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. Barnes & Noble and Book Off sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +8.2% |
| 2 |
B
Book Off
|
- | -3.0% |
| 3 |
K
Kinokuniya
|
- | -3.1% |
| 4 |
H
Hudson News
|
- | -5.2% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Hudson News
- USC Bookstore
- Kinokuniya
- Vroman's Bookstore
- Book Off
- CNN Newsstand
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
76 tracked store locations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (27)
- Hudson News (4)
- USC Bookstore (1)
- Kinokuniya (3)
- Vroman's Bookstore (1)
- Book Off (5)
- CNN Newsstand (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 27
-
2
B
Book Off 5
-
3
H
Hudson News 4
-
4
K
Kinokuniya 3
- 5 U USC Bookstore 1
- 6 J Juice-C-Juice Books and More 1
-
7
B
Book Soup 1
- 8 C Catholic Books & Gifts 1
- 9 S Sac Book Rac 1
-
10
C
Chevalier's Books 1
- 11 G Golden Apple Comics 1
- 12 T The Huntley Bookstore 1
- 13 U University Bookstore 1
- 14 P Phat Collectibles 1
- 15 E Emerald Knights Comics & Games 1
- 16 B Beach Town Books 1
- 17 S Santa Monica College Bookstore 1
- 18 T The Iliad Bookshop 1
- 19 L Los Angeles Downtown News 1
- 20 T The Open Book 1
- 21 L Laurel Canyon News 1
- 22 I Imperial Comics 1
- 23 S South Coast News 1
-
24
V
Vroman's Bookstore 1
- 25 C CNN Newsstand 1
- 26 S Skylight Books 1
- 27 A animate 1
- 28 S Store 33 1
-
29
V
Village Well Books 1
- 30 B Bases Cards & Comics 1
- 31 C CSUN Campus Store 1
- 32 L La Yoga Magazine 1
- 33 C Comic Quest 1
- 34 S Stories 1
- 35 A Animebooks.Com 1
-
36
D
Deseret Book 1
-
37
T
Things From Another World 1
- 38 P Pasadena Marketplace 1
-
39
T
The Ripped Bodice 1
- 40 L Legacy Comics and Cards 1
- 41 R Rio Hondo Bookstore 1
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