Heading to Orlando?
Sure it’s the theme park capital of the world but away from the rides and attractions, you’ll find a different kind of magic. No, we don’t mean the basketball team!
We’re talking about the best thrift stores in Orlando for unearthing second-hand treasures.
Among the art galleries, theaters, and roller coaster rides there are must-visit thrift stores waiting to be rifled through.
You’ll find an eclectic mix of traditional thrift shops, stores for vintage lovers, upscale resale, and charity boutiques full of one-of-a-kind gems.
Before you head downtown, have a read of our thrift shopping tips to help you perfect your rail diving skills and nail that responsible #thrifthaul.
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The Best Thrift Stores in Orlando at a Glance
Best for charity thrifting | Out Of The Closet | 96 cents of every dollar funds HIV care at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Best for vintage fashion | Etoile Boutique | 100+ handpicked vintage pieces added weekly in the Milk District.
Best for furniture and home decor | Top Drawer Consignments | A curated Winter Park showroom frequented by interior designers and collectors.
Best for a serious haul | OMG! Thrift | 100,000+ items on color-coded racks, 15,000 new pieces added every week.
Best for supporting disabled kids | Russell Home Thrift Store | Donations fund a residential home for severely disabled children since 1940.
Best for buy-sell-trade | Avalon Exchange | Family-owned resale since 1988 with regular dollar sales and daily fresh stock.
Map of the Best Thrift Stores in Orlando
Open our interactive map to see all 14 Orlando storefronts pinned, so you can plan your route across the city.
Exploring Orlando Thrift Stores
- Teen Challenge Super Thrift Jump to store
- Out Of The Closet Jump to store
- Etoile Boutique Jump to store
- Russell Home Thrift Store Jump to store
- Top Drawer Consignments Jump to store
- Dechoes Jump to store
- Upscale Apparel Jump to store
- The Village Thrift Shop Jump to store
- OMG! Thrift Jump to store
- Avalon Exchange Jump to store
- City Thrift Jump to store
- Additional Thrift Stores Worth Exploring in Orlando Jump to store
Teen Challenge Super Thrift
If you’re heading up towards Lake Monroe, add Teen Challenge Super Thrift to your list of thrift stores in Orlando to check out.
It’s a little further out than the rest but worth the effort as you can pick up some bargains while supporting a worthwhile cause.
100% of the proceeds go to Teen Challenge, a non-profit specializing in the recovery and prevention of life-controlling addictions.
The stores also provide work experience and job training to students on the Teen Challenge programme.
Price: $-$$
Out Of The Closet
Buying from thrift stores that give back to the community is a double win. And you can do just that at Out of the Closet.
With an eclectic collection of second-hand and vintage clothing, shoes, and bags as well as some furniture, you’ll find plenty of thrift scores to take home to your closet.
96 cents of every dollar you spend there goes to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to support HIV care and a free HIV testing service is located in all the stores.
Several stores, including their Orlando locale, also house an AHF pharmacy.
Out of the Closet has 22 stores across the US, including 5 thrift shops in LA and 2 thrift stores in San Francisco.
Price: $-$$
Etoile Boutique
A much-loved hub for vintage seekers, local makers, and designers, Etoile Boutique has been part of Orlando’s fashion and art scene since 2006.
You’ll find plenty of hand-picked vintage alongside handmade jewelry, handmade beauty products and modern accessories.
With over a hundred pieces of vintage clothing added each week, you’ll always have new items to sift through and there are lots of handmade designs to inspire at this welcoming boutique.
Price: $$-$$$
Russell Home Thrift Store
There are loads of bargains and interesting finds to be unearthed at the Russell Home Thrift Store.
It’s one of the best thrift stores in Orlando for kitting out your home as well as your wardrobe, with a near-endless selection of women’s and men’s clothing, antiques, household decor and kitchen accessories.
If it’s knick-knacks and kitschy decor you’re after, this thrift store has got the goods.
All items are donated by the local community and proceeds support the Russell Home for Atypical Children, a residential care home for severely disabled children that has served Central Florida since 1940.
Next door you’ll also find the Russell Home Boutique, a great place to score designer finds from the likes of Gucci, Lily Pulitzer and Miu Miu, all supporting a worthy cause.
Price: $-$$
Top Drawer Consignments
Top Drawer Consignments is arguably the best furniture thrift store in Orlando for high-end furniture, art, and home decor as well as women’s clothing and accessories.
With a spacious, stylish showroom and items added daily, it’s frequented by interior designers, decorators, home stagers and collectors looking for current styles at below retail prices.
You’ll find furniture and decor for every room in the house as well as organized rails full of high-quality clothing and accessories from a variety of big-name brands.
Looking to sell? The consignment process differs for clothing and furniture, so call ahead for current details.
Price: $$-$$$
Dechoes
Sustainable fashionistas will love Dechoes, for designer, vintage and modern fashion.
Surrounded by shops and restaurants, their College Park store has a relaxed atmosphere for browsing through their high-quality assortment of men’s and women’s clothing.
You’ll also find their store on E Colonial Drive, equally filled with colorful rails and a shoe wall for some sustainable thrift footwear finds.
Book an appointment via the website if you’re looking to sell. They offer 50% in store credit, 35% in money, and higher percentages for items priced over $100.
Price: $$-$$$
Upscale Apparel
For thrift shopping that supports a good cause, Upscale Apparel offers plenty of gently worn clothing and is one of the most affordable local furniture and home decor thrift stores in the area.
Run by Vine of Life Ministries, all proceeds help feed, clothe and shelter those in need across Central Florida.
With two locations (one in Winter Garden, one in Ocoee), they’re a convenient stop wherever you’re headed on the west side of town. Both stores run 50% off Fridays and Saturdays.
Price: $-$$
The Village Thrift Shop
If you’re looking for a traditional thrifting experience, The Village Thrift Shop will give you just that.
One for dedicated thrifters, this small but mighty Orlando thrift store is jam-packed with clothing and a plethora of second-hand goods.
It might take a bit of time to unearth those gems. There’s a lot to sift through, but it’s always worth stopping by if you’re a passionate digger.
Price: $-$$
OMG! Thrift
The sheer size of this store might elicit an “OMG!” from first-time visitors.
With more than 100,000 items on the well-organized, color-coordinated racks and 15,000 new items added weekly, OMG! Thrift is one of the best thrift shops in Orlando for regular thrift hauls.
You’ll find plenty of fashionable items at 75-90% less than their retail price.
Thrifting here not only helps to keep clothes out of landfill but it helps provide local jobs too. The company gives back through regular donations to local community causes and runs an annual fundraiser during breast cancer awareness month.
Price: $-$$
Avalon Exchange
Family-owned and operated Avalon Exchange has been a fixture of the Winter Park resale scene since opening their Florida store in 1988.
For one-of-a-kind affordable fashion pieces in contemporary as well as vintage styles, it can’t be beat.
You’ll find plenty of clothing, jewelry, bags, and shoes, including designer pieces, in their well-lit and spacious store on N Orange Ave.
New pieces are bought from the public daily so there’s always fresh stock on the rails.
Sign up via the website for notification of their regular dollar sales. Looking to sell? They pay 45% in store credit or 30% in cash, and you’ll need to book an appointment in advance.
Price: $-$$
City Thrift
There are loads of bargains to be had at City Thrift, a second hand store in Orlando that promises an affordable thrift haul.
They’ve been running stores across the Southeast for over 30 years, so they know how to run a smooth operation.
With regular sales and an over-55 discount day on Tuesdays, they’re here to serve the whole community.
Grab a cart and hit those racks!
Price: $-$$$
Additional Thrift Stores Worth Exploring in Orlando
- The Owl’s Attic: Handpicked vintage from the 1950s to the 1990s, plus records, home decor, and locally handmade jewelry in the Audubon Park Garden District. They also have a pop-up inside East End Market on Corrine Dr. Location: 3106 Corrine Dr, Audubon Park, Orlando
- Echoes of Retro: Mid-century furniture and vintage clothing in Ivanhoe Village, with a build-your-own-brim hat bar that’s hard to find anywhere else. Location: 627 Virginia Dr, Ivanhoe Village, Orlando
- Diversion: Curated vintage and streetwear on Virginia Drive with a sustainable focus, strong on graphic tees and timeless pieces. Location: 823 Virginia Dr, Ivanhoe Village, Orlando
Why Shop at Thrift Stores in Orlando?
Florida’s fashion scene runs on themes, but the most sustainable one doesn’t require a costume.
Buying secondhand in Orlando keeps clothes out of the 11.3 million tons of textiles that end up in US landfills every year. Every thrifted item saves around 8.4 lbs of CO2 and 89 gallons of water compared to buying new, which adds up fast when you’re building a wardrobe in a state where the secondhand scene is this good.
Orlando’s thrift stores cluster naturally by neighborhood. Winter Park has its upscale consignment row on N Orange Ave, Audubon Park’s Corrine Drive strip is the vintage heartbeat, and College Park and Ivanhoe Village fill in the resale middle. Between Miami thrift stores and Tampa thrift stores, Orlando brings its own neighborhood-by-neighborhood character to the Florida secondhand scene.
The city also has a stated goal of becoming waste-free by 2040. Community events like Trash 2 Trends and the Electronic Waste and Textile Recycling Event, run by Keep Orlando Beautiful, put secondhand thinking in the public conversation year-round.
And while you’re in the spirit of it, check out Orlando’s best zero-waste stores for a full picture of the low-impact shopping scene beyond the thrift rails.
Orlando Thrift Store FAQs
What are the best days to go thrifting in Orlando?
Mid-week mornings (Tuesday through Thursday before noon) are generally the best time to thrift in Orlando. Donation drop-offs tend to peak after weekends, so stores restock their rails on Monday and Tuesday. You’ll face less competition from other shoppers and have first pick of anything freshly sorted. Upscale Apparel runs 50% off on Fridays and Saturdays if you’d prefer a deal over a discovery.
Where is the best thrifting in Orlando?
The richest pocket for vintage and curated resale is the Audubon Park Garden District on Corrine Drive, where The Owl’s Attic sits steps from East End Market. For a broader circuit, Winter Park has Avalon Exchange and Top Drawer Consignments, College Park has Dechoes, and Virginia Drive in Ivanhoe Village pairs Echoes of Retro and Diversion. For volume, OMG! Thrift in Casselberry covers an area larger than most of them combined.
What’s the best thrift store in Central Florida?
OMG! Thrift in Casselberry regularly draws shoppers from across Central Florida. With over 100,000 items on well-organized, color-coded racks and 15,000 new pieces added every week, the scale is hard to match. For a more curated edit, Avalon Exchange in Winter Park is a consistent favorite for vintage and contemporary resale.
Are thrift stores in Orlando expensive?
Not usually. Most traditional thrift stores in Orlando price clothing at a few dollars per item, and OMG! Thrift runs everyday prices at 75-90% below retail. Consignment and vintage shops like Dechoes and Avalon Exchange sit higher (closer to $$-$$$) because they curate more carefully. Charity stores like Out Of The Closet and Russell Home tend to be on the affordable end, while Top Drawer Consignments targets the high-end furniture and designer resale market.
What’s the difference between thrift, consignment, and vintage stores?
A thrift store sells donated items at low fixed prices. Out Of The Closet and OMG! Thrift operate this way. A consignment store sells on your behalf and takes a percentage (typically 30-50%) when your item sells, which is why Dechoes and Avalon Exchange carry more curated, higher-quality pieces. A vintage store focuses on clothing and objects from a specific era (typically pre-1990s), selecting for style over condition alone. Many Orlando shops blend two or three of these models, so the lines blur in practice, and that’s what makes the scene interesting.
Final Thoughts on the Best Thrift Stores in Orlando
Orlando is one of those rare cities where the secondhand scene is as compelling as the tourist trail. Between the charity boutiques funding HIV care and children’s homes, the vintage shops that have been running since the 80s, and the big-box thrift stores keeping hundreds of thousands of items in circulation, there’s a full thrift economy here, not just a handful of shops.
The next time you’re in town (or if you live here and haven’t yet rifled through Etoile or made a loop up Corrine Drive), the magic is already sorted, stacked, and waiting on the rails. No FastPass required.
And if Orlando’s secondhand scene leaves you wanting more, take a look at our guide to the best online thrift stores for when the rails have been thoroughly picked over.
Joy has been a passionate advocate for the environment since she was a small child. She grew up in South Africa and has been lucky enough to be exposed to the wonders of nature not just in Africa but all over the world. She founded Sustainable Jungle (together with her husband Lyall) back in 2017 after becoming enraged by the devastating impact of palm oil. She then founded the Sustainable Jungle Podcast and together with Lyall interviewed remarkable people from all over the world who were finding ways to create positive impact. Outside of Sustainable Jungle, Joy has always worked in the corporate world, starting out as an auditor and later moving into management consulting. More recently she specialized in Climate Investing for the Asia Pacific region. Given her experience, her current passion is Brand Ratings. She is very much enjoying going deeper on what it really means to drive sustainability performance and true impact through business operations.
