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2,830 of the 6,288 pawn shops in our directory (45.0%) buy gold and jewelry, based on their customers' reviews or their own website. These are the states and cities with the most of them.

States with the most pawn shops that buy gold #

#	State	Buy gold	All shops	Share	Per 100k
1	Texas	510	1,064	47.9%	1.63
2	Florida	373	661	56.4%	1.60
3	California	265	459	57.7%	0.67
4	New York	165	264	62.5%	0.83
5	North Carolina	108	256	42.2%	0.98
6	Illinois	106	193	54.9%	0.83
7	Arizona	101	149	67.8%	1.33
8	Georgia	100	305	32.8%	0.89
9	Ohio	58	172	33.7%	0.49
10	Colorado	57	114	50.0%	0.96
11	Virginia	57	140	40.7%	0.65
12	Indiana	56	110	50.9%	0.81
13	Tennessee	56	164	34.1%	0.77
14	Kentucky	49	136	36.0%	1.07
15	Oklahoma	49	136	36.0%	1.20
16	Missouri	46	114	40.4%	0.74
17	Louisiana	44	115	38.3%	0.96
18	Michigan	43	113	38.1%	0.42
19	Nevada	41	74	55.4%	1.25
20	South Carolina	39	100	39.0%	0.71
21	Connecticut	38	72	52.8%	1.03
22	Alabama	38	152	25.0%	0.74
23	New Jersey	36	49	73.5%	0.38
24	Maryland	36	79	45.6%	0.57
25	Oregon	32	62	51.6%	0.75
26	Washington	32	105	30.5%	0.40
27	Pennsylvania	31	63	49.2%	0.24
28	Iowa	26	42	61.9%	0.80
29	Massachusetts	25	47	53.2%	0.35
30	Mississippi	24	89	27.0%	0.82
31	Arkansas	24	153	15.7%	0.78
32	Utah	23	61	37.7%	0.66
33	Kansas	21	50	42.0%	0.71
34	Minnesota	19	47	40.4%	0.33
35	Wisconsin	11	29	37.9%	0.18
36	Idaho	11	40	27.5%	0.55
37	Rhode Island	9	16	56.2%	0.81
38	West Virginia	9	45	20.0%	0.51
39	Montana	9	47	19.1%	0.79
40	Delaware	8	12	66.7%	0.76
41	Maine	8	25	32.0%	0.57
42	Nebraska	8	27	29.6%	0.40
43	New Hampshire	6	16	37.5%	0.43
44	Hawaii	5	10	50.0%	0.35
45	North Dakota	5	15	33.3%	0.63
46	Alaska	4	17	23.5%	0.54
47	South Dakota	4	22	18.2%	0.43
48	New Mexico	4	30	13.3%	0.19
49	Vermont	1	1	100.0%	0.15

Download: pawn-shops-gold-buyers.csv · No confirmed gold buyer yet in Wyoming, District of Columbia.

Most gold buyers per person #

Gold-buying pawn shops per 100,000 residents, states with at least 5 of them.

Cities with the most pawn shops that buy gold #

More buyers in one city means you can get a second and third offer without a long drive. 482 cities have two or more; the top 30 are shown.

#	City	Buy gold	Of which independent	All shops
1	Houston, TX	72	12	137
2	San Antonio, TX	53	1	91
3	Miami, FL	31	18	60
4	Dallas, TX	28	4	63
5	Brooklyn, NY	27	14	41
6	Tampa, FL	27	6	38
7	Chicago, IL	25	16	47
8	Jacksonville, FL	23	9	39
9	Phoenix, AZ	23	9	37
10	Las Vegas, NV	22	2	42
11	Tucson, AZ	22	6	27
12	Laredo, TX	22	0	24
13	New York, NY	21	13	39
14	Bronx, NY	20	11	49
15	Austin, TX	20	3	36
16	Orlando, FL	20	7	34
17	Oklahoma City, OK	17	4	30
18	San Diego, CA	17	9	26
19	Indianapolis, IN	16	1	25
20	Los Angeles, CA	15	14	38
21	Fort Lauderdale, FL	13	11	18
22	Fort Worth, TX	12	1	33
23	Atlanta, GA	12	10	18
24	Baltimore, MD	11	8	23
25	St. Louis, MO	11	7	19
26	Tulsa, OK	11	4	19
27	Mesa, AZ	11	4	15
28	El Paso, TX	10	2	33
29	Denver, CO	10	1	15
30	Marietta, GA	10	7	13

Where the proof comes from #

Gold buyers2,830 shops

Customer review only: 1,084
Shop's website only: 1,217
Both: 529
Chain locations that buy: 57.7%
Independents that buy: 38.1%

For 63.3% of the chain locations that buy gold, the only proof is the chain's website; for independents it is 26.2%. Independents mostly have to be proven by their reviews, so the gap between the two lines partly reflects how much each kind of shop says online.

How we count

A pawn shop counts as a gold buyer when a customer review describes selling or pawning gold or jewelry there, or when the shop's own website says it buys gold. Reviews that only mention buying jewelry from the shop don't count. We show that proof next to each buyer on our sell-gold pages. Many shops buy gold without saying so in a review or online, so the real number is higher. Call ahead and ask how they test and weigh gold. Last updated 2026-11-08.

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