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 New England Comics sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +0.7% |
| 2 | N New England Comics | - | -18.2% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Brookline Booksmith
- Harvard Coop
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
- Harvard Book Store
- Harrison's Comics
- Used Book Superstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
112 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (14)
- Brookline Booksmith (2)
- Harvard Coop (2)
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe (1)
- Harvard Book Store (1)
- Harrison's Comics (1)
- Used Book Superstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 N New England Comics 3
- 3 B Brookline Booksmith 2
- 4 H Harvard Coop 2
- 5 R RiverRun Bookstore 1
- 6 T The Next Chapter Books and More 1
- 7 T The Million Year Picnic 1
- 8 S Salem State University Bookstore 1
- 9 T Tidal Pages Ipswich 1
- 10 T The Bookstore of Gloucester 1
- 11 L LaLa Books 1
- 12 T The Purple Couch Bookshop 1
- 13 M Molly's Bookstore 1
- 14 P Pop Culture Cards Comics and Games 1
- 15 S Silver Moon Comics & Collectibles 1
- 16 D DeColores Christian Books 1
- 17 T The Book Shop of Beverly Farms 1
- 18 H Hub Comics 1
- 19 W Whitelam Books 1
- 20 C Counterplay Comics 1
- 21 T Ten Trees Books 1
- 22 S Side Quest Books & Games 1
- 23 S Smitten 1
- 24 T The Book Rack 1
- 25 P Pauline Books and Media 1
- 26 M MIT Press Bookstore 1
- 27 W Water Street Bookstore 1
- 28 M Mass College of Art Supply & Book Store 1
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29
H
Hudson Booksellers 1
- 30 M MIT Coop 1
- 31 T The Book Oasis 1
- 32 F Frugal Bookstore 1
- 33 M Manchester By the Book 1
- 34 P Park Street Books & Toys 1
- 35 S Storybook Cove 1
- 36 T The Comic Stop 1
- 37 B Barrow Book Store 1
- 38 A All She Wrote Books 1
- 39 T The Lamp & Dragon 1
- 40 G Grolier Poetry Book Shop 1
- 41 P Paper Asylum 1
- 42 R Rubber Chicken Comics 1
- 43 S Sheafe Street Books 1
- 44 A Andover Bookstore 1
- 45 F Friar Tuck's Comics & Collectibles 1
- 46 D Dogtown Book Shop 1
- 47 W Word on the Street 1
- 48 P Pyramid Books 1
- 49 R Rodney's Bookstore 1
- 50 J Just Book-ish 1
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