Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked music store 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. Rasputin Music and Music City sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Rasputin Music | ▲2 | +18.2% |
| 2 | M Music City | ▲3 | +17.2% |
| 3 | H Hunky Dory | ▲1 | +15.6% |
| 4 | V Vinyl Cup Records | ▲4 | +12.6% |
| 5 | S Sound Exchange | ▲2 | +12.2% |
| 6 | A Amoeba Music | ▲1 | +10.8% |
| 7 | E Everyday Music | ▲2 | +10.5% |
| 8 | S Silver Platters | ▲2 | +9.9% |
| 9 | V Vintage Vinyl | ▲3 | +9.4% |
| 10 | C CD Warehouse | ▲3 | +9.3% |
| 11 | B Bull Moose | - | +9.0% |
| 12 | R Rhino Records | - | +8.8% |
| 13 |
M
Meyer Music
|
- | +2.2% |
| 14 |
T
Ted Brown Music
|
▲1 | +2.0% |
| 15 |
M
Marshall Music Company
|
- | +1.5% |
- Guitar Center
- Sweetwater
- Music Go Round
- Music & Arts
- Zia Records
- Bull Moose
- The Record Exchange
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
2,655 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Guitar Center (312)
- Sweetwater (6)
- Music Go Round (30)
- Music & Arts (170)
- Zia Records (12)
- Bull Moose (14)
- The Record Exchange (4)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
G
Guitar Center 312
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2
M
Music & Arts 170
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3
M
Music Go Round 30
- 4 B Bull Moose 14
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5
Z
Zia Records 12
- 6 M Mike's Music 7
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7
S
Schmitt Music 7
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8
S
Sweetwater 6
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9
M
Menchey Music Service, Inc. 6
- 10 C CD Exchange 6
- 11 C CD Warehouse 6
- 12 G George's Music 6
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13
P
Palen Music Center 6
- 14 R Rasputin Music 5
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15
R
Rettig Music 5
- 16 C Cheapo Records 5
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17
M
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18
Q
Quinlan and Fabish Music Company 5
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19
T
- 20 S Sound Exchange 4
- 21 E Everyday Music 4
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22
M
- 23 T The Record Exchange 4
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24
D
Doo Wop Shop 3
- 25 G Gallery of Sound 3
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26
W
Woodsy's Music 3
- 27 S Silver Platters 3
- 28 V Vinyl Cup Records 3
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29
B
Bertrand's Music 3
- 30 R Rhino Records 3
- 31 V Vintage Vinyl 3
- 32 M Music City 3
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33
D
Dunkley Music 3
- 34 D Dorsey Music 3
- 35 H Hunky Dory 3
- 36 A Amoeba Music 3
- 37 K Karma Records 3
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38
D
Dearborn Music 2
- 39 G Graywhale Entertainment 2
- 40 E Euclid Records 2
- 41 S Streetlight Records 2
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42
J
John Keal Music Company 2
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43
Z
ZT Records 2
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44
B
Brighton Music Center 2
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45
Q
- 46 T The Sound Garden 2
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47
T
Tiger Records 2
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48
G
Grimey's New & Preloved Music 2
- 49 M Modern Sounds Vinyl and Music 2
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50
C
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 2
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