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. Barnes & Noble and Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +4.8% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -3.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- The Book Rack
- Half Price Books
- Kinokuniya
- Elliott Bay Book Company
- Third Place Books
- Golden Age Collectables
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
234 tracked store locations in Washington. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (26)
- The Book Rack (1)
- Half Price Books (7)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Elliott Bay Book Company (1)
- Third Place Books (2)
- Golden Age Collectables (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
H
- 3 T Third Place Books 2
- 4 C Crimson & Gray 2
- 5 W Wit's End Bookstore 2
- 6 V Vashon Bookshop 1
- 7 H Hills of Comics 1
- 8 W Wishing Tree Books 1
- 9 W We B Bookin' 1
- 10 R Ron's Coin & Collectibles 1
- 11 D Diversified Games 1
- 12 G Giant Nerd Books 1
- 13 E Edge of the Circle Books 1
- 14 A A Novel Bookstore 1
- 15 W William James Bookseller 1
- 16 H Haunted Burrow 1
- 17 S Seattle University Campus Store 1
- 18 C Connections Christian Store 1
- 19 K Kitsap Comics And Games 1
- 20 S Shelf Indulgence 1
- 21 L Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books 1
- 22 S Seaport Books 1
- 23 T The Yakima Book Co & The Traveling Book Bus 1
- 24 T Three Trees Books 1
- 25 X Xenophile Bibliopole 1
- 26 T The Secret Lair 1
- 27 P Page 42 Bookstore 1
- 28 G Gig Harbor Book Company 1
- 29 T The Book Rack 1
- 30 L Last Stand Collectibles 1
- 31 E Easton's Books 1
- 32 A Action City Comics & Toys 1
- 33 L Lamplight Books 1
- 34 B Book'em 1
- 35 R Riverwalk Books 1
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36
A
Arcane Comics 1
- 37 W Walls of Books 1
- 38 L Lakeside Books & Gifts 1
- 39 P Page 2 Books 1
- 40 J Jupiter's Eye Book Cafe 1
- 41 T The Lakewood Bookstore 1
- 42 R Ridgecrest Books 1
- 43 W Whitman College Bookstore 1
- 44 P Peter Miller 1
- 45 P Page Turner Books 1
- 46 B Books & Bottles 1
- 47 S Secret Garden Books 1
- 48 F Flirting with Fiction Bookstore 1
- 49 P Pearl Street Books & Gifts 1
- 50 W Wisdom Books 1
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