Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstore chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +19.8% |
| 2 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
- | -8.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Towson University
- Faber Coe & Gregg
- Comics To Astonish Inc.
- Greedy Reads
- Carroll Community College
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
83 tracked store locations in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (12)
- Books-A-Million (3)
- Towson University (1)
- Faber Coe & Gregg (1)
- Comics To Astonish Inc. (1)
- Greedy Reads (1)
- Carroll Community College (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
B
- 3 T The Last Word 2
- 4 C Collectors Corner 2
- 5 P Protean Books & Records 1
- 6 B Back Creek Books 1
- 7 C Curmudgeon Book Store 1
- 8 U Unusual Company 1
- 9 C Chesapeake College Bookstore 1
- 10 D Drama MaMa Bookshop 1
- 11 W Washington Street Books 1
- 12 T The Ivy Bookshop 1
- 13 B Bonjongles 1
- 14 A Anime World 1
- 15 T The Book Escape 1
- 16 E Ethnicitees 1
- 17 D Dreamers & Make-Believers 1
- 18 O Odd Bird Bookshop 1
- 19 U Universal Comics 1
- 20 M Matthews JHU Bookstore 1
- 21 B Baltimore Comic Con 1
- 22 B Bush River Books & Video 1
- 23 B Books for International Goodwill 1
- 24 R Rudolph Girls Books 1
- 25 P Park Books on Main 1
- 26 S Station North Books 1
- 27 V Viva Books 1
- 28 H House of Knowledge 1
- 29 U Urban Reads Bookstore 1
- 30 J Jay Books 1
- 31 G Growing Minds Bookstore 1
- 32 T The Seforim Nook 1
- 33 G Gramp's Attic Books 1
- 34 B Baltimore Reads Book Bank 1
- 35 B Book Nook 1
- 36 A Alternate Worlds 1
-
37
T
Towson University 1
- 38 F Faber Coe & Gregg 1
- 39 C Comics To Astonish Inc. 1
- 40 G Greedy Reads 1
- 41 C Carroll Community College 1
- 42 C Cards Comics and Collectibles 1
- 43 A AACC Bookstore 1
- 44 I Ivy Bookshop 1
- 45 B Backwater Books 1
- 46 B Be With Me Playseum 1
- 47 P Park Books 1
- 48 A Atomic Books 1
- 49 T Third Eye Comics 1
- 50 O Old Fox Books and Coffeehouse 1
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