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. 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
|
- | -4.2% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -4.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- 2nd & Charles
- Park Road Books
- Trope Bookshop
- Parker Banner Kent & Wayne
- Kemetic Science Institute
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
40 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (10)
- Books-A-Million (4)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Park Road Books (1)
- Trope Bookshop (1)
- Parker Banner Kent & Wayne (1)
- Kemetic Science Institute (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 10
-
2
B
Books-A-Million 4
-
3
2
2nd & Charles 2
- 4 P Park Road Books 1
- 5 T Trope Bookshop 1
- 6 P Parker Banner Kent & Wayne 1
- 7 K Kemetic Science Institute 1
- 8 F Fred & June's Books 1
- 9 M Main Street Books 1
-
10
B
Belmont Bookshop 1
- 11 R Ruth's Attic at the Billy Graham Bookstore 1
- 12 C Comic Monstore 1
- 13 S Ssalefish Comics 1
- 14 T Troubadour Booksellers 1
- 15 R Rebel Base Comics & Toys 1
- 16 D Davidson College Store 1
- 17 B Book Buyers 1
- 18 T The Book Rack 1
-
19
T
That's Novel Books 1
-
20
S
Spandex City 1
- 21 C Church Street Comics & More! 1
- 22 G Goldberry Books 1
- 23 S South Main Book Company 1
- 24 T The Book Lady 1
- 25 B Blank Generation 1
- 26 C CNBC News 1
- 27 N News 2 You 1
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