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. 2nd & Charles and Heaven & Earth sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
2
2nd & Charles
|
- | +11.6% |
| 2 | H Heaven & Earth | ▲1 | -1.4% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -4.8% |
| 4 | B Book Exchange | ▼1 | -15.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- 2nd & Charles
- Comic Kings
- JMU Bookstore
- Atomic Comics Emporium I
- McKay Used Books & CD's
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
236 tracked store locations in Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (38)
- Books-A-Million (12)
- 2nd & Charles (6)
- Comic Kings (1)
- JMU Bookstore (1)
- Atomic Comics Emporium I (1)
- McKay Used Books & CD's (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
B
Books-A-Million 12
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3
2
- 4 H Heaven & Earth 3
- 5 B Book Exchange 3
- 6 T Third Eye Comics 2
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7
A
Atlantis Games & Comics 2
- 8 N NOVA Loudoun Campus Bookstore 1
- 9 W Waverly Book & Video 1
- 10 F Friends of the Library 1
- 11 D Downtown Books 1
- 12 U University of Virginia Bookstore 1
- 13 O Old Dominion University Bookstore 1
- 14 T The BiblioPub 1
- 15 R Richmond Book Shop 1
- 16 B Book Owl Bookstore 1
- 17 B Bargain Books 1
- 18 T Too Many Books 1
- 19 T The Full Cup 1
- 20 L Libreria Cristiana El Oasis 1
- 21 T The Little Bookshop 1
- 22 S Stone Soup Books 1
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23
I
Indigo 1
- 24 T Trilogy Comics 1
- 25 C Campus Store 1
- 26 R Radford University Bookstore 1
- 27 T The Dog-Eared Page 1
- 28 T The Book Room 1
- 29 C Comic Kings 1
- 30 W Word of Life Books 1
- 31 T The Book House 1
- 32 E Eleanor's Norfolk 1
- 33 B bbgb 1
- 34 S Staunton Books and Tea 1
- 35 R Reston's Used Book Shop 1
- 36 B BookPeople 1
- 37 B Blessings Christian Bookstore 1
- 38 H Hundred Acre Books 1
- 39 2 2nd Act Books 1
- 40 I ILYSM Books 1
- 41 D Daedalus Book Shop 1
- 42 B Books and Other Found Things 1
- 43 T The Midlothian Book Exchange 1
- 44 T The Bookshelf on Church 1
- 45 C CVCC Bookstore 1
- 46 T The Secret Lair Comics and Games 1
- 47 L Libreria Cristiana 1
- 48 W Welcome Back Kollectables 1
- 49 B Big Lick Comics 1
- 50 A Amazing Fantasy Comics 1
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