Neighbours' listings appear here the moment they go up, on the map and sorted by distance from you.
Be the first to post in ColumbusSales pick up in the warm-weather months and peak on weekends.
List your Columbus garage sale in about two minutes. Add photos, dates and a price range, then let nearby buyers find it on the city map.
Garage sales in Columbus, mapped. German Village and Short North usually lead the weekend, out to Dublin, Westerville and Grove City fills in around them, and everything is ordered by distance from wherever you are standing.
Expect a long season here, concentrated between March to November. Sales run most of the year, thinning out only in the hottest weeks of midsummer and the coldest of midwinter. Set the map to the one morning you have free, or filter to a category if you are hunting something specific — tools, records, a desk that fits. Photos, hours and price range are on the listing before you commit. Cash or Venmo: your money stays yours.
Columbus does not require a permit for occasional residential garage sales, but limits them and requires signs to stay on private property.
Garage sales are the heart of a Columbus weekend. Columbus (the Arch City) garage sales from German Village, Short North, Clintonville and beyond show up here the moment a neighbor posts one, each plotted on the map and ranked by how close it is to your front door. Every listing shows the dates, hours, price range and photos, so you can map your Saturday route before you leave the house.
See all Columbus garage salesCall them yard sales, estate sales or moving sales. In Columbus, Ohio they all live here. New Columbus listings go up every Saturday and Sunday morning; check the map the night before, save the ones worth a stop, and get walking or driving directions straight to the door.
Find Columbus yard salesEstate sales are where Columbus's best furniture and vintage finds surface: full households priced to clear, often in the city's older streets. New Columbus estate sales are added all the time. Filter to estate sales to see them on the map.
Browse Columbus estate salesMoving sales mean everything must go: sofas, tables, appliances and free curb piles, usually all in one weekend. Columbus moving sales are posted every week. Great for furnishing a place fast on a budget.
See Columbus moving salesRoughly March to November, and peak weekends are spring through early summer and again in early fall. The shoulder weeks still turn up sales in German Village and Short North; there are simply fewer of them, so the map is the faster way to check.
Not for a normal residential sale. Columbus does not require a permit for occasional residential garage sales, but limits them and requires signs to stay on private property. It is still worth a look at your city's rules on where signs may go, and at any HOA or strata bylaw that applies to your street.
It moves week to week, but German Village and Short North post most consistently, with Clintonville close behind. Sort by distance and let the map settle the route.
Open the Columbus map and sort by distance — the nearest sales come first, so a morning route builds itself. Most people start around German Village, add whatever is live in Short North and Clintonville, and filter by category if they are after something in particular.
Small notes, reusable bags, and a tape measure if you are looking at furniture. Boot space matters more than people expect — the German Village sales in particular turn up larger pieces that will not fit in a back seat.
Anything practical — tools, kitchen equipment, kids' things that get outgrown in a season. Furniture sells if it is solid and priced to leave. Around German Village and Short North you will also see more collectables and vinyl than the city average.
On the street, and further away than feels necessary. Blocking a driveway is the fastest way to sour a sale, and in the busier parts of German Village and Short North the first hour fills the kerb. Walking two houses down costs nothing.
It is routine, and a few habits help — take payment into a pouch you are wearing, put anything you are not selling out of reach, and lock the side door. Listings across German Village and the rest of Columbus stay approximate until sale day.