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 New England Comics sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +3.9% |
| 2 | N New England Comics | - | -14.5% |
- Barnes & Noble
- NewsLink
- Brookline Booksmith
- Harvard Coop
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
- Harvard Book Store
- That's Entertainment
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
173 tracked store locations in Massachusetts. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (21)
- NewsLink (1)
- Brookline Booksmith (2)
- Harvard Coop (2)
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe (1)
- Harvard Book Store (1)
- That's Entertainment (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 N New England Comics 4
- 3 B Brookline Booksmith 2
- 4 H Harvard Coop 2
- 5 T That's Entertainment 2
- 6 R Raven Used Books 2
- 7 T Ten Trees Books 1
- 8 S Salem State University Bookstore 1
- 9 B Below the Brine Bookshop 1
- 10 T The Million Year Picnic 1
- 11 P Parnassus Book Service 1
- 12 U Unnameable Books 1
- 13 B Bedlam Book Cafe 1
- 14 T The Next Chapter Books and More 1
- 15 J Just Book-ish 1
- 16 R Rodney's Bookstore 1
- 17 P Pyramid Books 1
- 18 M Market Street Bookshop 1
- 19 E East End Books 1
- 20 C Comics N' More 1
- 21 A Annie's Book Stop 1
- 22 O Old Town Hall Bookstore 1
- 23 W Word on the Street 1
- 24 C Counterplay Comics 1
- 25 C Commuters Variety 1
- 26 S Sea Howl Bookshop 1
- 27 G Grey Matter Books 1
- 28 W Whitelam Books 1
- 29 C Crystal Essence 1
- 30 B Book Moon 1
- 31 H Hub Comics 1
- 32 T Taproot Treasures 1
- 33 T The Book Shop of Beverly Farms 1
- 34 S Silver Moon Comics & Collectibles 1
- 35 G Geek Boutique 1
- 36 M Molly's Bookstore 1
- 37 T The Purple Couch Bookshop 1
- 38 L LaLa Books 1
- 39 T The Bookstore of Gloucester 1
- 40 T Tidal Pages Ipswich 1
- 41 T The Comic Stop 1
- 42 S Splendor Solis Books 1
- 43 R Reed Books 1
- 44 Q Quaboag Book Shop 1
- 45 R Roundabout Books 1
- 46 S Storybook Cove 1
- 47 A A Great Notion 1
- 48 P Park Street Books & Toys 1
- 49 M Manchester By the Book 1
- 50 F Frugal Bookstore 1
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