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. Book Off and Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Book Off
|
▲1 | +8.2% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | +6.2% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +2.3% |
| 4 |
K
Kinokuniya
|
▼1 | -4.2% |
| 5 |
H
Hudson News
|
- | -14.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Hudson News
- Grass Valley Games
- Comics-N-Stuff
- Book Off
- Kinokuniya
- USC Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
220 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (78)
- Hudson News (6)
- Grass Valley Games (1)
- Comics-N-Stuff (6)
- Book Off (6)
- Kinokuniya (5)
- USC Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 78
-
2
H
Hudson News 6
- 3 C Comics-N-Stuff 6
-
4
B
Book Off 6
-
5
H
Half Price Books 5
-
6
K
Kinokuniya 5
- 7 B Books Inc. 2
- 8 C Copperfield's Books 2
- 9 H Hudson Booksellers 2
- 10 C CNN Newsstand 2
- 11 G Green Apple Books 2
- 12 B Book Passage 2
- 13 W Walden Pond Books 1
-
14
B
Book Soup 1
- 15 P Pegasus Books 1
- 16 S Silver Wolf Comics 1
- 17 C Catholic Books & Gifts 1
- 18 S Sac Book Rac 1
- 19 M Mega City 2 1
- 20 M More Moe's Art & Antiquarian 1
- 21 L Libélula Books 1
-
22
C
Chevalier's Books 1
- 23 B Books 1
- 24 G Golden Apple Comics 1
- 25 N Napa Bookmine 1
- 26 D Dog Eared Books 1
- 27 B BookHounds 1
- 28 A Adult Depot 1
- 29 A Affordable Cards & Comics 1
- 30 J Juice-C-Juice Books and More 1
- 31 B Big Brother Comics 1
- 32 L Le Chat Noir Bookstore & Cat Lounge 1
- 33 R Rio Hondo Bookstore 1
- 34 U UC Merced Campus Store 1
- 35 A A-1 Comics 1
- 36 T The Book Loft 1
- 37 S South Coast News 1
- 38 I Imperial Comics 1
- 39 F Friendly Used Bookstore 1
- 40 S Street Smart Bookstore 1
- 41 L Laurel Canyon News 1
- 42 T The Open Book 1
- 43 C Chico State Wildcat Store 1
- 44 D DVC Book Center 1
- 45 L Los Angeles Downtown News 1
- 46 C Corner Bookstore 1
- 47 B Bluestocking Books 1
- 48 T The Iliad Bookshop 1
- 49 S Santa Monica College Bookstore 1
- 50 S Solano CC Bookstore 1
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