Card Shops in Delaware

Delaware is the clearest case in the directory of a chain-heavy state: 10 of its 22 listings are GameStop stores, leaving 12 independents, and 5 of the state's 11 listed cities have no local shop at all.

The independents cluster in Dover, Wilmington, and Bear, with 3 apiece in the first two. Because the state is small enough to cross in an afternoon, the nearest-cities block on each city page usually has something useful in it even when the city itself only has one shop.

Classification is 16 trading card games to 7 sports cards, 1 both. Coverage of the data fields is unusually complete here: 22 carry a phone number, 21 post hours, and 21 link to a website, out of 22 listings total.

20 Delaware listings carry a Google rating. Weighted by review volume the leaders are EG Collectibles in Bear (5.0 stars from 30 reviews) and Home Stretch Cards & Collectibles in Dover (5.0 stars from 20 reviews). Stock and event nights are outside what the directory records — call the shop.

10 Delaware listings are thin records kept out of search results. The state's real constraint, though, is not data quality but the chain ratio. With 12 independent shops in the whole state, a collector here is realistically choosing between three or four places, and the 10 chain locations in the list do not change that. 20 listings carry a Google rating and 13 of the 21 with a posted schedule are open all seven days.