Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstores 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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +1.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Hudson News
- Books-A-Million
- Towson University
- Baltimore Comic Con
- Third Eye Comics
- Comics To Astonish Inc.
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
54 tracked store locations in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (12)
- Hudson News (1)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- Towson University (1)
- Baltimore Comic Con (1)
- Third Eye Comics (1)
- Comics To Astonish Inc. (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
Barnes & Noble 12
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2
B
Books-A-Million 2
- 3 C Collectors Corner 2
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4
Q
Queen Takes Book 1
- 5 G Gotham Comics 1
- 6 H His Way Christian Bookstore 1
- 7 T The Turning Wheel Bookstore 1
- 8 C Charm City Books 1
- 9 S Second Edition Books 1
- 10 E Everyone's Place 1
- 11 C Cosmic Comix 1
- 12 T To Be Continued Comics 1
- 13 T The Last Word 1
- 14 C Chesapeake College Bookstore 1
- 15 U Unusual Company 1
- 16 N Normal's Books & Records 1
- 17 T The Ivy Bookshop 1
- 18 T The Book Escape 1
- 19 M McDaniel College Bookstore 1
- 20 D Dreamers & Make-Believers 1
- 21 T The News Center 1
- 22 C Curmudgeon Book Store 1
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23
H
Hudson News 1
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24
T
Towson University 1
- 25 B Baltimore Comic Con 1
- 26 T Third Eye Comics 1
- 27 C Comics To Astonish Inc. 1
- 28 F Faber Coe & Gregg 1
- 29 G Greedy Reads 1
- 30 P Park Books 1
- 31 A AACC Bookstore 1
- 32 C Cards Comics and Collectibles 1
- 33 B Backwater Books 1
- 34 I Ivy Bookshop 1
- 35 A Atomic Books 1
- 36 S Shabsi's Judaica Center 1
- 37 S Snug Books 1
- 38 C Captain Chuck's Comics 1
- 39 O Old Fox Books and Coffeehouse 1
- 40 M Manga Spot Towson 1
- 41 B Be With Me Playseum 1
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