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. Book Off and Deseret Book sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Book Off
|
▲3 | +17.8% |
| 2 |
D
Deseret Book
|
- | +15.1% |
| 3 | B Book Culture | ▲4 | +11.6% |
| 4 | T The Nerd Store | ▲3 | +10.1% |
| 5 | B Books Inc. | ▲2 | +9.4% |
| 6 |
2
2nd & Charles
|
- | +9.0% |
| 7 | D Downtown Comics | - | +8.8% |
| 8 | W Wonder Book | ▲4 | +8.1% |
| 9 |
V
Vault of Midnight
|
▲2 | +5.1% |
| 10 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
- | +4.8% |
| 11 |
C
Copperfield's Books
|
▲1 | +3.7% |
| 12 | P Posman Books | ▲3 | +3.5% |
| 13 | W Walls of Books | - | +1.7% |
| 14 | M Main Street Books | ▲3 | +0.6% |
| 15 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +0.3% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Half Price Books
- Deseret Book
- 2nd & Charles
- Kinokuniya
- Mardel Christian & Education
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
7,202 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (970)
- Books-A-Million (230)
- Half Price Books (130)
- Deseret Book (37)
- 2nd & Charles (52)
- Kinokuniya (14)
- Mardel Christian & Education (41)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
B
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3
H
Half Price Books 130
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4
2
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5
M
Mardel Christian & Education 41
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6
D
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7
I
Indigo 16
-
8
K
Kinokuniya 14
-
9
S
Seagull Book 14
- 10 B Books Inc. 13
- 11 T The Book Rack 11
- 12 C Campus Bookstore 10
- 13 T The Core 9
- 14 M Main Street Books 9
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15
C
- 16 W Walls of Books 9
- 17 B BookEnds 9
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18
B
- 19 T The Book House 8
- 20 C Campus Store 8
- 21 T The Book Exchange 7
- 22 B Bookstore 6
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23
P
Powell's Books 6
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24
M
McKay's 5
- 25 P Posman Books 5
- 26 B Book Culture 5
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27
M
- 28 T Tattered Cover Book Store 5
- 29 D Dog Eared Books 4
- 30 H Heaven & Earth 4
- 31 W Wonder Book 4
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32
V
- 33 S Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop 4
- 34 N Nostalgia Ink 4
- 35 M McNally Jackson Books 4
- 36 B Book Exchange 4
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37
T
TripAdvisor 4
- 38 T The Nerd Store 4
- 39 C Collectors Corner 4
- 40 S Schuler Books 4
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41
J
Joseph-Beth Booksellers 4
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42
D
Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy 4
- 43 P Phoenix Books 4
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44
U
University Book Store 4
- 45 I Island Bookstore 4
- 46 B Bookmans 3
- 47 P Pressed 3
- 48 G Ground Zero Comics 3
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49
W
WHSmith 3
- 50 G Green Apple Books 3
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