Bookstores in Johannesburg: list of 30 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Johannesburg?

OpenStreetMap lists 30 named bookstores inside the City of Johannesburg metro boundary (1,648 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 24% of the records list a website and 12% a phone number; 22 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Bargain Books, Bekker's, Book Galore Greenstone.

Bookstores in Johannesburg at a glance: most are in Northgate (3), Rembrandtpark (3), Blackheath (2); records were last edited between Apr 2009 and Sep 2026; chain names include Exclusive Books and Books Galore; Bargain Books and Books Galore Linden list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 1 record, including Books Galore Linden.

30named bookstores

24%list a website

22no website listed

25neighbourhoods

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22 with no website4 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
19 non-chain11 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Exclusive Books (7).Non-chain only
3 in NorthgatePlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Northgate

All 30 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookstores in Johannesburg, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
B
Bargain Books	Northgate, no street on record		+27 10 753 2309
Bekker'snot edited since 2009	Northgate, no street on record
Book Galore Greenstone	Rembrandtpark, no street on record
Books	Rivonia, no street on record
Books @ Norwoodnot edited since 2010	The Gardens, no street on record
Books Galorenot edited since 2010	Rembrandtpark, no street on record
Books Galorenot edited since 2012	Fairland, no street on record
Books Galorenot edited since 2012	Constantia Kloof, no street on record
Books Galore Linden	Emmarentia, no street on record	booksgalore.co.za	+27 11 888 0760
Botanical Gardens Bookstore	Emmarentia, no street on record
Bridge Booksnot edited since 2020	Marshalltown, no street on record
C
CNAnot edited since 2012	Victory Park, no street on record
Copy Shopnot edited since 2013	Rivonia, no street on record
Cosmic Comicsnot edited since 2010	Northcliff, no street on record
Cumnot edited since 2010	Blackheath, no street on record
CUM Booksnot edited since 2018	Northgate, no street on record
E
Exclusive Books	Hyde Park, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
Exclusive Books	Rosebank, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
Exclusive Books	Sandhurst, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
Exclusive Books	Blackheath, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
Exclusive Books	Morning Side Extentions, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za	+27873570027
Exclusive Books	Rembrandtpark, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
Exclusive Books	Strubensvallei, no street on record	exclusivebooks.co.za
G
Galorenot edited since 2021	Paulshof, no street on record
H
House of Judaicanot edited since 2010	The Gardens, no street on record
L
Love Books	Melville, no street on record
S
SKOOBSnot edited since 2019	1 Monte Casino Boulevard, Magaliessig		+27 11 513 2800
T
Tales Resoldnot edited since 2010	Bryanston West Ext 1, no street on record
The Book Shopnot edited since 2012	Bryanston, no street on record
V
Van Schaik	Doornfontein, no street on record

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4 more records have no name on the map and are left out of the list.

Bookstores in Johannesburg with no website listed

4 of 19 named non-chain bookstores.

Book Galore GreenstoneRembrandtpark
BooksRivonia
Botanical Gardens BookstoreEmmarentia
Van SchaikDoornfontein

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Where they are

Map of the 30 bookstores inside the Johannesburg boundary; most sit around Northgate, Rembrandtpark, Blackheath. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

13 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

Chains and non-chain businesses

32% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 23 are not.

Exclusive Books7
Books Galore3

What the records hold

34 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	1	3%
Website (own site)	8	24%
Phone on file	4	12%
Email on file (not shown)	2	6%
Opening hours	2	6%
Chain or brand branch	11	32%
Edited since January 2024	13	38%

Half the records were last edited in May 2021 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 34 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 1,648 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 11 branches each count once; 4 unnamed left out.

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Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookstores in Cape Town	32	31%
Bookstores in Paris	595	50%
Bookshops in London	324	58%
Bookstores in Berlin	307	66%
Bookstores in New York City	157	68%
Bookstores in Melbourne	120	40%
Bookstores in Toronto	108	50%
Bookstores in Montreal	91	52%
Bookstores in Amsterdam	86	63%
Bookstores in Singapore	75	36%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Johannesburg?

At least 34: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the City of Johannesburg metro boundary, 30 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 11 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Johannesburg has the most bookstores?

Northgate (3), then Rembrandtpark (3) and Blackheath (2). 25 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Johannesburg have no website?

22 of the 30 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 4 of them are not chain branches.

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Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Johannesburg, checked 2026-11-11
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