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. Wonder Book and Big Planet Comics sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W Wonder Book | - | +6.1% |
| 2 | B Big Planet Comics | - | +0.6% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
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- | -6.0% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Politics and Prose Bookstore
- McKay Used Books & CD's
- Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe
- Georgetown University Bookstore
- George Mason University Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
142 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (26)
- Books-A-Million (5)
- Politics and Prose Bookstore (2)
- McKay Used Books & CD's (1)
- Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe (1)
- Georgetown University Bookstore (1)
- George Mason University Bookstore (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 5
- 3 B Big Planet Comics 3
- 4 W Wonder Book 3
- 5 F Friends of the Library 2
- 6 L Loyalty Bookstore 2
- 7 S Second Story Books 2
- 8 B Beyond Comics 2
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9
2
2nd & Charles 2
- 10 P Politics and Prose Bookstore 2
- 11 B Books and Other Found Things 1
- 12 K Kensington Row Bookshop 1
- 13 H Hundred Acre Books 1
- 14 L Libreria Cristiana 1
- 15 B Bonjour Books 1
- 16 N NOVA Loudoun Campus Bookstore 1
- 17 R Reiter's Books 1
- 18 R Reston's Used Book Shop 1
- 19 W Word of Life Books 1
- 20 T The Company of Books 1
- 21 U UDC Bookstore 1
- 22 B Barbarian Comics 1
- 23 F Fonts Books 1
- 24 S Sisters One 1
- 25 W Walk By Faith 1
- 26 F Fred Books 1
- 27 G Gateway Comics and Toys 1
- 28 M Main Street Geek 1
- 29 C Capitol Hill Books 1
- 30 B Bridge Street Books 1
- 31 P Pure Panic Comics and Games 1
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32
B
Bookworm Central Book Fairs 1
- 33 T This is the Place 1
- 34 S Sacred Circle Books 1
- 35 H Hooray For Books 1
- 36 A Alliance Comics 1
- 37 C Capitol City Ink 1
- 38 B Bison Shop 1
- 39 T Third Eye Comics 1
- 40 H Howard University Bookstore 1
- 41 R Rincon Cristiano 1
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42
J
JF Books 1
- 43 B Berryville Old Book Shop 1
- 44 C Capital City Ink 1
- 45 B Book Exchange 1
- 46 J Joy Unlimited 1
- 47 A AIA Store 1
- 48 R Royal Oak Bookshop 1
- 49 P Page Master Used Books 1
- 50 B Bold Fork Books 1
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