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. Vault of Midnight and Comic City sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
V
Vault of Midnight
|
- | +6.7% |
| 2 |
C
Comic City
|
- | +4.7% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +3.9% |
| 4 | S Schuler Books | - | -5.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Schuler Books
- Vault of Midnight
- Fanfare
- 2nd & Charles
- Books-A-Million
- Bookbug
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
268 tracked store locations in Michigan. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (29)
- Schuler Books (4)
- Vault of Midnight (4)
- Fanfare (1)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- Bookbug (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 S Schuler Books 4
-
3
V
-
4
C
-
5
2
2nd & Charles 2
-
6
B
Books-A-Million 2
- 7 M Michigan Church Supply 2
- 8 H Horizon Books 2
- 9 B Booked for the Season 2
- 10 C Comix Corner 2
- 11 C Comicade 1
- 12 N Nacho Mama’s Bookshop 1
- 13 C Comic Relief 1
- 14 W West Side Book Shop 1
- 15 F Fable Lane Books and Hobbies 1
- 16 G God's World Superstore 1
- 17 T The Wild Wood Books & Music 1
- 18 S Secret Crisis Comics 1
- 19 N Next Chapter Books 1
- 20 S Serendipity Books 1
- 21 A A Novel Concept 1
- 22 T The Book Nook 1
- 23 T Totem Books 1
- 24 S Source Booksellers 1
- 25 A Adventure, Ink 1
- 26 T The Top Shop 1
- 27 W Words on Pages Bookshop 1
- 28 G Gilbert and Ivy 1
- 29 B Bob's Bullpen 1
- 30 T The TaleBearer 1
- 31 M Motte & Bailey Booksellers 1
- 32 T Tardy's Underground Comics & Collectibles 1
- 33 L Landmark Books 1
- 34 C Coyote Wisdom 1
- 35 B Book Love Bar 1
- 36 H Hidden Nook Booksellers 1
- 37 B Bromley's Books 1
- 38 2 27th Letter Books 1
- 39 B Balcony Row Books 1
- 40 F Flourish Books & Plants 1
- 41 H Hello Books 1
- 42 A Argos Book Shop 1
- 43 P Pages & Grapes LLC 1
- 44 C ClockTower Comix & Collectibles 1
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45
R
Reformation Heritage Books 1
- 46 B Black Ice Comics and Books 1
- 47 T The Book Exchange of Jackson 1
- 48 C Chaos Comics and Events 1
- 49 U University Bookstore 1
- 50 A Another Look Books 1
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