Thrift stores in Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky has 31 thrift and charity shops on the map right now. 19 of them are charity shops and 12 are independent second-hand stores, so Louisville gives you both flavours of thrifting in one trip. Stock turns over fast in all of them, so the shop that had nothing last month might have your thing this week.
This guide covers every thrift store we could verify in and around Louisville (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Goodwill and Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, plus Goodwill — each with its own personality, which is half the fun. If a shop's missing from Louisville's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Louisville thrift lineup
31 mapped within about 40 km:
Goodwill
Charity shop0.5 km from Louisville
Goodwill — a charity shop, found on 216 West Chestnut Street in Louisville.
216 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, 40202
Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store
Charity shop0.9 km from Louisville
Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store — a charity shop.
Goodwill
Charity shop2.1 km from Louisville
Goodwill is a charity shop on 909 East Broadway, Louisville.
909 East Broadway, Louisville, 40204
Mood
Second-hand store2.7 km from Louisville
Mood is an independent second-hand store on 248 Spring Street, Jeffersonville. Mood also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
248 Spring Street, Jeffersonville, 47130-3340
Hours: Tu-Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-678-577-4566
The Umbrella Stand
Second-hand store2.8 km from Louisville
The Umbrella Stand — an independent second-hand store, found on 637 Baxter Avenue in Louisville.
637 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, 40204
Vintage Vibe
Second-hand store4.9 km from Louisville
Vintage Vibe — an independent second-hand store, found on 1900 Eastern Parkway in Louisville.
1900 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, 40205
Cactus Flower Vintage
Second-hand store5.4 km from Louisville
Cactus Flower Vintage is an independent second-hand store on 1617 Bardstown Road, Louisville.
1617 Bardstown Road, Louisville, 40205
thrift store
Second-hand store6.4 km from Louisville
thrift store is an independent second-hand store. thrift store also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 08:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-18:00
Grantline Thrift
Second-hand store8.1 km from Louisville
Grantline Thrift is an independent second-hand store.
Back on the Rack Consignment
Second-hand store9.1 km from Louisville
Back on the Rack Consignment is an independent second-hand store on 2760 Jefferson Centre Way, Jeffersonville. Back on the Rack Consignment also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2760 Jefferson Centre Way, Jeffersonville, 47130-8266
Phone: +18125902102
Goodwill
Charity shop9.1 km from LouisvilleRun by Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana
Run by Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana, Goodwill is a charity shop, found on 2764 Jefferson Centre Way in Jeffersonville. Also worth knowing about Goodwill: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2764 Jefferson Centre Way, Jeffersonville, 47130-7283
Phone: +13175244313
Kentucky Habitat For Humanity
Charity shop9.5 km from Louisville
Kentucky Habitat For Humanity — a charity shop, found on 4050 Westport Road in St Matthews.
4050 Westport Road, St Matthews, 40207
Goodwill
Charity shop10.5 km from Louisville
Goodwill — a charity shop, found on 4224 Shelbyville Road in St Matthews.
4224 Shelbyville Road, St Matthews, 40207
Goodwill
Charity shop10.8 km from Louisville
Goodwill — a charity shop.
Goodwill
Charity shop11.5 km from Louisville
Goodwill is a charity shop.
Goodwill
Charity shop11.7 km from Louisville
Goodwill is a charity shop.
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Charity shop12.4 km from Louisville
Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a charity shop.
Goodwill
Charity shop14.2 km from LouisvilleRun by Goodwill
Run by Goodwill, Goodwill is a charity shop. Also worth knowing about Goodwill: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Goodwill
Charity shop15.9 km from Louisville
Goodwill is a charity shop.
Annie's Attic
Second-hand store16.3 km from Louisville
Annie's Attic is an independent second-hand store.
Consignments Plus
Second-hand store16.3 km from Louisville
Consignments Plus — an independent second-hand store.
Savers
Second-hand store16.4 km from Louisville
Savers is an independent second-hand store on 9521 Taylorsville Road, Jeffersontown.
9521 Taylorsville Road, Jeffersontown, 40299
Goodwill
Charity shop17.9 km from Louisville
Goodwill is a charity shop on 10230 Westport Road, Louisville.
10230 Westport Road, Louisville, 40241
Vendors Villiage
Second-hand store19.9 km from Louisville
Vendors Villiage is an independent second-hand store on 10713 Dixie Highway. Vendors Villiage also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10713 Dixie Highway
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1-502-933-6373
Goodwill
Charity shop22.0 km from Louisville
Goodwill — a charity shop, found on 100 Huntington Ridge Drive in Middletown.
100 Huntington Ridge Drive, Middletown, 40223
Goodwill
Charity shop22.3 km from Louisville
Goodwill — a charity shop, found on 12616 Taylorsville Road in Louisville.
12616 Taylorsville Road, Louisville, 40299
Goodwill
Charity shop27.1 km from Louisville
Goodwill is a charity shop.
Goodwill
Charity shop29.3 km from LouisvilleRun by Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries
Run by Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries, Goodwill is a charity shop.
Goodwill
Charity shop32.2 km from LouisvilleRun by Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana
Goodwill is a charity shop run by Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana.
The Mustard Seed
Second-hand store32.6 km from Louisville
The Mustard Seed — an independent second-hand store.
Marketplace on Main Street M.O.M.S
Charity shop32.7 km from Louisville
Marketplace on Main Street M.O.M.S — a charity shop.
What the map tells us about thrifting in Louisville
4 of the 31 shops list their opening hours, which is unusually helpful for Louisville — thrift stores are notorious for surprise closures. Still, call ahead if you're making a special trip to Louisville; volunteer-run shops sometimes close early on quiet days.
4 shops have websites listed, worth a look before you go — some post new arrivals or sale days online.
The Louisville thrift circuit
The efficient Louisville thrifting route strings these together: Goodwill on 216 West Chestnut Street, Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, Goodwill on 909 East Broadway, Mood on 248 Spring Street, The Umbrella Stand on 637 Baxter Avenue, Vintage Vibe on 1900 Eastern Parkway, Cactus Flower Vintage on 1617 Bardstown Road, and thrift store — 31 shops, one logical loop, no backtracking. 23 more are listed below.
Thrifting tips for Louisville
A few things worth knowing before you work through Louisville's thrift stores:
- Test every button and dial at Goodwill. Lamps, radios, kitchen gadgets — try them in the store if there's an outlet handy. As-is means as-is.
- Go early in the week at Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. Donations land on weekends, so Monday and Tuesday shelves are the freshly stocked ones. By Saturday the good stuff is gone.
- Learn the colour-tag system. Many charity shops discount by tag colour on rotation. Ask which colour is half price this week — it changes regularly.
- The book section is underpriced everywhere. Books are heavy, slow to sell, and priced to clear. First editions and out-of-print gems hide here regularly.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Louisville — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to for a thrifting run. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new shop in Louisville can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 31 that's closed, or a great shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
Prices at Louisville's thrift stores are set by each shop and change constantly, so we don't list them. As a rough rule, charity shops are the cheapest, independents sit in the middle, and anything labelled vintage costs more everywhere — Louisville included.
Thrift store listings for Louisville: 31 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.