Barnes & Noble to open almost 30 new stores by year’s end: here’s what we know

Barnes & Noble is going against the grain by expanding its number of brick-and-mortar stores in the United States. Already the bookseller with the largest number of outlets in the country, with approximately 600 locations, Barnes & Noble has opened 32 stores so far in 2025, with another 28 expected to follow before the end of the year.

According to USA Today, the company’s expansion comes after a somewhat surprising recent sales boom, following around a decade of declining store performance.

A long history in books

Barnes & Noble began as Arthur Hinds and Company in 1886, became Hinds & Noble in 1894, and later adopted the Barnes & Noble name in 1917. The company rose to nationwide popularity in the 1990s and 2000s, when a series of mergers and bankruptcies in the American bookstore industry left it as the only national chain.

New stores across the U.S. in 2025

Barnes & Noble has opened stores in the following states and cities since the start of 2025:

Arizona

• 2011 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix

California

• 2475 Sand Creek Rd., Brentwood

Colorado

• 550 Marshall Rd., Superior

Connecticut

• 775 Main St S., Southbury
• 1145 High Ridge Rd., Stamford

Florida

• 13605 S Dixie Hwy, Miami
• 4149 Tamiami Trail N., Naples
• 13123 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa
• 151 N. US Highway 1, Tequesta

Illinois

• 151 N. US Highway 1, Naperville

Kansas

• 7840 W 161st St., Overland Park

Maryland

• 8044 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena
• 402 Englar Rd., Westminster

Michigan

• 2236 E. Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids

Minnesota

• 11500 Wayzata Blvd., Minnetonka

Nebraska

• 7949 Towne Center Pkwy, Papillon

New Jersey

• 1255 Raritan Rd., Clark

New York

• 301 Walt Whitman Rd., Huntington Station

Ohio

• 3708 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., Granville
• 5501 Dressler Rd., North Canton

Pennsylvania

• 720 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr
• 2935 Concord Rd., York

South Dakota

• 1617 Eglin St., Rapid City

Tennessee

• 2130 Exeter Rd., Germantown

Texas

• 3417 Catclaw Dr., Abilene
• 12850 Memorial Dr., Houston
• 1009 E Interstate 30, Rockwall

Virginia

• 8139 Stonewall Shops Square, Gainesville
• 9840 Brook Rd., Glen Allen

Washington

• 1140 Bellevue Square, Bellevue
• 775 NW Gilman Blvd., Issaquah
• 10330 59th Ave. Southwest, Lakewood

While the company has not revealed exactly which cities will get new locations, it has released a list of states that will each receive at least one new store before 2025 ends:

• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Florida
• Idaho
• Louisiana
• Michigan
• New York
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Washington
• Washington D.C.

Barnes & Noble’s current flagship store is located at Union Square in Manhattan, New York City.

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