Vinyl Record Market Size is Expected to Reach USD 3.64 Billion By 2034: IMARC Group, a leading global market research and management consulting firm, has published its latest market intelligence report on the vinyl record market. The global vinyl record market grew from USD 2.07 Billion in 2025 to USD 2.20 Billion in 2026 and is projected to reach USD 3.64 Billion by 2034, exhibiting a CAGR of 6.48% during the forecast period 2026-2034, driven by a renewed cultural fascination with analog audio, artist-led exclusive vinyl drops, a thriving collector economy, and the resurgence of independent record stores worldwide.
Arlington, TX | Made in Tarrant: Arlington’s CD Warehouse strikes a chord with physical media collectors. Co-owner Ben Oberg sifted boxes of newly arrived vinyl records at his store CD Warehouse. It was a Friday, a release day for records and CDs, and Oberg and his team had hours of sorting and cataloging ahead. Bring Me the Horizon, Alanis Morissette, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton were among the artists in the mix. Soon, the records would join the bins crowding the Arlington store. …Oberg estimates his store now holds about 100,000 items. CD Warehouse, located on South Cooper Street, has stayed in business through the rise of downloads and streaming by buying used collections and expanding online sales. As CDs are becoming increasingly popular again, Oberg keeps belief in physical media.
Gambier, OH | Mount Vernon’s Fat Dog Vinyl is every Horn kid’s oasis: When Cecilia Duffy ’27 tells people she works at the record store in Mount Vernon, the most common response she gets is, “There’s a record store in Mount Vernon?” Duffy and her roommate discovered Fat Dog Vinyl on the corner of the square on North Main Street this summer while she was on campus working on summer research. “Once we found it, we were probably in here at least once a week, if not more,” she said. They browsed the bins and chatted music with the owner, Phil Hicks. Before long, Hicks offered her a job. “I love it. It actually makes me so happy,” Duffy said. “I love getting to just talk to people about music all day.”
Nottingham, UK | Popular Nottingham shop on the move as it outgrows premises: Vinyl and vintage fans are in for a treat. Vinyl and vintage fans are in for a treat with one of Nottingham’s most popular indie shops set to move to bigger premises in one of the coolest parts of the city. FAC1968, in St James’s Street, will relocate to Hockley, in the former City Arts building — a three-storey property with a courtyard and stacks of potential. It’s nearly three years since the record and clothing shop was opened by Gary Prail, who buys the records, and his partner Cheryl Marshall, the “creative genius” responsible for the shop’s layout. Gary, who used to run record store Funky Monkey in Goose Gate from the mid-1990s to early 2000s, will initially be opening on the ground floor, with the added attraction of a coffee shop.
London, UK | East London record store BBE launches petition amid licence review: BBE have worked with Hackney Council to implement noise limiters and acoustic curtains. …The space operated by the longstanding independent Black music label of the same name has been located at Arch 376 in London Fields since 2016. However, a residential building “sprung up” on the other side of this “largely commercial, industrial street” post-pandemic, which they say has led to mounting noise complaints against their business and others in the area, despite concerted efforts to find a resolution. According to the petition, the past year has seen an increase in “orchestrated noise complaints” against the various businesses that operate on the street, prompting a “notice of application to review our licence on the grounds of ‘prevention of crime and disorder’ and ‘prevention of public nuisance.'”
Chicago, IL | The Best Record Stores in Chicago: A DJ’s Guide to Vinyl Shops (2026). The best record stores in Chicago, picked by a DJ: Gramaphone, Dusty Groove, Bridgeport Records and more for house, soul and disco, plus a digging route. Chicago gave dance music the word “house,” and a record shop is part of that story. In the 1980s, a small store in Printer’s Row gave the records Frankie Knuckles played at the Warehouse their own section in the racks, and the label on that section helped name a whole genre. More than forty years later, the city is still one of the best places in the world to dig for records. You can buy house music in a shop where Derrick Carter once worked the counter, in a new store run by a deep house producer, or in a family business on the West Side that has sold soul and gospel since the 1960s…
Akron, OH | Independent Record Store Time Traveler Records Reopens in Akron: What started as a chance to collect more records has turned into a 46-year-old business, one of the oldest of its kind. For nearly five decades, Time Traveler Records has stood the test of time. The independent record store has made it through location and name changes, as well as the CD and digital revolution. After 12 years in its previous location, owner Scott Shepard was looking for a change. The store has since moved to 1375 N. Portage Path in Akron and reopened on Aug. 8. With its recent reopening, Time Traveler Records remains one of Northeast Ohio’s longest-running independent record stores.
Austin, TX | Austin Record Convention: The US’s largest vinyl sale: If you spend your weekends digging through crates, the biggest date on your calendar is coming up. The Austin Record Convention, better known as the Austin Record Show, returns for its fall edition on October 24 and 25 at the Palmer Events Center, and it is widely billed as the largest sale of recorded music in the United States. The numbers are hard to ignore: more than one million items available at any one time, from 78s, 45s and LPs to CDs, cassettes, posters and music memorabilia, with hundreds of dealers from across the U.S. and Europe filling 40,000 square feet of floor space. This year’s edition runs over 300 tables.
Rochester, MN | Rochester Record Show returns to southeast Minnesota: Hundreds of people attended the fall installment of the Rochester Record Show on Saturday. The free event took place at Little Thistle Brewing Company. It featured records, CDs and music memorabilia from all types of music, with vendors selling their wares. Event promoter Tim Schloe said many people, especially young people, are turning back to analog forms of entertainment, such as vinyl records and CDs. He said record shows like this one act as a relationship builder. “I think one of the things is it’s become more of a social experience,” Schloe said. “I mean people bring, they’ll bring their records out when they have friends over and they’ll sit. It’s showing off, ‘Hey look what I got’… It also sparks a conversation amongst friends.”
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