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. Half Price Books and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | +4.7% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +1.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- University Book Store
- Boswell Book Company
- Lost World of Wonders
- Waukesha County Technical College Bookstore
- MATC Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
46 tracked store locations in Wisconsin. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (11)
- Half Price Books (4)
- University Book Store (2)
- Boswell Book Company (1)
- Lost World of Wonders (1)
- Waukesha County Technical College Bookstore (1)
- MATC Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
Barnes & Noble 11
-
2
H
Half Price Books 4
-
3
B
Books-A-Million 2
-
4
U
University Book Store 2
- 5 V Voyageur Book Shop 1
- 6 M Matthews MCW Medical Bookstore 1
- 7 A Arcadia Books 1
- 8 V Vortex Comics 1
- 9 T The Turning Page 1
- 10 R River City Hobbies 1
- 11 C Caramel Crisp & Cafe 1
- 12 U University Bookstore 1
- 13 R Renaissance Book Shop 1
- 14 L Lake City Books 1
- 15 L Lion's Tooth 1
- 16 H Harborside Books 1
- 17 C Collector's Edge Comics 1
- 18 M My Animix 1
- 19 P Pearl Street Books 1
- 20 D Downtown Books 1
- 21 U University Books and More 1
- 22 T The Well Red Damsel 1
- 23 R Reads by the River Books and Gifts 1
- 24 K Kowabunga Comics 1
- 25 M Madison Paperbacks 1
- 26 B Books & Company 1
- 27 B Blue House Books 1
- 28 M MATC Bookstore 1
- 29 W Waukesha County Technical College Bookstore 1
- 30 L Lost World of Wonders 1
- 31 B Boswell Book Company 1
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