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. Legends Comics & Games and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L Legends Comics & Games | - | +18.2% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +0.5% |
| 3 | B Books Inc. | - | -21.5% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Legends Comics & Games
- Kinokuniya
- Recycle Bookstore
- Books Inc.
- Stanford University Bookstore
- Hudson Booksellers
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
39 tracked store locations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (8)
- Legends Comics & Games (3)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Recycle Bookstore (2)
- Books Inc. (3)
- Stanford University Bookstore (1)
- Hudson Booksellers (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 L Legends Comics & Games 3
- 3 B Books Inc. 3
- 4 R Recycle Bookstore 2
- 5 I Illusive Comics and Games 1
- 6 B Book Store WiFi 1
- 7 G Gavilan College Bookstore 1
- 8 B Bronze Age Bat Cave 1
- 9 B Beyond Text Bookstore 1
- 10 T The Stanford Athletics Shop 1
- 11 D De La Rosa Latin American Imports 1
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12
L
Linden Tree Books 1
- 13 M MCA Bookstore 1
- 14 B Books 1
- 15 H Heroes & Champions 1
- 16 T Traditions Gifts & Books 1
- 17 H Hill's Bookstore 1
- 18 B BookSmart of Morgan Hill 1
- 19 C Comics Conspiracy 1
- 20 I Illusive Comics & Games 1
- 21 A Authors 1
- 22 B Bell's Books 1
- 23 H Hicklebee's Books 1
- 24 L Leigh's Favorite Books 1
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25
H
Hudson Booksellers 1
- 26 S Stanford University Bookstore 1
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27
K
Kinokuniya 1
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