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
|
- | +10.8% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | +6.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Green Apple Books
- Kinokuniya
- Half Price Books
- City Lights Booksellers
- Hudson News
- Black Bird Book Store
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
33 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (10)
- Green Apple Books (2)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Half Price Books (4)
- City Lights Booksellers (1)
- Hudson News (1)
- Black Bird Book Store (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 10
-
2
H
Half Price Books 4
- 3 G Green Apple Books 2
- 4 D DVC Book Center 1
- 5 F Fabulosa Books 1
- 6 B Books Inc. 1
- 7 B Browser Books 1
- 8 S SFSU Bookstore 1
- 9 R Russian Hill Bookstore 1
- 10 B Book Passage 1
- 11 B Books 1
- 12 M More Moe's Art & Antiquarian 1
- 13 P Pegasus Books 1
- 14 W Walden Pond Books 1
- 15 D Dog Eared Books 1
- 16 K Kepler's Books 1
- 17 B Black Bird Book Store 1
-
18
H
Hudson News 1
- 19 C City Lights Booksellers 1
-
20
K
Kinokuniya 1
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