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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +8.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- UConn Bookstore
- Atticus Bookstore Café
- The Book Barn Midtown
- Omni Cards and Comics
- Bank Square Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
97 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (20)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- UConn Bookstore (1)
- Atticus Bookstore Café (1)
- The Book Barn Midtown (1)
- Omni Cards and Comics (1)
- Bank Square Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
B
Books-A-Million 2
- 3 R River Bend Bookshop 2
- 4 U UConn Bookstore at Storrs Center 1
- 5 C Campus Store 1
- 6 C Clockwork Comics 1
- 7 N No Other Book Like This 1
- 8 B Bread of Life Book & Gift Shop 1
- 9 T The Golden Owl 1
- 10 C Comics & Coffee 1
- 11 W WCSU Bookstore 1
- 12 R Richie's Comic Cabana 1
- 13 Q QVCC Bookstore 1
- 14 H Harbor Books 1
- 15 M Montgomery & Taggert Bookshop 1
- 16 C Comics & Collectibles 1
- 17 T The Bell and Raven 1
- 18 R RJ Julia Booksellers 1
- 19 I Infinite Heroes 1
- 20 B Books & Company 1
- 21 W WorthWhile Reads 1
- 22 C Curious Goods New Age Shop 1
- 23 T The Book Barn Downtown 1
- 24 A Avenue News 1
- 25 U UConn Health Bookstore 1
- 26 W Whitlock's Book Barn 1
- 27 C Comics and Collectibles Etc 1
- 28 B Black Rock Books 1
- 29 Z Zyn's Convenience and Smoke 1
- 30 W Wisdom of the Ages 1
- 31 D Dragon's Den 1
- 32 W Wolperdinger Bookends 1
- 33 T The Book Seller 1
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34
I
Indigo 1
- 35 P Pourings and Passages 1
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36
T
The Curious Cat Bookshop 1
- 37 B Byrd's Books 1
- 38 T The Yale Bookstore 1
- 39 S Syd's Book Shack & Boutique 1
- 40 S Sucker Punch Comics 1
- 41 A Alice's Haunted Little Bookshop 1
- 42 A Alternate Universe 1
- 43 U University of New Haven Campus Store 1
- 44 B BookEnds 1
- 45 Q Quinnipiac University Bookstore 1
- 46 B Boom Tube Comics 1
- 47 S SHU Bookstore 1
- 48 S Sarge's Comics 1
- 49 W Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore 1
- 50 F Folklore & Fable 1
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