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
|
- | +4.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Schuler Books
- Vault of Midnight
- Baker Book House
- Hope College Bookstore
- Readers World Bookstore
- GVSU Laker Store
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
39 tracked store locations in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (5)
- Schuler Books (1)
- Vault of Midnight (1)
- Baker Book House (1)
- Hope College Bookstore (1)
- Readers World Bookstore (1)
- GVSU Laker Store (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 S Schuler Books 1
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3
V
Vault of Midnight 1
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4
B
Baker Book House 1
- 5 H Hope College Bookstore 1
- 6 R Readers World Bookstore 1
- 7 G GVSU Laker Store 1
- 8 O Orchard House Books & Cafe 1
- 9 T Tardy's Collector's Corner 1
- 10 T The Bookman 1
- 11 K Kregel Bookstore 1
- 12 T The Comic Signal 1
- 13 G Goldmine Comics 1
- 14 B Books & Mortar 1
- 15 F Family Central 1
- 16 B Black Dog Books & Records 1
- 17 P Plumfield Books 1
- 18 M Michigan Church Supply 1
- 19 A Antidote Books & Records 1
- 20 C Calvin Campus Store 1
- 21 B Bettie's Pages 1
- 22 T The Bluestocking Bookshop 1
- 23 A Argos Book Shop 1
- 24 P Pages & Grapes LLC 1
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25
R
Reformation Heritage Books 1
- 26 U University Bookstore 1
- 27 R Rolling Rabbit Books 1
- 28 T The Wild Wood Books & Music 1
- 29 T The Book Nook 1
- 30 B Bargain Books 1
- 31 I Inkwell Archives 1
- 32 T The Next Chapter Book Mart 1
- 33 H Hostetter's News Agency 1
- 34 R Reformed Free Publishing Association 1
- 35 B Booked for the Season 1
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