We counted every verified, open coin, card and comic shop in the United States. Wyoming has the most per person. Mississippi has the fewest. California and Texas have the most shops and still rank in the bottom ten.
Each square is a state, shaded by shops per 100,000 people (key below the map). Hover or tap a state for its counts.
Ranks cover the 50 states; Washington, D.C. is shown but not ranked. "All three" adds the three directories together, so a shop listed as both a card shop and a comic shop counts twice.
Share of shops whose listing names each product or service. Listings often leave things out, so read each share as a minimum.
Before counting, we checked every listing we collected. Many places that show up in a search for "comic book store" or "card shop" are bookstores, game cafés, pawn counters or chains with a single rack. Some had closed.
Counted by the city in each shop's mailing address. Las Vegas addresses include unincorporated Clark County communities such as Paradise and Spring Valley.
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| Coin shops | Card shops | Comic shops | All three | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coastal Directory runs three free directories: CoinsNearMe, LocalCardShopsNearMe and ComicStoresNearMe. Each listing is checked before it counts.
Other published counts fall on both sides of ours. Free directories say their lists are incomplete. Paid business lists count every business filed under the category, including ones that aren't really shops.
| Shop type | Our count | Other published figure | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comic | 2,647 | About 2,000 | Bleeding Cool, citing Prana, August 2026Industry estimate |
| Comic | 2,647 | About 2,500 | The Beat, 2023Industry estimate; about 3,500 distributor accounts including online sellers |
| Comic | 2,647 | 5,034 | poidata.io, 2025Paid business list, not checked shop by shop |
| Card | 7,175 | 6,902 trading card stores and 3,256 sports card stores | poidata.ioPaid business list, not checked; the two lists overlap |
| Card | 7,175 | 1,734 | The Card Shop Finder, October 2026Directory; says its list is incomplete |
| Coin | 2,805+ | 5,957 | poidata.io, 2026Paid business list, not checked shop by shop |
| Coin | 2,805+ | 1,353 | Numisview, August 2026Directory; says it is not a national census |
Why our comic count is higher than trade estimates. Trade estimates count stores that order new comics from the main distributors. We count storefronts that sell comics, including shops that also sell games, toys or cards. Reporters who want to check our definition can ask for the full list.
You are welcome to use any figure, chart or table here under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Download the state table (CSV). Please credit Coastal Directory and link to this report. We can send a single state's numbers, a city breakdown, or the underlying shop list for your area.
Source: State of Local Hobby Shops 2026, Coastal Directory (CoinsNearMe, LocalCardShopsNearMe and ComicStoresNearMe), October 2026. https://comicstoresnearme.com/state-of-local-hobby-shops
Media contact: Joe Greve, Coastal Directory LLC · marketing@coastaldirectoryllc.com
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