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America's Favorite MOM AND POP SHOPS 2025
Entrepreneur US
|September - October 2025
HOW WE PICKED 150 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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Every neighborhood has them—the shops where you're greeted by name, where the shelves hold stories, and where the owners pour their lives into what they do. These businesses are more than just places to buy things. They're anchors of community life.
Each year, we go looking for the best of them. These aren't just the buzziest or trendiest, but the ones that win hearts day after day.
Here was our methodology:
Entrepreneur partnered on this list with the data company
This story is from the September - October 2025 edition of Entrepreneur US.
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