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 Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +3.2% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -2.4% |
| 3 | B Barbara's Bookstore | - | -3.1% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- 2nd & Charles
- Books-A-Million
- Kinokuniya
- Top Cut Collectibles
- Unabridged Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
194 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (28)
- Half Price Books (9)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Books-A-Million (3)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Top Cut Collectibles (1)
- Unabridged Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
H
- 3 B Barbara's Bookstore 5
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4
B
Books-A-Million 3
- 5 A Amazing Fantasy Books and Comics 2
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6
2
2nd & Charles 2
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7
K
Kinokuniya 1
- 8 C Creative Comics 1
- 9 H Hidden Chapter Bookshop 1
- 10 Z Zone Comics and Games 1
- 11 J Jarvis Square Books 1
- 12 Z Zombie Unicorn Comics 1
- 13 C Cornerstone Used Books 1
- 14 L Looking Glass Books 1
- 15 L Love’s Sweet Arrow 1
- 16 T The Green Read 1
- 17 H Heirloom Books 1
- 18 T Three Stories Bookstore and More 1
- 19 P Passages Wine and Books 1
- 20 S Sultani Books 1
- 21 R Roosevelt Paper 1
- 22 3 3 Keys Comics 1
- 23 A Amaranth Books 1
- 24 S Slant of Light Books 1
- 25 S Secret World Books 1
- 26 M Modern Age Comics 1
- 27 T Tangible Books 1
- 28 A Abalabix Books 1
- 29 B Black Cat Books Inc. 1
- 30 Q Quimby's 1
- 31 F Fantasy Factory 1
- 32 F Frugal Muse 1
- 33 A Aw Yeah Comics 1
- 34 Q Quo Vadis Polish Bookstore 1
- 35 S Swallow Stories Bookshop 1
- 36 K Kesher Stam Inc 1
- 37 C Clan McDonald Comics 1
- 38 V Volumes Bookcafe 1
- 39 T Twelve-O-Five Comics 1
- 40 H Happy Day Comics 1
- 41 T Two Hearts Catholic Gifts & Books 1
- 42 R Robin's Nest Bookshoppe 1
- 43 T Third Coast Comics 1
- 44 F Frontline 1
- 45 F Friends of the Library 1
- 46 T The Book Table 1
- 47 B Books4cause 1
- 48 C Comic Collector 1
- 49 T The Green Spot Used Books and More 1
- 50 G Galaxy Comic Zone 1
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