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
|
- | +1.5% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Book Off
- U.S. News & World Report
- UC San Diego Bookstore
- TC's Rockets
- Warwick's
- SDSU Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
59 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (12)
- Book Off (1)
- U.S. News & World Report (1)
- UC San Diego Bookstore (1)
- TC's Rockets (1)
- Warwick's (1)
- SDSU Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 M Mysterious Galaxy 2
-
3
B
Book Off 1
- 4 S Street Smart Bookstore 1
- 5 F Footnote Books 1
- 6 B Bluebird Play 1
- 7 J Julian Book House 1
- 8 S Southern California Comics 1
- 9 P Pressed 1
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10
B
Barnes & Noble College 1
- 11 S Seabreeze Books and Charts 1
- 12 F Friendly Used Bookstore 1
- 13 A Artifact Books 1
- 14 F Friends of the Poway Library Bookstore 1
- 15 P Pennywise Books 1
- 16 L La Playa Books 1
- 17 A Adams Avenue Books 1
- 18 J Jovani’s collectibles 1
- 19 R Rockpile Bookstore 1
- 20 N Nuclear Comics North Park 1
- 21 K KUSI News 1
- 22 U University of San Diego Bookstore 1
- 23 K Knowhere Games & Comics 1
- 24 J Joyride Bookshop 1
- 25 D Diesel, A Bookstore 1
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26
U
U.S. News & World Report 1
- 27 U UC San Diego Bookstore 1
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28
T
TC's Rockets 1
- 29 W Warwick's 1
- 30 S SDSU Bookstore 1
- 31 V Verbatim Books 1
- 32 B Bay Books Coronado 1
- 33 C Comickaze Comics Books and More 1
- 34 M Meet Cute Romance Bookshop 1
- 35 T The Book Catapult 1
- 36 N Now Or Never Comics 1
- 37 S San Diego City College Bookstore 1
- 38 Y Yesteryear Comics 1
- 39 O Old Town Gift Co. 1
- 40 A Adult Depot 1
- 41 L Libélula Books 1
- 42 C Camino Books 1
- 43 T The Comics Stronghold 1
- 44 B Bluestocking Books 1
- 45 I I Am Catholic Gear and Bookstore 1
- 46 M Maxwell's House of Books 1
- 47 D D.G. Wills Bookstore 1
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