Vintage Vinyl Record Store

Vinyl record stores sell new and used records, turntables, and music gear with buying, selling, and trading.

With vinyl resurgent and record collecting popular, record stores generate revenue of $100,000-$350,000 with 40-60% margins through retail and buying.

The business requires music and vinyl knowledge, retail space with listening stations, extensive record inventory, turntables and audio gear, and buying and grading expertise.

Products include new vinyl releases and reissues, used and vintage records, rare and collectible pressings, turntables and cartridges, cleaning and storage accessories, and music memorabilia and posters.

Revenue through retail, buying used records, and online.

Success factors include deep music and pressing knowledge, curating excellent vinyl selection across genres, offering fair buying and trading, in-store listening and community, and building collector and music lover following.

Marketing focuses on vinyl collectors, music lovers, DJs, and younger generations discovering vinyl.

With vinyl resurgent and analog music valued in 2025, record stores offer music retail opportunities serving collectors with knowledge and community as differentiators.