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Market overview of Antiquarian bookshops in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
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Market overview of Antiquarian bookshops in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 890 Antiquarian bookshops.*
* This number is based on our list of Antiquarian bookshops in Germany. It contains approximately 890 company addresses, of which 465 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Antiquarian bookshops in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 144 | 16.14 % |
| Bayern | 127 | 14.24 % |
| Berlin | 67 | 7.51 % |
| Brandenburg | 8 | 0.9 % |
| Bremen | 12 | 1.35 % |
| Hamburg | 21 | 2.35 % |
| Hessen | 97 | 10.87 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 9 | 1.01 % |
| Niedersachsen | 80 | 8.97 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 163 | 18.27 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 29 | 3.25 % |
| Saarland | 13 | 1.46 % |
| Sachsen | 68 | 7.62 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 15 | 1.68 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 22 | 2.47 % |
| Thüringen | 15 | 1.68 % |
All company addresses from this analysis as an immediately usable Excel list — including address, phone number, website, and email address, where publicly available.
List of antiquarian bookshops in Germany