Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Specialty retailers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 341 specialty retailers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 11,477 professional contacts across them, including 1,037 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers specialty retailers 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 22, 2026. Country and city lists for specialty retailers 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.
The 25 largest specialty retailers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,223 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Zumiez is a leading specialty retailer of apparel, footwear, accessories, and hardgoods for young people who want to express their individuality” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,935 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Rally House is a specialty boutique that offers a large selection of apparel, gifts and home décor representing local NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS teams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 419 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “FYE is a leading specialty retailer of entertainment and pop culture merchandise stores in the United States and online at FYE.com.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 301 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Fragrance Group was founded as the exclusive US distributor for a select group of prestige specialty fragrance brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In everything we do, our philosophy is simple: We want to inspire the Standard for a Royal Lifestyle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Planet Retail Holdings Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Stiles strives to be exclusive and unique, offering only the best quality products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mount Everest is a specialty retailer of skis, snowboards, outerwear, winter apparel and accessories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Born from humble beginnings in the heart of Canada’s capital City, NRML has emerged to become one of North America’s premier boutiques.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Offering the finest selection of designer clothing and accessories, Jules B is a multi-award winning independent retailer that believes in giving our customers something that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Little Details es un nuevo concepto de tienda que combina joyería, el pequeño regalo y los accesorios en un entorno singular, dirigido a un público de todas las edades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over 20 years, we've been South East Wisconsin's local specialty store for the best in fashion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kansas Sampler and Rally House stores specialize in local and regional collegiate and professional sports fashions and gifts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bij de oprichting is er heel duidelijk gekozen om volgens een bepaalde filosofie te gaan werken.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “COMICAVE TOYS AND GAMES TRADING (“COMICAVE”) is the World’s largest pop culture superstore involved in the retail and distribution of high-end collectibles, pop-culture…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Webstore Group offers products in several vertical markets, with a focus on underserved niches and specialty industrial products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Specialty gifts and home decor for the outdoor enthusiast” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Retention Brands makes controlling investments in specialty online retailers & consumer products brands with unique market niches and loyal customers with annual…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Husker Hounds Inc is a retail company based out of 3003 S 84Th St, Omaha, NE, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ama La Vita is a boutique located in 1624 Highway 52 N, Rochester, Minnesota, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JONDIE® established in 2008, offers a fresh and eclectic mix of clothing, jewelry, accessories and gifts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Avenue invites you to peruse its distinctive offerings in our various specialty shops.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In a world of horses, we're a zebra.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Maison VIANEY is a retail company based out of 112 BOULEVARD DE LA CROIX ROUSSE, LYON, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: specialty retailers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names specialty retailers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of specialty retailers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name specialty retailers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
Showing 25 of 341 specialty retailers worldwide
See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 1,037 reachable decision-makers.
Free signup · no credit card
Specialty retailers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
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 specialty retailers, 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 specialty retailers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “specialty retailers”. 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 specialty retailers), 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 specialty retailers, 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, 1,037 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 22, 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.
Specialty retailers by location
1 lists · largest firstEvery Specialty retailers 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 specialty retailers, 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 specialty retailers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 341 specialty retailers 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?
Zumiez, headquartered in Lynnwood, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most specialty retailers?
The United States leads with 106 companies. Every specialty retailers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most specialty retailers?
New York leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (3) and Barcelona (2).
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 1,037 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 341 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 22, 2026.
Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 341 specialty retailers worldwide. Start with a free account, no credit card.
Download this list →Related lists
Browse the directory
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.