Thrift Store Chains & Brands
The major secondhand chains work very differently — some are charities, some are for-profit retailers, some pay you cash for your clothes. Each guide covers how the chain works, what it accepts, and links to its locations in our directory.
Goodwill
Charity thrift · 2419 locations in our directory
Goodwill is not one company but a network of more than 150 independent regional nonprofits across the US and Canada, each operating its own stores, donation centers, and job-training programs. Revenue from the stores funds employment services — job coaching, résumé help, and skills training — in the region where you shop or donate.
The Salvation Army Family Store
Charity thrift · 561 locations in our directory
The Salvation Army’s thrift stores — branded Family Stores — fund its Adult Rehabilitation Centers, residential recovery programs for people overcoming addiction. The stores are one of the oldest and largest thrift operations in the country.
St. Vincent de Paul
Charity thrift · 32 locations in our directory
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic charity organized into local "conferences," many of which run thrift stores. Store revenue funds direct assistance — rent, utilities, food — for neighbors in need, and stores often provide free goods via voucher to people referred by the society.
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Charity thrift · 402 locations in our directory
Habitat ReStores are home-improvement thrift stores run by local Habitat for Humanity affiliates. They sell furniture, appliances, cabinets, doors, windows, lighting, and building materials — much of it donated by contractors, retailers, and homeowners mid-renovation. Proceeds fund Habitat’s home construction and repair work.
Savers / Value Village
For-profit thrift · 154 locations in our directory
Savers (branded Value Village in some markets) is a for-profit thrift retailer. It buys donated goods by the pound from nonprofit partners — the donations you drop at a Savers community donation center are credited to a partner charity, and the store resells them.
Plato's Closet
Buy-sell-trade resale · 4 locations in our directory
Plato's Closet is a buy-sell-trade franchise (Winmark Corporation) focused on current-style clothing for teens and young adults. Stores buy gently used, on-trend items outright and resell them at roughly 50–70% off mall retail.
Once Upon A Child
Buy-sell-trade resale · 14 locations in our directory
Once Upon A Child (also a Winmark franchise) buys and resells kids’ clothing, shoes, toys, and baby gear. It pays cash on the spot for items that meet current safety standards and style/condition cuts.
Uptown Cheapskate
Buy-sell-trade resale · 31 locations in our directory
Uptown Cheapskate is a fashion-exchange franchise buying and reselling young-adult clothing and accessories, positioned slightly more premium than its competitors — think mall brands up through entry designer.
Buffalo Exchange
Buy-sell-trade resale · 4 locations in our directory
Buffalo Exchange is a curated buy-sell-trade chain in urban markets, known for a sharper fashion edit than volume thrift — vintage, designer, and current trend pieces selected by trained buyers.
Deseret Industries
Charity thrift · 39 locations in our directory
Deseret Industries is the thrift operation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, concentrated in the western US. Stores double as vocational training sites, and revenue supports welfare and humanitarian programs.
America's Thrift Stores
For-profit thrift · 13 locations in our directory
America's Thrift Stores is a southeastern US chain (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana) that partners with charities: goods are collected on behalf of nonprofit partners, purchased from them, and resold — so shopping and donating both generate charity revenue.
Arc Thrift Stores
Charity thrift · 39 locations in our directory
Arc Thrift Stores operates across Colorado, funding The Arc’s advocacy programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — and it is one of the state’s largest employers of people with IDD.