Vinyl Radar · USA · updated October 2026
The best record stores in the USA, ranked with real data
No invented inventories, no guesswork. We ranked the 640 US record stores on the Keep Them Spinning Vinyl Radar by public Google rating and review volume, from landmark stores to small-city gems.
640 US shops verified · 180 cities
From Amoeba Music in Los Angeles to GoingThruVinyl Records and Vertigo Music: the record stores American collectors rate highest, plus the landmarks everyone visits.
Short answer: the best record stores in the USA
The highest-rated record stores in the US are Amoeba Music (Los Angeles, 4.8★), GoingThruVinyl Records (Detroit, 5.0★) and Vertigo Music (Grand Rapids, 4.9★). The most-visited — the stores with the most Google reviews — are Amoeba Music (Los Angeles), Amoeba Music (San Francisco) and Electric Fetus (Minneapolis). Portland has the most shops on our radar (28).
The 20 highest-rated record stores in the USA
Ranked by Google rating weighted by number of reviews, with a maximum of two shops per city so the list covers the whole country. Click a shop for its Vinyl Radar profile: map, phone and opening hours.
The landmark stores: most reviewed in the USA
Review volume is the best public proxy for foot traffic. These ten shops have the most Google reviews of any US record store on our radar.
Best record store in the 15 biggest vinyl cities
The highest-rated shop in each of the US cities with the most verified record stores, with a link to the full city guide.
- Portland (28) — Final Form · 5.0 ★ (171) · city guide →
- Detroit (21) — GoingThruVinyl Records · 5.0 ★ (511) · city guide →
- Los Angeles (18) — Amoeba Music · 4.8 ★ (10,705) · city guide →
- Chicago (17) — Pinwheel Records · 4.9 ★ (158) · city guide →
- San Francisco (13) — Amoeba Music · 4.7 ★ (3,993) · city guide →
- Phoenix (13) — Asylum Records · 4.8 ★ (925) · city guide →
- New York City (13) — Human Head Records · 4.8 ★ (487) · city guide →
- Minneapolis (12) — Electric Fetus · 4.8 ★ (3,447) · city guide →
- Atlanta (11) — Moods Music · 4.9 ★ (361) · city guide →
- Boston (11) — GOOD TASTE Records · 4.9 ★ (273) · city guide →
- Seattle (11) — Fat Cat Records · 4.9 ★ (174) · city guide →
- Tampa (10) — Park Ave CDs · 4.8 ★ (1,730) · city guide →
- Philadelphia (10) — Matones Music · 4.9 ★ (219) · city guide →
- San Diego (10) — Re-Animated Records · 4.8 ★ (386) · city guide →
- Pittsburgh (9) — Attic Record Store Inc · 4.9 ★ (946) · city guide →
How we built this guide
Every shop on this page has a verified profile on the Keep Them Spinning Vinyl Radar, our directory of more than 3,000 independent record stores. Ratings and review counts come from each shop’s public Google listing when we profiled it (July–September 2026). We rebuilt this guide in October 2026, removed claims we could not verify and excluded shops that are mainly guitar, video or book stores.
Hours change, especially around holidays and Record Store Day. Check the shop’s profile or call before you go.
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Store profiles in this guide
Each store below has its own page with address, opening hours, what they stock and how to get there.
- A-1 Record Shop
- For The Record
- Stranded Records
- Westsider Records
- Amoeba Music
- Record Surplus
- The Record Parlour
- CD Trader
- Reckless Records
- Rolling Stones
- Shuga Records
- Dusty Groove
- Waterloo Records & Video
- End of An Ear
- Piranha Records
- Breakaway Records
- Third Man Records
- Grimey's New & Preloved Music
- The Great Escape
- Vinyl Tap
- Music Millennium
- Everyday Music
- 2nd Avenue Records
- Dig Vinyl
- Volta Records
- Lilliput Records
- Vinyl Vault Records
- Acme Records
- Easy Street Records & Cafe
- Hi-Voltage Records
- Silver Platters Lynnwood
- Silver Platters SoDo
- Amoeba Music
- Rasputin Music
- Mill Valley Music
- Tunnel Records
- Wanna Hear It Records
- Big Dig Records
- Record Exchange
- Turn It Up!
- Repo Records
- Cratediggaz Records
- Sit and Spin Records
- Latchkey
- Twist & Shout Records
- Wax Trax Records
- Angelo's CD's and Vinyl
- Paradise Found Records & Music
- Criminal Records
- Comeback Vinyl
- Fantasyland Records
- Wax 'N' Facts
- Retroitis
- Rust & Wax Record Shop - We Buy and Sell Records
- We Got the Beats Records Store
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