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. Collector's Paradise and Book Off sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C Collector's Paradise | - | +14.1% |
| 2 |
B
Book Off
|
- | +12.5% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +5.1% |
| 4 | T The Open Book | - | -0.7% |
| 5 |
K
Kinokuniya
|
- | -8.5% |
- Barnes & Noble
- USC Bookstore
- Kinokuniya
- Vroman's Bookstore
- Book Off
- animate
- Skylight Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
194 tracked store locations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (29)
- USC Bookstore (1)
- Kinokuniya (3)
- Vroman's Bookstore (1)
- Book Off (5)
- animate (1)
- Skylight Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
-
2
B
-
3
K
- 4 C Collector's Paradise 3
- 5 T The Open Book 3
- 6 T The Comic Bug 2
- 7 M Malik Books 2
- 8 F Friends of the Library 2
- 9 B Bargain Book World 2
- 10 L LACC Cub Store 1
- 11 C Campus Store 1
- 12 T The Chapel Store 1
- 13 S Spiral Staircase 1
- 14 C Comic Hero University 1
- 15 U Underdog Bookstore 1
- 16 C Comic Cult Torrance 1
- 17 L Libreria Catolica Cristo Vive 1
- 18 P Planet Books 1
-
19
T
The Pop-Hop 1
- 20 O OC Fire Store 1
- 21 S Sideshow Books 1
- 22 H Huntley Bookstore 1
- 23 L Long Beach Post 1
- 24 M Malibu Shaman 1
- 25 W Whittier College Bookstore 1
- 26 N North Figueroa Bookshop 1
- 27 S Store 33 1
- 28 H Hennessey & Ingalls 1
- 29 N Nuclear Comics 1
- 30 Z Zibby's Bookshop 1
- 31 D Diesel, A Bookstore 1
- 32 M Metropolis Comics 1
- 33 F Flintridge Bookstore 1
- 34 S Shoreline Comics 1
- 35 L Laurel Canyon News 1
- 36 B Bookstore 1
- 37 H House of David 1
- 38 H Holy Family Bookstore 1
- 39 F Fables & Fancies 1
- 40 C Claremont Forum Bookshop & Gallery 1
- 41 L Los Angeles Downtown News 1
- 42 D Dreamworld Comics 1
- 43 S St Joseph Catholic Books 1
-
44
I
Indigo 1
-
45
A
ARTBOOK 1
- 46 M Malibu Village Books 1
- 47 M Malibu Newsstand 1
- 48 C Comic Book Hideout 1
- 49 I Irvine Standard 1
- 50 K Kitchen Lingo Books 1
More trends