Discogs is a database, marketplace, and community that offers a way to find, discover, catalog, and purchase your favorite recorded music from trusted independent sellers, which includes record stores around the world. The following resources will help you support record stores, connect to a local store in your city, and keep your turntable spinning.
Find independent record stores near you.
VinylHub is Discogs’ worldwide database of record stores. Use the interactive map to discover nearby shops or add to the growing user-built database.Support record stores in the Discogs Marketplace.
Independent stores use Discogs to sell inventory online to a global audience of collectors. Search for stores by name in the Marketplace or explore this list of record stores with Discogs accounts. Signing up for a free Discogs account makes it easier to explore the Marketplace and purchase your favorite music directly from independent sellers.Support record stores by shopping online. Below is a list of the record stores that sell inventory in the Discogs Marketplace. If you are a record store and want to appear on this list, link your store’s Discogs inventory to the corresponding VinylHub page.
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, regions adopted varying lockdown measures to uphold public health initiatives that also affected local businesses, including the vinyl community. However, Discogs data shows that music fans and record stores continue to be resilient, active, and enthusiastic. During this time, Discogs became an online haven for sellers and buyers across the consumer music economy. In the first half of 2020, the Marketplace experienced a 30% increase in global sales of physical recorded music compared to the year before. Independent record stores are always open for business on Discogs.