FileConvert

Geospatial converter

Shapefile to CSV Converter

Turn Shapefile files into CSV without installing anything. The target format on this page is already set to CSV, so a single file or a whole folder is one press of Convert away.

  • Whole batches at once
  • Quality you control
  • Removed once it is done

SHP CSV

or drop files here

Files travel over TLS and are deleted from the server as soon as the conversion finishes.

Shapefile and CSV: what actually changes

Shapefile is the Esri classic — actually three or more sidecar files pretending to be one. CSV is comma-separated plain text — one table, no types, readable by everything.

Feature attributes are exported as a flat table and geometry is written as WKT or as coordinate columns, depending on the feature type. The CSV you get back keeps the header row and every value as text, and gives up formulas, formatting, multiple sheets and column types. Reproject first if you need the coordinates in something other than the source CRS.

How it goes3 steps

  1. Add your Shapefile files
    Drop them onto the box above or click Select File. Add as many .shp files as you like — the whole batch converts in one go, and duplicates are ignored.
  2. Confirm CSV as the output
    CSV is already selected as the target format on this page. Tweak the options if you need something other than a straight CSV file.
  3. Download your CSV
    Hit Convert and grab the finished CSV files individually or as a single ZIP. Everything is deleted from the server once you have them.

Format facts

What each side of this conversion is good at, so you know what you are trading away.

Source .shp

Shapefile

The Esri classic — actually three or more sidecar files pretending to be one.

Compression
Lossy
Transparency
Not supported
Keeps
Geometry, attributes and a projection definition
Gives up
Field names past 10 characters, and anything over 2 GB

Result .csv

CSV

Comma-separated plain text — one table, no types, readable by everything.

Compression
Lossy
Transparency
Not supported
Keeps
The header row and every value as text
Gives up
Formulas, formatting, multiple sheets and column types

Send Shapefile somewhere else

Every other format a SHP file can leave as.

From .shp 5 targets

geojson gpkg kml gml fgb

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