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
|
- | +11.8% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -5.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Hudson News
- Half Price Books
- Kinokuniya
- Elliott Bay Book Company
- Everett Comics
- Golden Age Collectables
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
55 tracked store locations in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (18)
- Hudson News (1)
- Half Price Books (6)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Elliott Bay Book Company (1)
- Everett Comics (1)
- Golden Age Collectables (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 18
-
2
H
Half Price Books 6
- 3 T Third Place Books 2
- 4 B Brick & Mortar Books 1
- 5 M Metsker Maps of Seattle 1
- 6 I Invitation Bookshop 1
- 7 I Island Books 1
- 8 A Ada's Technical Books and Cafe 1
- 9 M Magus Books 1
- 10 T Twice Sold Tales 1
- 11 T Tacoma Book Center 1
- 12 E Edmonds Bookshop 1
- 13 Q Queen Anne Book Company 1
- 14 L Left Bank Book Collective 1
- 15 A Arundel Books 1
- 16 P Phoenix Comics & Games 1
- 17 B BLMF Literary Saloon 1
- 18 T The Dusty Shelf Books 1
- 19 D Dightman's Bible Book Center 1
- 20 A A Good Book 1
- 21 A Anime World 1
- 22 T The Globe Bookstore 1
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23
D
Deseret Book 1
- 24 A A World of Collections 1
- 25 B Bookstore 1
- 26 C Comiks the Gathering 1
-
27
U
University Book Store 1
- 28 G Golden Age Collectables 1
- 29 E Everett Comics 1
- 30 E Elliott Bay Book Company 1
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31
K
Kinokuniya 1
-
32
H
Hudson News 1
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