Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked music store 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. Bull Moose and Guitar Center sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B Bull Moose | - | +5.5% |
| 2 |
G
Guitar Center
|
- | -15.3% |
- Guitar Center
- Bull Moose
- Johnson String Instrument
- Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi
- Cheapo Records
- Dyno Records
- Gary's Guitars
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
32 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Guitar Center (6)
- Bull Moose (3)
- Johnson String Instrument (1)
- Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi (1)
- Cheapo Records (1)
- Dyno Records (1)
- Gary's Guitars (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
G
- 2 B Bull Moose 3
- 3 J Johnson String Instrument 1
- 4 V Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi 1
- 5 C Cheapo Records 1
- 6 D Dyno Records 1
- 7 G Gary's Guitars 1
- 8 W Wanna Hear It Records 1
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9
M
Music Research Library 1
- 10 G Good Taste Records 1
- 11 S Skele-Tone Records 1
- 12 M Mystery Train 1
- 13 A Armageddon Shop 1
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14
K
Kung Fu Video & DVD 1
- 15 W Wood & Strings 1
- 16 R Residency Records 1
- 17 P Planet Records 1
- 18 N Nuggets 1
- 19 B Big Dig Records 1
- 20 L Leonards Music 1
- 21 T The Record Exchange 1
- 22 T The Rock Palace 1
- 23 M Mel's Record Shop 1
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24
M
Music & Arts 1
- 25 S Stereo Jack's Records 1
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