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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +0.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Rowan College at Gloucester County Bookstore
- Zapp Comics
- Nemesis Comics and Games
- Labyrinth Books
- Kinokuniya
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
156 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (32)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- Rowan College at Gloucester County Bookstore (1)
- Zapp Comics (2)
- Nemesis Comics and Games (1)
- Labyrinth Books (1)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
B
Books-A-Million 2
- 3 Z Zapp Comics 2
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4
H
Howling Basset Books 1
- 5 C Clockwork Comics & Cards 1
- 6 B Book Garden 1
- 7 R Rogue Comics & Collectibles 1
- 8 T The Nature of Reading Bookshop 1
- 9 E Expired Robot 1
- 10 R Red Barn Adult Books 1
- 11 T The Chatham Bookseller 1
- 12 B Bookmarked 1
- 13 H Here's the Story Bookstore 1
- 14 R Rider University Bookstore 1
- 15 B Betsaida Christian Bookstore 1
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16
I
Indigo 1
- 17 F Funny Books 1
- 18 T The Littlest Angel 1
- 19 T Todd's News Agency 1
- 20 T The Book House 1
- 21 B Berlin News Agency 1
- 22 R River Road Books 1
- 23 T The Town Bookstore 1
- 24 T The Little Point Bookshop 1
- 25 S Street Corner News 1
- 26 P Panoply Books 1
- 27 P Paradox Comics 1
- 28 O Ocean County College Bookstore 1
- 29 N NJ Comic Stop 1
- 30 C Crossroad Comics and Collectibles 1
- 31 R Red Barn Book Store 1
- 32 B Black Dog Books 1
- 33 S Source of Knowledge 1
- 34 U University District Bookstore 1
- 35 S Sun Rose Words and Music 1
- 36 T The Rutgers University Bookstore 1
- 37 R Ratti's News 1
- 38 L La familia es primero 1
- 39 T The Rose of Sharon Christian Bookstore 1
- 40 B Barney Loves Books 1
- 41 R Ray & Judy's Book Stop 1
- 42 A Archangel Michael Book Store 1
- 43 A Act 2 Books 1
- 44 S SoulJourney 1
- 45 S Symposia Bookstore 1
- 46 O Old Book Shop 1
- 47 D Dungeon Books 1
- 48 C Cape May County Herald 1
- 49 F Frankenstein Comics 1
- 50 T The Bear and the Books 1
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