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Market overview of Bookstores in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
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Market overview of Bookstores in Germany: Number of businesses, distribution by Bundesland, typical challenges, and current developments.
Status: Q4, 2026
In Germany there are approximately 5433 Bookstores.*
* This number is based on our list of Bookstores in Germany. It contains approximately 5433 company addresses, of which 2766 include an email address. You can find the breakdown by Bundesland in the next section.
Distribution of Bookstores in Germany by Bundesland.
| Bundesland | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 686 | 12.62 % |
| Bayern | 917 | 16.87 % |
| Berlin | 257 | 4.73 % |
| Brandenburg | 117 | 2.15 % |
| Bremen | 56 | 1.03 % |
| Hamburg | 103 | 1.89 % |
| Hessen | 533 | 9.8 % |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 74 | 1.36 % |
| Niedersachsen | 492 | 9.05 % |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 1107 | 20.36 % |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 255 | 4.69 % |
| Saarland | 61 | 1.12 % |
| Sachsen | 358 | 6.58 % |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 117 | 2.15 % |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 178 | 3.27 % |
| Thüringen | 122 | 2.24 % |
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 bookstores in Germany