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
|
- | +5.5% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -3.5% |
| 3 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -10.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers
- Books-A-Million
- Carmichael's Bookstore
- Comic Book World
- Northern Kentucky University Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
125 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (22)
- Half Price Books (5)
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers (2)
- Books-A-Million (5)
- Carmichael's Bookstore (1)
- Comic Book World (2)
- Northern Kentucky University Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
H
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3
B
- 4 C Clobberin' Comics 2
- 5 C Comic Book World 2
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6
J
Joseph-Beth Booksellers 2
- 7 S Set & Setting Shop 1
- 8 T The Comic Interlude Inc 1
- 9 T Thee Ark Christian Bookstore 1
- 10 B Books Nooks & Crannies 1
- 11 T The Book & Bottle Shop 1
- 12 B Bolin Books 1
- 13 K Kindred Spirit 1
- 14 T Toy Crazy Collectibles and Video Game Swap Shop 1
- 15 T Tropes Romance Bookshop 1
- 16 B Broadway Books 1
- 17 T Tiny Bird Bookshop 1
- 18 F Friends Book Cellar 1
- 19 T The Bookstore 1
- 20 T The Next Chapter 1
- 21 C Crash Comics 1
- 22 W Wildlings Bookshop 1
- 23 O One More Chapter Bookstore 1
- 24 H Heritage Christian Book Store 1
- 25 T The Marian Center 1
- 26 P Page 3's GameZone 1
- 27 A A+ Comics 1
- 28 D Dragon's Den 1
- 29 T The Vault Comix 1
- 30 S St Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Books and Gifts 1
- 31 A Anime World 1
- 32 L Lost Art Press 1
- 33 M Mooncat Book Company 1
- 34 P Pages Turned 1
- 35 T The Full Shelf 1
- 36 F Friends of the Library 1
- 37 T The Wandering Willow 1
- 38 T The Rosewater 1
- 39 G Gye Nyame Books & More 1
- 40 T The Journey Christian Bookstore 1
- 41 C Christian Treasures 1
- 42 B Blush & Bashful Romance Bookshop 1
- 43 G Good News Shoppe 1
- 44 T The Bookstore at the Berry Center 1
- 45 T The Shire Bookstore 1
- 46 C Carmichael's Kids 1
- 47 T Thee Ark Gift Shop 1
- 48 R Read Spotted Newt 1
- 49 K Kurriculum Korner 1
- 50 C Cosmos Danville 1
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