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Top 25 Used bookstores based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 296 used bookstores headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,773 professional contacts across them, including 391 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers used bookstores headquartered in the United States, 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.

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.

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296Companies
2,773Contacts tracked
391Verified emails
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The 25 largest used bookstores based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 296 used bookstores based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to used bookstores: 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
1Indirect evidenceDallas, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
2Indirect evidencePortland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50134 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500129 contacts →

Indirect 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 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceTucson, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bookmans Entertainment Exchange buys, sells, and trades used books, music, movies, video games & musical instruments and more with six locations and a warehouse for online sales…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1971, Tattered Cover Book Store is one of America's premier independent bookstores, a Denver institution, a community gathering place, and an experience you can't…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Harvard Book Store is a unique and special place to shop-a locally owned, independently run Cambridge landmark since 1932.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLansing, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20026 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceSanta Cruz, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bookshop Santa Cruz is a large, general independent bookstore based in the heart of downtown Santa Cruz, California since 1966.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceKnoxville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMckeesport, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Book Country’s sq.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Strong evidenceChapel Hill, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5015 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Flyleaf Books is a general independent bookstore featuring mostly new books but some used books as well as a large children's section and a dedicated author reading area.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceFairway, KS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rainy Day Books is a full-line full-service bookstore, carrying an array of hand-selected Hardcovers and Paperbacks for adults and children alike.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceFern Park, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Family owned and operated since 1995 by the Huber family, BrightLight Books is a different kind of bookstore.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceMinneapolis, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Magers and Quinn is an independently owned new and used bookseller located in the heart of the popular Uptown neighborhood in Minneapolis.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSummerville, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a seller of antiquarian books with a collection spanning more than five centuries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Partial evidenceDoylestown, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Doylestown Bookshop is a locally owned and operated bookstore dedicated to preserving the heritage and traditions of independent bookstore ideals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceMontclair, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Montclair Book Center is one of the largest bookstores in the tri-state area, and the largest independently owned bookstore in New Jersey.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Indirect evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceByron, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Partial evidenceTallahassee, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Located in an historic neighborhood at the city's center, Midtown Reader opened in November of 2016 - Tallahassee's only general-subject, independent bookstore selling new books.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Indirect evidenceAthens, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Avid Bookshop is a company based out of 493 Prince Ave, Athens, Georgia, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Strong evidenceKutztown, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Firefly Bookstore sells books and games both used and new online and in a retail store”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceChampaign, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Jane Addams Book Shop in downtown Champaign, Illinois is a locally owned, independent bookstore that has been in business for more than twenty-five years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Partial evidenceHoboken, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-504 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Little City Books is a bookstore located on 100 Bloomfield Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Used bookstores based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
14.1%Verified-email coverage
9.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
3.4%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
186
11-50
87
51-200
10
201-500
5
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 296 companies.

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 used bookstores, 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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “used bookstores”. 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 used bookstores), 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 used bookstores, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 391 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
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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 used bookstores, 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 used bookstores are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 296 used bookstores headquartered in the United States 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?

Half Price Books, headquartered in Dallas, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most used bookstores?

New York leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (5) and Salt Lake City (5).

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 391 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 296 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.

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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.