Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstores 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. Book Culture and Hudson News sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B Book Culture | - | +17.6% |
| 2 |
H
Hudson News
|
- | +11.8% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +8.9% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Hudson News
- Saratoga Reads
- Newbury Comics
- Strand Book Store
- McNally Jackson Books
- Kinokuniya
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
132 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (43)
- Hudson News (3)
- Saratoga Reads (1)
- Newbury Comics (3)
- Strand Book Store (1)
- McNally Jackson Books (4)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
Barnes & Noble 43
- 2 M McNally Jackson Books 4
- 3 B Book Culture 4
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4
H
Hudson News 3
-
5
N
Newbury Comics 3
-
6
B
Book Off 2
- 7 T Topos Too 1
- 8 M Marist College Bookstore 1
- 9 T The Green Toad Bookstore 1
- 10 C Cromulent Comics 1
- 11 U Unnameable Books 1
- 12 M MCC Bookstore 1
- 13 B Bibliotheque 1
- 14 E Earthworld 1
- 15 P Patriot Flipper Comics 1
- 16 P Parthenon Books 1
- 17 L Larger Than Life & Comics Toys 1
- 18 T Topos Bookstore Cafe 1
- 19 S Soho News International 1
- 20 O Oblong Books & Music 1
- 21 A Autumn Leaves Used Books 1
- 22 U University Bookstore 1
- 23 S Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers 1
- 24 T Three Lives & Company 1
- 25 J Jubilee News 1
- 26 D Drama Book Shop 1
- 27 E Eric's Food 1
- 28 K Kingpin Comics & Gaming 1
- 29 T Time Square News & Convenience 1
- 30 C Cyber News 1
- 31 I Irish America Magazine 1
- 32 M Molasses Books 1
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33
H
Housing Works Bookstore 1
- 34 E Early Bird Newstand 1
- 35 P P&T Knitwear 1
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36
Y
Yu & Me Books 1
- 37 C Casa Magazines 1
- 38 B Bookeater 1
- 39 S Shakespeare & Co 1
- 40 B Books End 1
- 41 L Longs Books and Cards 1
- 42 C Community Bookstore 1
- 43 T The Spotty Dog Books & Ale 1
- 44 T The Book House 1
- 45 Z Zombie Planet 1
- 46 C Comix Zone 1
- 47 K Koryo Books 1
- 48 P Posman Books 1
- 49 E Emils Newsroom 1
- 50 C Columbia University Bookstore 1
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