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 Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -1.6% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -5.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- University of Minnesota Bookstores
- Magers & Quinn Booksellers
- Books-A-Million
- Source Comics & Games
- Moon Palace Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
75 tracked store locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (17)
- Half Price Books (6)
- University of Minnesota Bookstores (1)
- Magers & Quinn Booksellers (1)
- Books-A-Million (1)
- Source Comics & Games (1)
- Moon Palace Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
H
- 3 U University of Minnesota Bookstores 1
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4
M
Magers & Quinn Booksellers 1
-
5
B
Books-A-Million 1
- 6 S Source Comics & Games 1
- 7 M Moon Palace Books 1
- 8 I Issues Needed Comics 1
- 9 B Birchbark Books & Native Arts 1
- 10 T Tropes & Trifles 1
- 11 I Inkwell Booksellers Company 1
- 12 R Red Balloon Bookshop 1
- 13 A Avant Garden 1
- 14 N Next Chapter Booksellers 1
- 15 U UST Bookstore 1
- 16 B Buffalo Books & Coffee 1
- 17 W Wild Rumpus Books 1
- 18 R Rockhopper Comics and Games 1
- 19 T Table Top Tournaments 1
- 20 V Valley Bookseller 1
- 21 C Comic Book College 1
- 22 B Big Hill Books 1
- 23 F Fox Den Books 1
- 24 B Black Garnet Books 1
- 25 S SubText Books 1
- 26 H Heppner's Legacy Homeschool Resources 1
- 27 E Excelsior Bay Books 1
- 28 M Midway Used and Rare Books 1
- 29 S Story Arc Comics & Collectibles 1
- 30 D Dreamhaven Books 1
- 31 B Black Letter Books 1
- 32 M Most Wanted Comics 1
- 33 T The Book House 1
- 34 T The Irreverent Bookworm 1
- 35 S Story Line Books 1
- 36 O Once Upon a Crime 1
- 37 C Chapter 2 Books 1
- 38 S Scout & Morgan Books 1
- 39 T The Thinking Spot 1
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40
N
Niche Books 1
- 41 H Hot Comics and Collectibles 1
- 42 D Dana's Bookstore 1
- 43 C Cedar Cliff Collectibles 1
- 44 P Princeton Book & Bible 1
- 45 W Well Read Books 1
- 46 E Eat My Words Bookstore 1
- 47 L Lake Country Booksellers 1
- 48 U Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction & Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore 1
- 49 N Nostalgia Zone Comic Books 1
- 50 N Nat's Uptown Books 1
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