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. Barnes & Noble and Copperfield's Books sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +7.1% |
| 2 |
C
Copperfield's Books
|
- | +0.2% |
| 3 | G Green Apple Books | - | -3.3% |
| 4 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -13.5% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Kinokuniya
- Half Price Books
- Green Apple Books
- Books Inc.
- City Lights Booksellers
- Copperfield's Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
147 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (13)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Half Price Books (4)
- Green Apple Books (3)
- Books Inc. (9)
- City Lights Booksellers (1)
- Copperfield's Books (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 B Books Inc. 9
-
3
H
- 4 G Green Apple Books 3
-
5
C
- 6 B B Street Books 2
- 7 M Marcus Books 2
- 8 P Pegasus Books 2
- 9 T Towne Center Books 2
- 10 D Dog Eared Books 2
- 11 C Candy Box 2
- 12 F Forest Books 1
- 13 A Angel Light Books and Gifts 1
-
14
P
Peninsula Books 1
-
15
R
Reach and Teach 1
- 16 L Libreria Pino 1
- 17 T Treasure Island Comics 1
- 18 T The Comic Shop 1
- 19 L L.P.C. Bookstore 1
- 20 F Fantastic Comics 1
- 21 G Greetings 1
- 22 F Friends Bookstore 1
- 23 B Bound Together Anarchist Bookstore 1
- 24 T The Bookmark Bookstore 1
- 25 T The Last Word 1
- 26 F Friends of the Orinda Library 1
- 27 B Bird & Beckett 1
- 28 O Omnivore Books 1
- 29 C Cards and Comics Central 1
- 30 C Comic & Figure Addicts 1
- 31 I Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge 1
- 32 W Wizard Cat Collectibles 1
- 33 B Book Society 1
- 34 B Blue Moon Comics 1
- 35 S Sausalito Books by the Bay 1
- 36 O Orinda Books 1
- 37 F Folio Books 1
- 38 C Ciudad De Mexico 1
- 39 R Railroad Book Depot 1
- 40 O Oakland Chinese Book Store 1
- 41 S Sultana Bookstore & More 1
- 42 S Sunset News 1
- 43 R Rebound Bookstore 1
- 44 T Town Books 1
- 45 S Sour Cherry Comics 1
- 46 B Black Swan Books 1
- 47 S SFO News Connection 1
- 48 R Revolution Books Berkeley 1
- 49 M Magical Hotel 1
- 50 F Friends Corner Book Shop 1
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