Bookstores in Wellington: list of 18 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Wellington?

OpenStreetMap lists 18 named bookstores inside the Wellington city boundary (291 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 67% of the records list a website and 39% a phone number; 6 named bookstores have no website on the public record. The biggest clusters are around Te Aro (10).

Examples on the list: Arty Bees Books, Aurelia Books, Book Haven.

Bookstores in Wellington at a glance: most are in Te Aro (10), Newtown (3); the busiest street is Willis Street, Te Aro (3); records were last edited between Jan 2019 and Nov 2026; chain names include Whitcoulls; Arty Bees Books and Aurelia Books list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 3 records, including Arty Bees Books, Book Hound, The Children’s Bookshop.

18named bookstores

67%list a website

6no website listed

7neighbourhoods

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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 11 Nov 2026. The CSV is under the same licence.

6 with no website4 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
16 non-chain2 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Whitcoulls (2).Non-chain only
10 in Te AroBusiest street: Willis Street, Te Aro (3). Plan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Te Aro

All 18 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookstores in Wellington, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
Arty Bees Books	106 Manners Street, Te Aro	artybees.co.nz	+64 4 384 5339
Aurelia Books	109 Willis Street, Te Aro	aureliabooks.co.nz	+64 22 054 2696
B
Book Haven	160 Riddiford Street, Newtown	bookhaven.co.nz	+64 4 380 0009
Book Hound	Newtown, no street on record
F
Freedom Shop	160 Riddiford Street, Newtown	freedomshopaotearoa.blogspot.com
G
Graphic Comics	105 Cuba Street, Te Aro	graphiccomics.co.nz
M
Marsden Booksnot edited since 2019	159 Karori Road, Karori	marsdenbooks.co.nz
Minerva	Te Aro, no street on record	minerva.co.nz
P
Pegasus Books	204A Left Bank, Te Aro	pegasusbooksnz.com	+64 4 384 4733
T
Tawa Books & Post	181 Main Road, Tawa
The Children’s Bookshop	26 Kilbirnie Plaza, Kilbirnie	thechildrensbookshop.co.nz
The Ferret Bookshop	175 Cuba Street, Te Aro	ferretbookshop.co.nz	+64 4 384 8786
Twin Rivers	Miramar, no street on record
U
Undercurrent	Te Aro, no street on record
Unity Books	57 Willis Street, Te Aro	unitybookswellington.co.nz	+64 4 499 4245
W
Whitcoulls	Te Aro, no street on record
Whitcoulls	Wellington Central, no street on record
X
XO Book Co.	140 Willis Street, Te Aro	xobookco.nz	+64 4 381 0323

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Also as Excel file of the 18 bookstores, GeoJSON file of the 18 bookstores, KML file of the 18 bookstores (maps and spreadsheets; same rows, same licence).

Bookstores in Wellington with no website listed

4 of 16 named non-chain bookstores.

Book HoundNewtown
Tawa Books & Post181 Main Road, Tawa
Twin RiversMiramar
UndercurrentTe Aro

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Where they are

Map of the 18 bookstores inside the Wellington boundary; most sit around Te Aro, Newtown, Karori. — website listedno website, or social page only

Busiest streets

Willis Street, Te Aro3

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

Chains and non-chain businesses

11% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 16 are not.

Whitcoulls2

What the records hold

18 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	12	67%
Website (own site)	12	67%
Phone on file	7	39%
Email on file (not shown)	6	33%
Opening hours	12	67%
Chain or brand branch	2	11%
Edited since January 2024	17	94%

Half the records were last edited in Jun 2026 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 18 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 291 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 2 branches each count once.

Get the complete list with emails, phones and ratings

Businesses to contact, not customer enquiries ("leads" for your own business are a different product).

Suggested source for this list

Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder

It searches Google Maps for the same category and city and can add emails from each business website.

Emails
Phone numbers
Websites
Star ratings
Review counts
Social profiles
no opening hours

One run: about $0.42 to $0.64 for 18 to 240 rows ($0.99 per 1,000 + $0.40 start fee (4 GB run)), plus platform usage ($0.80/hour).

Free plan prices; it includes $5 a month (Apify pricing).

How to run it, step by step

Open Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store and sign in or create a free Apify account.
Paste these 2 searches into Search phrases, one per line; the neighbourhood searches catch businesses a citywide search misses.
1. bookstores in Wellington, New Zealand
2. bookstores in Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
Set US state: All (nationwide); Location (optional): Wellington, New Zealand.
Set Maximum leads to 300.
Start it and download the results as CSV or Excel.

Open on the Apify Store What this source returns

Other ways to build or enrich it

Prices on the Free plan: per 1,000 results plus a start fee per GB of run memory, plus Apify platform usage.
Source	What it adds	Price
Google Maps Business Lead Finder with Email & Social Links	a second Google Maps route with a different set of columns	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
Yelp Business Search & Review Scraper	Yelp listings with ratings and review counts	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
Website Contact Page Email & Phone Crawler	reads the websites in the free CSV and returns the emails and phone numbers published there	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
Facebook Business Page Finder by Keyword & City	finds the Facebook pages of businesses that have no website	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start

Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookstores in Auckland	69	38%
Bookstores in Christchurch	30	42%
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%

Every city for bookstores

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Wellington?

At least 18: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Wellington city boundary, 18 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 2 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Wellington has the most bookstores?

Te Aro (10), then Newtown (3) and Karori (1); the busiest street is Willis Street, Te Aro (3). 7 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Wellington have no website?

6 of the 18 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 4 of them are not chain branches.

How do I get phone numbers and emails for bookstores in Wellington?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Wellington, New Zealand" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookstores in Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand". One run costs about $0.42 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 18 to 240 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Wellington, checked 2026-11-11
OpenStreetMap copyright and licence
Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store, checked 2026-11-13

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