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. 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
|
- | +0.2% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -7.2% |
| 3 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
- | -11.1% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Books-A-Million
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers
- The Book Loft of German Village
- College Book Store
- Hudson News
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
164 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (29)
- Half Price Books (16)
- Books-A-Million (11)
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers (2)
- The Book Loft of German Village (1)
- College Book Store (1)
- Hudson News (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
Barnes & Noble 29
-
2
H
Half Price Books 16
-
3
B
Books-A-Million 11
-
4
J
Joseph-Beth Booksellers 2
-
5
H
Hudson News 2
- 6 T The Bookshelf 1
- 7 C Capital City Comics 1
- 8 F Flame & Fable 1
- 9 R Red Curtain Comics & Collectibles 1
- 10 U Universal Comics 1
- 11 O Our Comic Shoppe 1
- 12 L Little Professor Book Center 1
- 13 L Leana's Books & More 1
- 14 N New Dimension Comics 1
- 15 H House of M 1
- 16 C Comic Heaven 1
- 17 A Adam's Action Figures & Comics 1
- 18 U University of Cincinnati Bookstore 1
- 19 S Superscript Comics and Games 1
- 20 V Visible Voice Books 1
- 21 F Fundamentals 1
- 22 W Wheatberry Books 1
- 23 S Super-Fly Comics & Games 1
- 24 C Comics and Friends 1
- 25 C Comics Are Go 1
- 26 P Paragraphs Bookstore 1
- 27 G Gramercy Books Bexley 1
- 28 T The Bookmatters 1
- 29 F Fireside Book Shop 1
- 30 N Nine Realms Comics and Gaming 1
- 31 C Crooked Dog Comics 1
- 32 B Barns And Noble 1
- 33 M Mavericks Cards and Comics 1
- 34 C Corner News 1
- 35 R Rabbit Hole Books 1
- 36 H Household Books 1
- 37 J Journey Into Comics 1
- 38 S Sage & Honey 1
- 39 T The Cornerstone Shop 1
- 40 B Book Brothers 1
- 41 N Nevermore Bookstore 1
- 42 J Joy and Matt's Books 1
- 43 C Cover To Cover 1
- 44 C Covenant Books & Gifts 1
- 45 S St Mark Bookshop 1
- 46 B Books in Stock 1
- 47 R Rubber City Comics 1
- 48 T The Magical Druid 1
- 49 U Up Up & Away! 1
- 50 H Horizontal Books 1
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