Card Shops in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois has 24 card shops in our directory — 19 are filed under trading card games and 6 under sports cards; 1 is filed under both and counts in each. Every listing has an address and a Google Maps link; 22 of 24 also have a phone number and 20 have posted hours.

11 of the 24 are independent and 13 belong to a national chain. The chain locations are kept out of the main grid and collected at the bottom. Statewide, Illinois has 147 independent listings across 102 cities, plus 74 chain locations listed separately. Among the 20 Chicago shops with a posted schedule, 15 are open every day of the week, 1 closes on Mondays, and 5 close on Sundays. 8 of the 24 listings carry a Google rating. The highest-scoring independent once review volume is taken into account is Bridgeport Hobby Sports Cards, at 4.8 stars from 318 reviews.

One of the 24 Chicago listings is filed under both trading card games and sports cards, which is why the 19 TCG and 6 sports figures overlap: they add to 25, not 24. Within driving range are Cicero at roughly 4 miles with 1 shop, Oak Park at roughly 5 miles with 1 shop, and Berwyn at roughly 5 miles with 1 shop. 22 of the 24 listings link out to a website of their own; where a field is missing from a record we leave it blank rather than guess at it. The directory holds no inventory data for any of these shops, so what is in the case on a given afternoon is not something this page can answer. Our guide to finding a good card shop covers what to ask on the phone, and the starter guide covers the rest.