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. Guitar Center and Music & Arts sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
G
Guitar Center
|
- | -3.6% |
| 2 |
M
Music & Arts
|
- | -19.3% |
- Guitar Center
- Music & Arts
- AFK Books & Records
- Plan 9 Music
- K-Wave
- Vinyl Daze Records
- Shenandoah Music
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
79 tracked store locations in Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Guitar Center (7)
- Music & Arts (22)
- AFK Books & Records (1)
- Plan 9 Music (2)
- K-Wave (1)
- Vinyl Daze Records (1)
- Shenandoah Music (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
-
2
G
- 3 P Plan 9 Music 2
- 4 S Sidetracks Music 1
- 5 M Melody Supreme 1
- 6 D Dragon Song Ltd 1
- 7 N National Pawnbrokers 1
- 8 S Switz-Mix Records 1
- 9 V Virginia's Memory Lane Records 1
- 10 T Thanh's Video 1
- 11 P Potomac Video 1
- 12 W Wonder Records 1
- 13 V Vienna Music Exchange 1
- 14 V Vinyl Conflict 1
- 15 D Dollar Video 1
- 16 R Records & Relics RVA 1
- 17 R Riverview Vinyl 1
- 18 O Old's Cool 1
- 19 T The Groove Record Shop 1
- 20 B Barr's Fiddle Shop 1
- 21 M Main Street Jazz 1
- 22 B Barky Barky's 1
- 23 C Chantilly Music 1
- 24 S Showalter Guitars 1
- 25 K Kpop Kingdom 1
- 26 P Pinay Collectibles 1
- 27 S Sam Ash Music 1
- 28 A AFK Books & Records 1
- 29 K K-Wave 1
- 30 V Vinyl Daze Records 1
- 31 S Shenandoah Music 1
- 32 B Birdland Records Tapes & Compact Discs 1
- 33 M Mobius Records 1
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34
M
Music Go Round 1
- 35 D Dale City Music 1
-
36
B
Bohemian Amigos Record Shop 1
- 37 S Skinnies Records 1
- 38 D Deep Groove Records 1
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39
D
Day Violins 1
- 40 V Vinny's Vinyl 1
- 41 B Bridge Kaldro Music 1
- 42 W Wax Moon 1
- 43 R Russell's Music World 1
- 44 C Crooked Beat Records 1
- 45 K Kelley's Music 1
- 46 R Records & Rarities 1
- 47 A A & A Music 1
- 48 E Ear Food the Record Store 1
- 49 T Thanks For Listening 1
- 50 J John's Cameras & Records 1
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