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 Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +15.4% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -8.1% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Kinokuniya
- Elliott Bay Book Company
- Third Place Books
- Golden Age Collectables
- Comiks the Gathering
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
129 tracked store locations in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (18)
- Half Price Books (6)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Elliott Bay Book Company (1)
- Third Place Books (2)
- Golden Age Collectables (1)
- Comiks the Gathering (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
H
- 3 T Third Place Books 2
- 4 W Wit's End Bookstore 2
- 5 S Sir Lonebuck's House of Comics & Geekery 1
- 6 O Open Books 1
- 7 B Book Larder 1
- 8 G Grumpy Old Man's Comics, Art, & Collectibles 1
- 9 P Phantom Zone Comics Alderwood 1
- 10 G Gig Harbor Book Company 1
- 11 T Three Trees Books 1
- 12 L Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books 1
- 13 S Shelf Indulgence 1
- 14 S Seattle University Campus Store 1
- 15 H Haunted Burrow 1
- 16 E Edge of the Circle Books 1
- 17 W We B Bookin' 1
- 18 H Hills of Comics 1
- 19 V Vashon Bookshop 1
- 20 H Highline Bookstore 1
- 21 P Pegasus Book Exchange 1
- 22 S Secret Garden Books 1
- 23 B Books & Bottles 1
- 24 P Page Turner Books 1
- 25 P Peter Miller 1
- 26 R Ridgecrest Books 1
- 27 T The Lakewood Bookstore 1
- 28 P Page 2 Books 1
- 29 L Lakeside Books & Gifts 1
- 30 R Ravenna Third Place 1
- 31 G Geek-Is-Us 1
- 32 D Dreamstrands Comics 1
- 33 C Couth Buzzard 1
- 34 Q Quest Bookshop 1
- 35 N No Dearth of Books 1
- 36 C Christian Armory 1
- 37 K Kiss the Sky Books 1
- 38 M Magus Annex 1
- 39 W Wise Owl Books & Music 1
- 40 M Main Street Books 1
- 41 M Mam's Books 1
- 42 B Ballard Books 1
-
43
C
Chin Music Press 1
- 44 U Uppercase Books 1
- 45 F Fantagraphics 1
- 46 L LWIT Bookstore 1
- 47 B BookTree 1
- 48 N Nook & Cranny Books 1
- 49 B Bastyr Bookstore 1
- 50 A Apparition Books 1
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