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. Barnes & Noble and Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -3.3% |
| 2 | S Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop | - | -30.0% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop
- Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops
- Sherman's Books & Stationery
- Nonesuch Books
- Midcoast Comics
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
71 tracked store locations in Maine. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (4)
- Books-A-Million (3)
- Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop (4)
- Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops (1)
- Sherman's Books & Stationery (1)
- Nonesuch Books (1)
- Midcoast Comics (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 S Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop 4
-
3
B
Books-A-Million 3
- 4 C Casablanca Comics 2
- 5 U Union River Book & Toy Co 1
- 6 T The Maine Bookhouse 1
- 7 Y Yes Books 1
- 8 C Compass Rose Books 1
- 9 T Twice Sold Tales 1
- 10 B BookStacks 1
- 11 H Hidden Barn Books 1
- 12 A Annie's Book Stop 1
- 13 S Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop 1
- 14 C Campus Bookstore 1
- 15 G Galactic Comics and Collectibles 1
- 16 P Perkins Cove Bookshop 1
- 17 H hello hello books 1
- 18 T The Booktenders 1
- 19 C Coast City Comics 1
- 20 S Stone Broke Bread & Books 1
- 21 G Grump & Sunshine Bookshop 1
- 22 B Bogan Books 1
- 23 G Green Hand Bookshop 1
- 24 T The Tribune 1
- 25 S Smitty's Book Cellar 1
- 26 A Anodyne Book Shop 1
- 27 A A Boatload of Books 1
- 28 T The Corner Bookshop 1
- 29 B Books, Lines and Thinkers 1
- 30 Q Quiet City Books 1
- 31 T The Bookworm 1
- 32 C Carlson & Turner Antiquarian 1
- 33 T The Library Book Shop 1
- 34 S Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops 1
- 35 S Sherman's Books & Stationery 1
- 36 N Nonesuch Books 1
- 37 M Midcoast Comics 1
- 38 B Bridgton Books 1
-
39
L
Longfellow Books 1
- 40 N Northeast Collectibles 1
- 41 P Print: A Bookstore 1
- 42 N Novel 1
- 43 A Academy Bookstore 1
- 44 N Neighborhood Books 1
- 45 R Royal River Books 1
- 46 M Mill Comics & Games 1
- 47 G Gulf of Maine Books 1
- 48 O Octopus Bookshop 1
- 49 S Sherman's Books and Stationery 1
- 50 L Letterpress Books 1
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