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. Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
- | +2.6% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +1.4% |
| 3 |
2
2nd & Charles
|
- | -10.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Exchange
- Books-A-Million
- 2nd & Charles
- Hudson News
- Comic Kings
- JMU Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
154 tracked store locations in Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (38)
- Exchange (1)
- Books-A-Million (11)
- 2nd & Charles (6)
- Hudson News (2)
- Comic Kings (1)
- JMU Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 38
-
2
B
Books-A-Million 11
-
3
2
2nd & Charles 6
-
4
H
Hudson News 2
- 5 H Heaven & Earth 2
- 6 B Book Exchange 2
-
7
A
Atlantis Games & Comics 2
- 8 S SeeWhich Books 1
- 9 T The Beautiful Idea 1
- 10 V Velocity Comics 1
- 11 A Alpha Comics & Games 1
- 12 O One More Page Books 1
- 13 S Sundial Books 1
- 14 M Main Street Geek 1
- 15 S Stories Comics 1
-
16
B
Bookworm Central Book Fairs 1
- 17 N New Dominion Bookshop 1
- 18 P Peach Street Books 1
- 19 B Blacksburg Books 1
- 20 R Rex Rappahannock 1
- 21 S Scrawl Books 1
- 22 C Captains Locker 1
- 23 C Comic Kung Fu 1
- 24 J JMJ Catholic Books and Articles 1
- 25 B Big Planet Comics 1
- 26 H House of Consciousness 1
- 27 K Keep It Strange Comics & Collectibles 1
- 28 C Comic and Gaming Outpost 1
-
29
N
Novel Grounds 1
- 30 T The Aquarian Bookshop 1
- 31 B Book Bin 1
- 32 D Downtown Books 1
- 33 P Paperbacks Ink 1
- 34 2 2nd Act Books 1
- 35 D Daedalus Book Shop 1
- 36 R Reston's Used Book Shop 1
- 37 F Ferrum College 1
- 38 H Hello Comics Downtown 1
- 39 J Jeannie's Used Books 1
- 40 S Small Friend Records & Books 1
- 41 T The Secret Lair 1
- 42 C Comic Cubicle 1
- 43 T The Company of Books 1
- 44 F Fred Books 1
- 45 Y Yorktown Bookshop 1
- 46 N NOVA Loudoun Campus Bookstore 1
- 47 B Blue Whale Books 1
- 48 Z Zeno's Books 1
- 49 T The Book Dragon 1
- 50 P Pauline Books & Media 1
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