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Barnes & Noble

American book retailer
Organization Business Q795454

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
business, enterprise, public company, bookstore chain[2][3][4]
Official website
www.barnesandnoble.com, www.bn.com[15][16]
Legal form
Delaware corporation[20]

Status and dates

Inception
1873, 1917[12][13]

Location

Headquarters location
New York City[9]
Country
United States[1]
Location of formation
New York City[14]

Industry and activity

Industry
bookselling[11]
Product or material produced
software[17]

Financials

Employees
+40000, +26000[18][19]
Net profit
+75900000[25]
Total revenue
+5200000000[24]

People

Founder
Leonard Riggio, William Robbins Barnes, Gilbert Clifford Noble[5][6][7]

Relations

Owner of
GameStop, SparkNotes, Barnes & Noble online shop[21][22][23]
More facts +6
Date of incorporation
March 17, 1982[31]
Item operated
Barnes & Noble online shop[8]
Location URL match pattern
^https:\/\/stores\.barnesandnoble\.com\/store\(/d+)$[32]
MAC Address Block Large ID
58671A, 64C667[26][27]
Social media followers
301k (257k–301k, n=3)[28][29][30]
Stock exchange
New York Stock Exchange[10]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 40
ROR ID
019w40127
ISNI
0000000091349005
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 0000000091349005 GND (DNB) 0000 0000 9746 7395 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Legal Entity Identifier
549300WEQE1M8II5OS20
VIAF cluster ID
133686263
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80036726
GND ID
1086866045
GRID ID
grid.467243.0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Barnes & Noble Fifth Ave flagship.jpg ↗
BoardGameGeek game publisher ID
4922
Central Index Key
0000890491
Comparably company ID
barnes-noble
Crunchbase organization ID
nook-media, barnesandnoble-com
Show all 40 identifiers +28
Described at URL
www.fundinguniverse.com
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2wBEnU
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
566692
Facebook username
barnesandnoble
Freebase ID
/m/01b7dt
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11cm13l5ql
HAND ID
8F58-2DCD-3A78-FDCA-94E7
ISIN
US0677741094
Instagram username
barnesandnoble
LittleSis organization ID
448
Location information URL
www.store-locator.barnesandnoble.com, stores.barnesandnoble.com
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID
barnesandnoble-1bd7b6
Open Funder Registry funder ID
100004701
OpenCorporates organization ID
us_de/933928
PermID
4295903538
Pinterest username
barnesandnoble
Quora topic ID
Barnes-Noble-company
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
barnes_noble
Scilit organization ID
57708
Subreddit
Barnesandnoble
Threads username
barnesandnoble
Topic's main category
Category:Barnes & Noble
USB vendor ID
2080
Wellcome Collection concept ID
ewxuudcy
Wikirate Company ID
2266068
Wikisimpsons article ID
133443
X (Twitter) username
BNBuzz
Yale LUX ID
group/bbdd247a-fe9d-4702-8ddc-31f72d9209ae
📚 Sources · 1
  • OpenAlex as of 2026-09-27 · 1 statement · CC0 1.0 CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.

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📈 SEC EDGAR
Public · NYSE/NASDAQ
CIK 0000890491
View SEC filings →
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OpenAlex IDP10283
I4210103637 2026-09-27 OpenAlex (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-27
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
📋 Recent SEC Filings · last 8
15-12B
2019-08-19
15-12B
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2019-08-12
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2019-08-12
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2019-08-08
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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2019-08-08
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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2019-08-07
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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2019-08-07
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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2019-08-07
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
business, public company, enterprise
Owner of 2
GameStop, SparkNotes
Country 1
United States
Headquarters location 1
New York City
Industry 1
bookselling
Legal form 1
Delaware corporation
Location of formation 1
New York City
Owned entities 1
SparkNotes
Product or material produced 1
software
Stock exchange 1
New York Stock Exchange
Topic's main category 1
Category:Barnes & Noble
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Barnes & Noble
← Developer 1
Barnes & Noble Nook
← Distributed by 1
The GOLD LIST of the Top Contemporary Artists of Today
← Manufacturer 1
Barnes & Noble Nook
← Publisher 1
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 3 annual filings
Revenue
$3.55B
▼ 3.0% YoY FY2019
Net Income
$3.77M
▲ 103.0% YoY FY2019
Assets
$1.71B
▼ 2.5% YoY FY2019
EPS (diluted)
$0.05
▲ 102.9% YoY FY2019
$0.00$1.07B$2.14B$3.21B$4.28B FY2017: $3.89B · NI $22.02M (0.6% margin)FY2018: $3.66B · NI -$125.48M (-3.4% margin)FY2019: $3.55B · NI $3.77M (0.1% margin) '17'18'19
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2019-04-27 · accession 0001193125-19-176078
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served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold

Located in the administrative territorial entity Burbank emerging0.866 independent sources

evidence “Michaela Witter said she was stalked by Crowder at a Barnes and Noble bookstore in Burbank in August 2023.” yahoo.com · read source

Related Entities

business GameStop New York City New York Stock Exchange public company software United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added reference: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: barnesandnoble-1bd7b6, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  2. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64283"
  3. 6w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article ID → 133443
    "Created claim: Wikisimpsons article ID: 133443, Matched to Barnes & Noble (#296169801) in Wikisimpsons #m"
  4. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 1086866045
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56499: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  5. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 8F58-2DCD-3A78-FDCA-94E7
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 8F58-2DCD-3A78-FDCA-94E7, batch #269254"
  6. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Item operated → Barnes & Noble online shop
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 2wBEnU
    Owner of → GameStop, SparkNotes, Barnes & Noble online shop
    Date of incorporation → March 17, 1982
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  7. 26w ago · Jwillikers · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → 1873, 1917
    Employees → 40,000, 26,000
    Legal form → Delaware corporation
    Owner of → GameStop, SparkNotes, Barnes & Noble online shop
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: OpenCorporates organization ID: us_de/933928"
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