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. Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
- | +1.6% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -4.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- 2nd & Charles
- Park Road Books
- Parker Banner Kent & Wayne
- Fred & June's Books
- Trope Bookshop
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
61 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (10)
- Books-A-Million (6)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Park Road Books (1)
- Parker Banner Kent & Wayne (1)
- Fred & June's Books (1)
- Trope Bookshop (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
B
-
3
2
2nd & Charles 2
- 4 P Park Road Books 1
- 5 P Parker Banner Kent & Wayne 1
- 6 F Fred & June's Books 1
- 7 T Trope Bookshop 1
- 8 K Kemetic Science Institute 1
- 9 M Main Street Books 1
-
10
B
Belmont Bookshop 1
- 11 R Ruth's Attic at the Billy Graham Bookstore 1
- 12 S Ssalefish Comics 1
- 13 C Comic Monstore 1
- 14 N News 2 You 1
- 15 T Troubadour Booksellers 1
- 16 B Book Buyers 1
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17
T
That's Novel Books 1
- 18 D Davidson College Store 1
- 19 T The Book Rack 1
- 20 G Goldberry Books 1
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21
S
Spandex City 1
- 22 W Winthrop University Bookstore 1
- 23 C CCB Bistro & Vine 1
- 24 C Central Piedmont Community College Campus Store 1
- 25 S South Main Book Company 1
- 26 A A. Pennyworth's Comics 1
- 27 B Blank Generation 1
- 28 S Shepherd's Fold Books 1
- 29 W Wandering Crow Bookshop 1
- 30 H Heroes Aren't Hard To Find 1
- 31 T The Liberty Book Company 1
- 32 C Catawba College Bookstore 1
- 33 T The Book Lady 1
- 34 C Collecting Problems 1
- 35 W Walls of Books 1
- 36 S So Much More To The Story Bookery 1
- 37 S Second Look Books 1
- 38 R R & B Games, Cards, & Comics 1
- 39 D Doc's Basement 1
- 40 R Rebel Base Comics & Toys 1
- 41 C Cleary's Bookstore 1
- 42 T The Village Bookstore at Johnson & Wales University 1
- 43 U Urban Reader Bookstore 1
- 44 L Libreria Cristiana Logos 1
- 45 C Church Street Comics & More! 1
- 46 R Rock Hill Comics and Games 1
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