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. Mardel and 2nd & Charles sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
M
Mardel
|
- | +19.4% |
| 2 |
2
2nd & Charles
|
- | +14.7% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +2.5% |
| 4 |
K
Kinokuniya
|
- | -1.0% |
| 5 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -7.3% |
| 6 |
M
Mardel Christian & Education
|
- | -13.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Mardel Christian & Education
- Books-A-Million
- Kinokuniya
- Mardel
- Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
445 tracked store locations in Texas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (80)
- Half Price Books (45)
- Mardel Christian & Education (17)
- Books-A-Million (12)
- Kinokuniya (3)
- Mardel (3)
- Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
H
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3
M
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4
B
Books-A-Million 12
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5
2
-
6
K
-
7
M
- 8 T The Core 3
- 9 H Heroes & Fantasies 2
- 10 K Keith's Comics 2
- 11 B Book Stan 2
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12
B
Blinn College Bookstore 2
-
13
B
- 14 A Arts & Letters Bookstore 2
- 15 B Burrowing Owl Books 2
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16
D
Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy 2
- 17 H Heroes and Fantasies 1
- 18 D Daystar Television Network 1
- 19 T The Shade Tree 1
- 20 T The Dock Bookshop 1
- 21 O Oiltown Comics 1
- 22 L Lone Star Heroes 1
- 23 T The Pink Chapel Market 1
- 24 N Nico's Comics and Games 1
- 25 V Varsity Bookstore 1
- 26 W Women & Children First 1
- 27 E El Calvario 1
- 28 R Recluse Books 1
- 29 W Whose Books Neighborhood Bookstore 1
- 30 G Ground Zero Comics 1
- 31 N Nine Lives Books 1
- 32 P Poets Bookshop Oak Cliff 1
- 33 B Brave Books 1
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34
L
Literati 1
- 35 C Copperfield's Book Shop 1
- 36 M Main Street News 1
- 37 L Lucky Dog Books 1
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38
L
LIT bookbar 1
- 39 A Atomic Monkey Comics 1
- 40 U Urban Legends Comics 1
- 41 B Black Pearl Books 1
- 42 B Bibliobar 1
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43
L
Lit Brews 1
- 44 T TOMO mags 1
- 45 G Galveston Bookshop 1
- 46 K Kaboom Books 1
- 47 H Hyperbole Bookstore 1
- 48 B Buy the Book 1
- 49 B Book Express 1
- 50 F Front Street Books 1
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