Companies List of Bookstore Companies

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List of the top bookstore companies in the world, listed by their prominence with corporate logos when available. This list of major bookstore companies includes the largest and most profitable bookstore businesses, corporations, agencies, vendors and firms in the world. If you are wondering what the biggest bookstore companies are, then this list has you covered. This list includes the most famous bookstore companies in the industry, so if you're thinking of working in the bookstore industry you might want to look to these companies for jobs. This list includes names of both small and big bookstore businesses.

Companies here include everything from Barnes & Noble to Cabela's.

This list answers the questions, "What are the biggest bookstore companies in the world?" and "What are the most successful bookstore companies?"

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Barnes & Noble is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Barnes & Noble, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company, the largest retail bookseller in the United States, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products in the country. ...more

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Better World Books is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore Better World Books is an online for-profit bookseller of used and new books founded in 2002 by Christopher “Kreece” Fuchs, Xavier Helgesen and Jeff Kurtzman. It is a B Labs-certified B ...more

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Big 5 Sporting Goods is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy Big 5 Sporting Goods is a sporting goods retailer headquartered in El Segundo, California with 420 stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, ...more

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Bloomsbury Publishing is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Publishing, Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses, Newspaper Bloomsbury Publishing plc is an independent, worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction with its headquarters in the London Borough of Camden, and publishing offices in London, ...more

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Books-A-Million is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Books-A-Million, Inc., also known as BAM!, is a company that owns the second largest U.S. bookstore chain and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The company operates over 200 stores in the ...more

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Borders Group is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Borders Group, Inc. was an international book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company employed approximately 19,500 throughout the U.S., primarily in its Borders and ...more

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Cabela's is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Cabela's Incorporated is a direct marketer and specialty retailer of hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, and related outdoor recreation merchandise, based in Sidney, Nebraska. The company was ...more

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Compendium Books is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Compendium Books Bookstore

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Dick's Sporting Goods is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc., or Dick's, is a Fortune 500 American corporation in the sporting goods and retail industries headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Dick's has 610 stores in 46 ...more

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Dover Saddlery, Inc. is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy

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Ex Libris is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Ex Libris Online shopping, Bookstore

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Factory Card & Party Outlet Co... is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy Factory Card & Party Outlet Corp. owns and operates party and special occasion retail stores in the United States.

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Gander Mountain is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Gander Mountain Company, Inc. is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota and is a retail network of stores for hunting, fishing, camping, and other outdoor recreation products and services. Gander ...more

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Golfsmith International Holdin... is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy Golfsmith International Holdings Inc. is a golf specialty retailer based in Austin, Texas. Each store, along with golfsmith.com, houses a wide selection of golf clubs, shoes, apparel, gadgets ...more

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Hancock Fabrics is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy

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Hibbett Sports is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy Hibbett Sports, Inc. is a publicly traded holding company for Hibbett Sporting Goods, a full line sporting goods retailer. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the company has over 832 ...more

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Indigo is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore Indigo Books & Music Inc. is a Canadian retail bookstore chain.

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iParty Corporation is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy iParty was a chain of more than 52 retail stores in New England and the Tampa Bay Area of Florida that specialize in selling party-related merchandise as well as seasonal items such as Halloween ...more

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Jo-Ann Stores is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. is a specialty retailer of crafts and fabrics based in Hudson, Ohio. It operates the retail chains Jo-Ann Fabrics and Jo-Ann Etc. The headquarters of the company is located ...more

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Leading Edge Group is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Jewellery, Computer, Retail The Leading Edge Group is an Australian owned Buying Group with over 1350 retail shopfronts throughout Australia and New Zealand. It began in 1986 as Electronic Enterprises, a buying group ...more

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Office Depot is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Office Depot, Inc. is an office supply retailing company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. It was announced February 20, 2013, that Office Depot and OfficeMax will both ...more

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RedEnvelope, Inc. is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore, Hobby, Toy Founded in 1999, RedEnvelope is committed to helping you find gifts that inspire, tell stories and celebrate not just a moment in time but a lifetime of experiences.

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Scholastic Corporation is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Printing, Publishing, Bookstore Scholastic Corporation is a U.S. publisher and education and media company known for publishing, selling, and distributing books and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, and ...more

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Schuler Books & Music is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore Schuler Books & Music, formerly known as simply Schuler Books, is a small Michigan chain of bookstores. Along with books, DVDs, and music CDs, the stores also sell food and beverages at its ...more

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Staples Inc. is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Staples, Inc. is a large United States-based office supply chain store, with over 2,000 stores worldwide in 26 countries. Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company has retail ...more

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The Other Change of Hobbit is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
The Other Change of Hobbit Bookstore The Other Change of Hobbit is a science fiction and fantasy bookstore, formerly located in Berkeley, California and then El Cerrito; it no longer has a physical location. It was founded in 1977, ...more

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The Sharper Image is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Retail, Bookstore, Hobby Sharper Image is an American brand that offers consumers the latest in home electronics, air purifiers, gifts and other high-tech lifestyle products. Originally founded in 1977, the brand was ...more

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Title Wave Books is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Bookstore Title Wave Books is the largest independent bookstore in Alaska, and one of the largest new-and-used bookstores in the entire country. Title Wave is located in mid-town Anchorage, with a second ...more

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Valora is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Publishing, Bookstore Valora is a Swiss retail holding company.

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Veit & Co Bookstore is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list List of Bookstore Companies
Veit & Co Bookstore Bookstore