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Number of independent bookstores in the United States from 2009 to 2025

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Release date

May 2025

Region

United States

Survey time period

2009 to 2025

Special properties

American Booksellers Association members

Supplementary notes

The source noted that inactive members were no longer included in reporting as of 2020 and membership criteria also changed, to account for non-traditional businesses which may not be brick-and-mortar stores.

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Number of independent bookstores in the U.S. 2009-2025

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Mar 23, 2026

In 2025, there were independent bookselling companies in the United States. That year, bookstore sales amounted to less than **** billion U.S. dollars, a decrease from ** billion dollars a decade earlier.

What kinds of books do U.S. readers buy?

Some of the bestselling books in the U.S. sell hundreds of thousands of units each week, with the average annual expenditure on reading per consumer unit in the United States hovers around the 100 dollar mark each year. Annual consumer expenditure on recreational books almost reached 31 billion dollars in 2024. Most recently, psychological thrillers experienced the largest increase in print sales, while other genres linked to BookTok have also seen a rise in both online popularity and offline sales.

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