user15497: How does one find companies or stores that accept Bitcoin in the US?

user14233: The Bitcoin payment service provider BitPay claims to have 20,000 merchants, both online and physical (brick and mortar), that accept Bitcoin on their system. They have a directory of companies here: https://bitpay.com/directory#/ but they are certainly not the only payment services provider. 
http://coinmap.org/ has a list of almost 5000 brick and mortar locations that accept Bitcoin (not tied to any particular payment service provider).
Interestingly enough, just yesterday Yelp.com officially announced a new feature that allows businesses to specify whether or not they accept Bitcoin! This means that soon the Yelp API will also become a very valuable source of Bitcoin acceptance information. 
Major retailers like Overstock.com and TigerDirect have also began accepting Bitcoin! 

15497: <p>How does one find companies or stores that accept Bitcoin in the US?</p>
 14233: <p>The Bitcoin payment service provider BitPay claims to have 20,000 merchants, both online and physical (brick and mortar), that accept Bitcoin on their system. They have a directory of companies here: <a href="https://bitpay.com/directory#/" rel="nofollow">https://bitpay.com/directory#/</a> but they are certainly not the only payment services provider. </p>

<p><a href="http://coinmap.org/" rel="nofollow">http://coinmap.org/</a> has a list of almost 5000 brick and mortar locations that accept Bitcoin (not tied to any particular payment service provider).</p>

<p>Interestingly enough, just yesterday Yelp.com officially announced a new feature that allows businesses to specify whether or not they accept Bitcoin! This means that soon the Yelp API will also become a very valuable source of Bitcoin acceptance information. </p>

<p>Major retailers like Overstock.com and TigerDirect have also began accepting Bitcoin! </p>
