List of Libraries in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 34,702 libraries in the USA, one in every 1,841 US companies. Most of them are small: two in three have one to four people, and only 909 firms employ 50 people or more. One in thirty-three libraries is based in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington. Below you find the largest libraries in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

34,702 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies34,7021 in1,841 US companiesCities9,301Largest cityNew York 254Sole traders0.9%Employees1-4 (64%)Revenue< $100K (64%)Email63%Phone82%Website74%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Chegg, INC.	USA	San Francisco	2261 Market St Pmb 46218	San Francisco	94114-1612	*****.com	2005	$376,908,000	595	Corporation	19	4007658
2	Virginia Public Building Authority	USA	Richmond	101 N 14th St Fl 20	Richmond City	23219-3684	*****.gov	2005	$371,601,734	3		N/A	N/A
3	Library Of Congress	USA	Washington	101 Independence Ave Se	District of Columbia	20540-0002	*****.gov	1800	$288,835,880	4,213	Corporation	65750	N/A
4	Brooklyn Public Library	USA	Brooklyn	10 Grand Army Plz	Kings	11238-5619	*****.org	1989	$177,461,475	1,700	Corporation	53	111904261
5	The Huntington Library Art Museums And Botanical Garden	USA	San Marino	1151 Oxford Rd	Los Angeles	91108-1218	*****.com	1919	$167,958,682	380	Corporation	N/A	N/A
6	City Of Long Branch	USA	Oceanport	18 Doreen Dr	Monmouth	07757-1453	*****.com	2010	$145,200,015	3		N/A	N/A
7	King County Rural Library District	USA	Seattle	516 3rd Ave	King	98104-2385	*****.org	2012	$144,440,944	3		N/A	N/A
8	Columbus Metropolitan Library	USA	Columbus	96 S Grant Ave	Franklin	43215-4781	*****.org	2018	$143,920,756	13	Corporation	N/A	N/A
9	Battelle Library	USA	Columbus	505 King Ave	Franklin	43201-2693	*****.org	2001	$118,820,187	8		N/A	N/A
10	Las Vegs-Clrk Cnty Lbry Dist F	USA	Las Vegas	7060 W Windmill Ln	Clark	89113-4678	*****.org	1965	$112,366,666	737	Corporation	19	C25607-2002
11	Robert W Woodruff Health Sciences Center	USA	Atlanta	1440 Clifton Road	Fulton	30322-1053	*****.org	2001	$103,036,184	3	Corporation	N/A	K610190
12	Cuyahoga County Public Library	USA	Parma	2111 Snow Rd	Cuyahoga	44134-2792	*****.org	1923	$100,819,561	875	Corporation	28	346000819
13	Wellspring Resource Library	USA	Loveland	2000 Boise Ave	Larimer	80538-5006	*****.org	1990	$97,969,292	98	Corporation	N/A	840826332
14	Las Vegas Clark County Library District- Admin	USA	Las Vegas	7060 W Windmill Ln	Clark	89113-4678	*****.org	2011	$95,530,955	750	Corporation	N/A	N/A
15	Public Library Of Charlotte And Mecklenburg County	USA	Charlotte	310 N Tryon St	Mecklenburg	28202-2139	*****.us	1903	$93,925,229	450	Corporation	23	0119691
16	Cleveland Public Library	USA	Cleveland	325 Superior Ave E	Cuyahoga	44114-1271	*****.org	1869	$87,868,405	690	Corporation	31	346000711
17	New Providence Memorial Library	USA	New Providence	377 Elkwood Ave	Union	07974-1837	*****.org	1920	$81,839,786	7	Corporation	N/A	N/A
18	Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation, INC.	USA	Indianapolis	2450 N Meridian St	Marion	46206	*****.org	1873	$80,421,255	640	Corporation	22	N/A
19	St Louis County Library District	USA	Saint Louis	1640 S Lindbergh Blvd	St. Louis City	63131-3501	*****.org	1946	$73,177,631	720	Corporation	23	N00061813
20	Room To Read	USA	San Francisco	465 California St Ste 1000	San Francisco	94104-1824	*****.org	2000	$66,520,184	55	Corporation	2	912003533
21	Imcpl Children's Services	USA	Indianapolis	2450 N Meridian St	Marion	46208-5732	*****.org	2011	$66,470,419	3	Corporation	N/A	N/A
22	Mid-Continent Public Library	USA	Independence	15616 E Us Highway 24	Schuyler	64050-2098	*****.org	1965	$65,505,587	1,050	Corporation	41	N/A
23	The George W Bush Foundation	USA	Dallas	2943 Smu Blvd	Dallas	75205	*****.org	2006	$55,960,197	135	Corporation	3	0800599409
24	Orange County Library System	USA	Orlando	101 E Central Blvd Lbby	Orange	32801-2462	*****.info	1923	$55,175,350	399	Corporation	15	N/A
25	Toledo-Lucas County Public Library	USA	Toledo	325 N Michigan St	Lucas	43604-6628	*****.org	1970	$49,251,983	350	Corporation	21	N/A

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Largest libraries in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in New York, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

The New York Public Library is the largest library in the USA by headcount. 909 firms employ 50 people or more; 293 employ 100 or more.

1New York3,645 staff
2Columbia2,484 staff
3Brockton1,989 staff
4Charleston1,818 staff
5Brooklyn1,700 staff
6Plymouth1,270 staff
7Minneapolis990 staff
8Columbus800 staff
9Las Vegas750 staff
10Honolulu738 staff

By employee size · 34,610 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	22,305	64%
5-9	7,096	21%
10-19	2,317	7%
20-49	1,983	6%
50-99	616	2%
100-199	197	0.6%
200-499	70	0.2%
500-999	18	<0.1%
1,000+	8	<0.1%

64% have 1 to 4 people; 1,983 have 20 to 49; 909 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	16,431	64%
$100K-$500K	7,449	29%
$500K-$1M	754	3%
$1M-$5M	791	3%
$5M-$10M	104	0.4%
$10M-$50M	96	0.4%
$50M-$100M	12	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	12	<0.1%

64% under $100,000; 791 between $1M and $5M; 224 above $5M.

Libraries in New York

New York has 254 libraries, <0.1% of all 732,093 New York companies and 36% below the national share. Three in five New York firms have fewer than five people; 13 have 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 26 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 148 · 58%
5-9: 44 · 17%
10-19: 18 · 7%
20-49: 31 · 12%
50+: 13 · 5%

Legal form

Sole traders: 1 · 0.4%
Partnerships: 2 · 0.8%
Corporations and LLCs: 99 · 39%
Other or none: 152 · 60%

Of the US total: 0.7%
Of all New York companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 0.6×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 0
Of USA's 2026 entries: 0.0%

Old

Before 1990: 26 · 10%
1990 or later: 228 · 90%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.3%

Reachable

Email: 122 · 48%
Phone: 189 · 74%
Website: 175 · 69%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 93 · 51%
$100K-$500K: 70 · 38%
$500K-$1M: 9 · 5%
$1M and more: 11 · 6%

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 34,610 US libraries with a known headcount, 22,305 (64%) have one to four people, 7,096 have five to nine, 4,300 have ten to 49 and 909 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (16,431, 64%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 1029,401 85%
Small 10 to 494,300 12%
Medium 50 to 249883 3%
Large 250+26 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

224

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 120 more than $10 million.

352

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the USA?

New York has the most libraries in the USA (254), ahead of Chicago (213), Los Angeles (209), Philadelphia (190) and Washington (187). Together the five hold one in thirty-three of them. Relative to their size, Madison, Washington and Baltimore have the most: 1.5 to 1.9 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,301 US cities have at least one library; 573 have ten or more; 4,189 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Libraries per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.05. Madison has 1.9 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,831 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	723	2%
Ct	489	1%
Cook	404	1%
Montgomery	384	1%
Jefferson	372	1%
Orange	365	1%
Washington	341	1.0%
Franklin	285	0.8%
Suffolk	263	0.8%
New York	254	0.7%

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How many libraries are there in the USA?

Libraries in the USA

34,702

21 October 2026

There are 34,702 libraries in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 1,841 US companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (352 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 24,763 71%
Head offices: 916
Branch offices: 9,023

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 8231.

15,459 of the 34,702 are corporations and LLCs (45%); 302 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 5 libraries for every one of the safety companies in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Radio and Television Broadcasting Companies	38,959	42%	76%
Libraries	34,702	74%	64%
Marinas	18,270	39%	85%
Recycling Companies	12,179	41%	75%
Refrigeration Companies	8,152	44%	80%
Safety Companies	7,475	87%	82%

In other countries

The USA has more libraries than the UK or Canada.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	34,702	0.5
The UK	7,803	0.9
Canada	6,382	1.5
India	6,183	0.2
Belgium	3,633	1.5

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Newcomers in the USA in 2026

352 libraries were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 2 a working day, after 396 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

2602022
2642023
3102024
3962025
3522026 so far

350 of this year's 352 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Dighton4 staff
2Dover3 staff
3Magnolia2 staff
4St. Petersburg2 staff
5Medley2 staff

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in 115 US libraries work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Two in five are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders3020.9%
Partnerships2090.6%
Corporations and LLCs15,45945%
No form on record or other18,73254%

Single-site: 71%
Head offices: 916
Branches: 9,023

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

How reachable are they?

Libraries are easier to reach than the average US company: 82% list a phone number and 74% a website.

Email21,861 63%
Phone28,506 82%
Website25,667 74%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 785 US libraries from before 1900, 3,212 from before 1950 and 7,472 from before 1990.

1803
1. Boston
1807
1. Boston
1809
1. New York
1819
1. Mentor
1819
1. Columbus
1820
1. Bloomington

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7,472

US libraries date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many libraries are there in the USA?

There are 34,702 libraries in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 1,841 US companies.

Which is the largest library in the USA?

The New York Public Library in New York, with 3,645 staff. By revenue Chegg in San Francisco leads with $376.9 million a year.

Which US city has the most libraries?

New York, with 254, ahead of Chicago (213), Los Angeles (209), Philadelphia (190) and Washington (187). Relative to its size, Madison has the most: 1.9 times the national share.

How many libraries are there in New York?

254, which is <0.1% of all 732,093 New York companies and 36% below the national share.

How big is a typical library?

Small. 64% of the 34,610 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 909 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US libraries sole traders or companies?

One in 115 (302) are sole traders, 0.6% are partnerships and 45% (15,459) are corporations and LLCs.

How many libraries started in 2026?

352 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 396 in 2025. 350 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest library in the USA?

Social Law Library in Boston, 1803, followed by The Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum in Boston (1807) and The New-York Historical Society in New York (1809). 785 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers libraries?

Our platform filters them on SIC 8231 (libraries).

Can I download the full list?

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