# IKEA BILLY bookcase dimensions (80 and 40 wide, 202 and 106 tall) and shelf sizes

> What are the IKEA BILLY bookcase and shelf dimensions?

- Category: Everyday objects › IKEA furniture
- Kind: Modern device
- Basis: IKEA product pages (measurements section)
- Page: https://xemstudio.com/objects/ikea-billy/ · JSON: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=ikea-billy · Plain text: https://xemstudio.com/objects/ikea-billy/sheet.txt
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**Exact dimensions.** True size, with no printing tolerance added.

## Notes

- All BILLY are 280 mm deep. Shelves are 20 mm thick, 260 deep: 760 long for the 80 cm case, 360 for the 40 cm case.
- Shelves sold now do not fit bookcases bought in spring 2014 or earlier (IKEA's note).
- Shelf-pin holes: owners report 5 mm holes on a 32 mm vertical pitch (the common 32 mm system); IKEA does not publish them. The 5 mm pins on this site fit them.
- Load per shelf: 30 kg (80 wide), 14 kg (40 wide).

## Sizes

| part | width_mm | depth_mm | height_mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILLY 80 × 28 × 202 | 800 | 280 | 2020 |
| BILLY 40 × 28 × 202 | 400 | 280 | 2020 |
| BILLY 80 × 28 × 106 | 800 | 280 | 1060 |
| BILLY 40 × 28 × 106 | 400 | 280 | 1060 |
| shelf for 80 wide (20 thick) | 760 | 260 | 20 |
| shelf for 40 wide (20 thick) | 360 | 260 | 20 |

## Where the files are

- IKEA (official product page): [BILLY 80x28x202](https://www.ikea.com/mx/en/p/billy-bookcase-white-20522046/) — web — Manufacturer product page; dimensions are facts
- IKEA (official product page): [BILLY 40x28x202](https://www.ikea.com/ae/en/p/billy-bookcase-white-50522040/) — web — Manufacturer product page; dimensions are facts
- IKEA (official product page): [BILLY 80x28x106](https://www.ikea.com/my/en/p/billy-bookcase-white-70522044/) — web — Manufacturer product page; dimensions are facts
- IKEA (official product page): [BILLY 40x28x106](https://www.ikea.com/in/en/p/billy-bookcase-white-90522038/) — web — Manufacturer product page; dimensions are facts
- IKEA (official product page): [BILLY shelf 76x26](https://www.ikea.com/mx/en/p/billy-shelf-white-10525272/) — web — Manufacturer product page; dimensions are facts
- IKEA (official product page): [BILLY shelf 36x26](https://www.ikea.com/my/en/p/billy-shelf-white-50525270/) — web — Manufacturer product page; dimensions are facts
- Hausbau-Forum (owner report): [BILLY shelf pins: 5 mm holes, 32 mm pitch](https://www.hausbau-forum.de/en/threads/billy-ikea-shelf-board-pencils-for-shelf-boards-wanted.23480) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

## Questions

**What size shelf pins does BILLY use?**

5 mm holes on a 32 mm pitch, as owners measure them; see 5 mm shelf pins (free STL).

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