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. Book Off and Joseph-Beth Booksellers sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Book Off
|
▲2 | +19.6% |
| 2 |
J
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
|
▲1 | +18.4% |
| 3 |
M
McKay Used Books
|
- | +10.6% |
| 4 | T The Book Rack | ▲1 | +9.6% |
| 5 |
M
Mardel
|
▲2 | +8.6% |
| 6 |
N
Newbury Comics
|
▲1 | +7.1% |
| 7 | S Schuler Books | - | +6.2% |
| 8 | M McNally Jackson Books | ▲3 | +5.5% |
| 9 | C CNN Newsstand | ▼1 | +5.4% |
| 10 |
D
Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy
|
▲1 | +3.1% |
| 11 | C CNBC News | ▼1 | +3.0% |
| 12 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +2.5% |
| 13 | B Bookmans | - | +2.1% |
| 14 |
K
Kinokuniya
|
- | +1.9% |
| 15 |
V
Vault of Midnight
|
▲2 | +1.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Exchange
- Books-A-Million
- Hudson News
- Half Price Books
- Deseret Book
- 2nd & Charles
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
3,280 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (878)
- Exchange (16)
- Books-A-Million (209)
- Hudson News (42)
- Half Price Books (118)
- Deseret Book (30)
- 2nd & Charles (50)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 878
-
2
B
Books-A-Million 209
-
3
H
Half Price Books 118
-
4
2
2nd & Charles 50
-
5
H
Hudson News 42
-
6
M
Mardel Christian & Education 31
-
7
D
Deseret Book 30
-
8
N
Newbury Comics 21
-
9
E
Exchange 16
-
10
K
Kinokuniya 14
-
11
S
Seagull Book 13
-
12
G
Graham Crackers Comics 9
-
13
B
Book Off 8
- 14 C Coliseum of Comics 8
- 15 C CNN Newsstand 7
- 16 C Comics-N-Stuff 6
- 17 M Main Street Books 6
- 18 C CNBC News 5
- 19 P Posman Books 5
-
20
E
Eborn Books 5
- 21 N New Dimension Comics 5
-
22
M
McKay Used Books 5
-
23
D
Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy 4
- 24 T The Book House 4
-
25
T
TripAdvisor 4
- 26 W Wonder Book 4
- 27 M McNally Jackson Books 4
- 28 U Ultimate Comics 4
-
29
J
Joseph-Beth Booksellers 4
-
30
P
Powell's Books 4
- 31 S Schuler Books 4
-
32
U
University Book Store 4
- 33 I Island Bookstore 4
- 34 C Collectors Corner 3
-
35
V
Vault of Midnight 3
- 36 T The Book Rack 3
- 37 B Bookmans 3
- 38 B Bedrock City Comic Company 3
-
39
M
- 40 B Bookstore 3
- 41 T The Nerd Store 3
- 42 T The Book Exchange 3
- 43 T Third Place Books 2
- 44 P Phantom of the Attic 2
- 45 C Comic Book World 2
- 46 C Comic Quest 2
- 47 B Brave New Worlds 2
- 48 N Northshire Bookstore 2
- 49 D Dragons Keep 2
-
50
W
WHSmith 2
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