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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -11.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Exchange
- 2nd & Charles
- Hudson News
- University of Delaware Bookstore
- Brave New Worlds
- The Doylestown Bookshop
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
94 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (24)
- Exchange (1)
- 2nd & Charles (1)
- Hudson News (1)
- University of Delaware Bookstore (1)
- Brave New Worlds (2)
- The Doylestown Bookshop (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
Barnes & Noble 24
- 2 B Brave New Worlds 2
-
3
B
Books-A-Million 2
- 4 B Book Corner 1
- 5 B Booked 1
- 6 S Saint Joseph's University Bookstore 1
- 7 B Bookish 1
- 8 C CLC Bookstore 1
- 9 W Words Matter Bookstore 1
- 10 U University District Bookstore 1
- 11 M Mavey Books 1
- 12 G Garland of Letters Bookstore 1
- 13 M Molly's Books & Records 1
- 14 B Bookmarks-WC 1
- 15 W Wooden Shoe Books 1
- 16 S Second Time Books 1
- 17 T The Book Trader 1
- 18 A American News & Tobacco 1
- 19 C Character Development Books & Toys 1
- 20 B Baldwin's Book Barn 1
- 21 W West Chester Books 1
- 22 P Penn Press 1
- 23 R Red Barn Book Store 1
- 24 M Mostly Books Philly 1
- 25 C Cathy's Half Price Books 1
- 26 C Central Books 1
- 27 C Commonplace Reader 1
- 28 H Heroes 1
- 29 B Brickbat Books 1
- 30 D Delaware Valley University Bookstore 1
- 31 B Bookhaven 1
- 32 U Uncanny 1
- 33 N Narberth Bookshop 1
- 34 C Camden County College Bookstore 1
- 35 T The Last Word Bookshop 1
- 36 J John Tuski News Agency 1
- 37 T Towne Book Center 1
- 38 F Farley's Bookshop 1
- 39 G Garden of Earthly Delights 1
- 40 R Ron's Comic World 1
- 41 T The Lahaska Bookshop 1
- 42 A Atomic City Comics 1
- 43 R Reads & Company Bookshop 1
- 44 K Kiss & Tale A Romance Bookshop 1
- 45 I Inkwood Books 1
- 46 S Showcase Comics and Games 1
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47
T
The Bookhouse Hotel 1
- 48 T Tooba Islamic Fashions and Books 1
- 49 T The Doylestown Bookshop 1
- 50 U University of Delaware Bookstore 1
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