → |
“Välkommen till Nordens största bokhandel.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | QBD Booksqbd.com.au HQ: Richlands, AustraliaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Richlands, Australia | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 301 contacts → |
“Founded in Queensland in the late 1800s, QBD Books is Australia's largest specialty book retailer, proudly Australian-owned and operated.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Cărtureşticarturesti.ro HQ: Bucharest, RomaniaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Bucharest, Romania | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 264 contacts → |
“De 25 ani, Cărturești redefinește așteptările pe care le avem de la o librărie.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 |  Livraria DA Vilalivrariadavila.com.brHQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 201-500 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 201-500 | Exact match | 227 contacts → |
“Nossa história começa em 1985, em São Paulo, na Vila Madalena.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Norli ASnorli.no HQ: NorwayReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Norway | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 220 contacts → |
“I 2020 feiret Norli hele 130 år som bokhandelkjede.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Libreria DEL Sotanoelsotano.com HQ: Mexico City, MexicoReported employees: 201-500 | Mexico City, Mexico | 201-500 | Exact match | 220 contacts → |
“Actualmente Librerías El Sótano cuenta con once sucursales ubicadas en la Ciudad De México, Guadalajara, León, Querétaro y Puebla.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 |  Furet DU Nordfuret.comHQ: Tourcoing, FranceReported employees: 501-1,000 | Tourcoing, France | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 197 contacts → |
“Furet du Nord fait partie du Groupe NOSOLI regroupant les librairies Furet du Nord et Decitre.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 |  Gibertgibert.comHQ: Paris, FranceReported employees: 501-1,000 | Paris, France | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 174 contacts → |
“Enseigne historique du quartier latin à Paris, Gibert Joseph est aujourd'hui la première librairie de France.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 |  Cúspidecuspide.comHQ: San Isidro, ArgentinaReported employees: 201-500 | San Isidro, Argentina | 201-500 | Exact match | 156 contacts → |
“Cúspide es una compañía con 54 años de historia en el mercado editorial.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Suomalainen Kirjakauppa OYsuomalainen.com HQ: Helsinki, FinlandReported employees: 201-500 | Helsinki, Finland | 201-500 | Exact match | 153 contacts → |
“Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Oy on Suomen suurin ja asiakkaidensa arvostama kirjakauppaketju.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | Paper Plus NZpaperplus.co.nz HQ: Auckland, New ZealandReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Auckland, New Zealand | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 150 contacts → |
“New Zealand's largest book and stationery retailer with over 85 independently owned and operated stores throughout the country.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Knihy Dobrovskýknihydobrovsky.cz HQ: Praha, Czech RepublicReported employees: 501-1,000 | Praha, Czech Republic | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 148 contacts → |
“Vítejte v KNIHY DOBROVSKÝ.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | AKObruna.nl HQ: Utrecht, NetherlandsReported employees: 501-1,000 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 135 contacts → |
“AKO B.V.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Librairie Antoineantoineonline.com HQ: Mkalles, LebanonReported employees: 51-200 | Mkalles, Lebanon | 51-200 | Exact match | 131 contacts → |
“Since it was established in 1933, Antoine has and continues to be an undeniable landmark of knowledge and culture.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Bookstores: dataset insights
September 19, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
1,257 records in the displayed employee bands.
39 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 1,296 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 19, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Bookstores by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Bookstores list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for bookstores?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many bookstores did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 1,296 matching company records, 33,560 tracked contacts and 1,895 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 19, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 bookstores worldwide. Snapshot: September 19, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/bookstores.
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RevenueBase records 1,296 matching company records for bookstores worldwide, with 33,560 tracked contacts and 1,895 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 19, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 bookstores worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble, INCbarnesandnoble.com HQ: NY, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | NY, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 12,213 contacts → |
“Barnes & Noble proudly serves America with approximately 600 bookstores across all fifty states, and are busy opening newly designed stores in communities nationwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Livraria Leituraleitura.com.br HQ: Belo Horizonte, BrazilReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,371 contacts → |
“Inaugurada em 1967 por Emidio Teles como Livraria Lê, tendo seu nome alterado em 1975 para Leitura, a rede foi uma das primeiras do Brasil no conceito megastore, que consiste em…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Bordersborders.com HQ: Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Ann Arbor, MI, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,048 contacts → |
“Borders is a place to discover fascinating new releases and reconnect with old favorites, a place to share a family story time or savor a hot cup of coffee.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | TAI LOY S.Atailoy.com.pe HQ: Lima, PeruReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Lima, Peru | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,001 contacts → |
“Tai Loy es la primera cadena de Stationery en el Perú.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | D&rdr.com.tr HQ: İstanbul, TürkiyeReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | İstanbul, Türkiye | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 775 contacts → |
“Turkuvaz Medya Grubunun bir üyesi olan D&R 1996 yılının Kasım ayında kuruldu ve ilk mağazasını 1997 yılının Mayıs ayında Erenköy’de açtı.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Librerie Feltrinellilafeltrinelli.it HQ: Milano, ItalyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Milano, Italy | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 714 contacts → |
“Con 49 milioni di visitatori ogni anno, Librerie Feltrinelli è leader in Italia nei settori del libro, della musica e dell’home video.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Readerlinkreaderlink.com HQ: Oak Brook, IL, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Oak Brook, IL, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 698 contacts → |
“ReaderLink is North America’s largest full-service book distributor.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Gramediagramedia.id HQ: Tanah Abang, IndonesiaReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Tanah Abang, Indonesia | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 642 contacts → |
“Gramedia Store was established on February 2, 1970 by P.K.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | National Book Store, INCnationalbookstore.com HQ: Mandaluyong, PhilippinesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Mandaluyong, Philippines | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 418 contacts → |
“75 Years of Endless Discoveries For many years, we have remained close to the hearts of millions of Filipinos across generations.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Akademibokhandelnakademibokhandeln.se HQ: Stockholm, SwedenReported employees: 501-1,000 | Stockholm, Sweden | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 411 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | VAN Schaik Bookstorevanschaik.com HQ: Cape Town, South AfricaReported employees: 201-500 | Cape Town, South Africa | 201-500 | Exact match | 378 contacts → |
“With more than 70 stores throughout Southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland, we have more than 100-years experience in supplying academic books to students…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Adlibrisadlibris.com HQ: Stockholm, SwedenReported employees: 201-500 | Stockholm, Sweden | 201-500 | Exact match | 326 contacts → |
“Välkommen till Nordens största bokhandel.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | QBD Booksqbd.com.au HQ: Richlands, AustraliaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Richlands, Australia | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 301 contacts → |
“Founded in Queensland in the late 1800s, QBD Books is Australia's largest specialty book retailer, proudly Australian-owned and operated.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Cărtureşticarturesti.ro HQ: Bucharest, RomaniaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Bucharest, Romania | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 264 contacts → |
“De 25 ani, Cărturești redefinește așteptările pe care le avem de la o librărie.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Livraria DA Vilalivrariadavila.com.br HQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 201-500 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 201-500 | Exact match | 227 contacts → |
“Nossa história começa em 1985, em São Paulo, na Vila Madalena.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Norli ASnorli.no HQ: NorwayReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Norway | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 220 contacts → |
“I 2020 feiret Norli hele 130 år som bokhandelkjede.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Libreria DEL Sotanoelsotano.com HQ: Mexico City, MexicoReported employees: 201-500 | Mexico City, Mexico | 201-500 | Exact match | 220 contacts → |
“Actualmente Librerías El Sótano cuenta con once sucursales ubicadas en la Ciudad De México, Guadalajara, León, Querétaro y Puebla.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Furet DU Nordfuret.com HQ: Tourcoing, FranceReported employees: 501-1,000 | Tourcoing, France | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 197 contacts → |
“Furet du Nord fait partie du Groupe NOSOLI regroupant les librairies Furet du Nord et Decitre.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Gibertgibert.com HQ: Paris, FranceReported employees: 501-1,000 | Paris, France | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 174 contacts → |
“Enseigne historique du quartier latin à Paris, Gibert Joseph est aujourd'hui la première librairie de France.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Cúspidecuspide.com HQ: San Isidro, ArgentinaReported employees: 201-500 | San Isidro, Argentina | 201-500 | Exact match | 156 contacts → |
“Cúspide es una compañía con 54 años de historia en el mercado editorial.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Suomalainen Kirjakauppa OYsuomalainen.com HQ: Helsinki, FinlandReported employees: 201-500 | Helsinki, Finland | 201-500 | Exact match | 153 contacts → |
“Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Oy on Suomen suurin ja asiakkaidensa arvostama kirjakauppaketju.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | Paper Plus NZpaperplus.co.nz HQ: Auckland, New ZealandReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Auckland, New Zealand | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 150 contacts → |
“New Zealand's largest book and stationery retailer with over 85 independently owned and operated stores throughout the country.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Knihy Dobrovskýknihydobrovsky.cz HQ: Praha, Czech RepublicReported employees: 501-1,000 | Praha, Czech Republic | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 148 contacts → |
“Vítejte v KNIHY DOBROVSKÝ.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | AKObruna.nl HQ: Utrecht, NetherlandsReported employees: 501-1,000 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 135 contacts → |
“AKO B.V.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Librairie Antoineantoineonline.com HQ: Mkalles, LebanonReported employees: 51-200 | Mkalles, Lebanon | 51-200 | Exact match | 131 contacts → |
“Since it was established in 1933, Antoine has and continues to be an undeniable landmark of knowledge and culture.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Bookstores: dataset insights
September 19, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
1,257 records in the displayed employee bands.
39 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 1,296 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 19, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Bookstores by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Bookstores list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for bookstores?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many bookstores did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 1,296 matching company records, 33,560 tracked contacts and 1,895 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
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How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 19, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 bookstores worldwide. Snapshot: September 19, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/bookstores.
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