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. Deseret Book and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deseret Book | - | +12.5% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | +0.6% |
| 3 | Half Price Books | - | -2.0% |
| 4 | Bookmans | - | -4.8% |
| 5 | Samurai Comics | - | -69.2% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Deseret Book
- Bookmans
- Changing Hands Bookstore
- ASU Bookstore
- Play or Draw
- Half Price Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
134 tracked store locations in Arizona. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 37 of the 134 stores (28%); 91 of the 99 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across the United States.
- Barnes & Noble (23)
- Deseret Book (4)
- Bookmans (3)
- Changing Hands Bookstore (2)
- ASU Bookstore (1)
- Play or Draw (1)
- Half Price Books (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 23
- 2 Deseret Book 4
- 3 Samurai Comics 4
- 4 Bookmans 3
- 5 Half Price Books 3
- 6 Book Gallery 2
- 7 Pima Bookstore 2
- 8 Changing Hands Bookstore 2
- 9 Barrio Books 1
- 10 R-Galaxy 1
- 11 The Purple Cat 1
- 12 Atticus Books and Music 1
- 13 Homeward Books Collective 1
- 14 Friends Bookstore 1
- 15 Collectors Choice Comics 1
- 16 The Book Haven 1
- 17 High Score Comics & Pinball 1
- 18 Pleasure Palace Adult Bookstore 1
- 19 Scottsdale Community College Bookstore 1
- 20 GCC Bookstore 1
- 21 Bisbee Books & Music 1
- 22 Friends Of The Pima County Library 1
- 23 Dragonstar Books & Gifts 1
- 24 Wijaya House 1
- 25 Havasu Adult Bookstore 1
- 26 The Bookish Shop 1
- 27 Once Upon a Book Club 1
- 28 Nexus Occult Books and Oddities 1
- 29 The Astrology Store 1
- 30 Covenant Home School Resource Center 1
- 31 Seagull Book 1
- 32 Sacred Grounds Bookstore and Coffee Bar 1
- 33 Jesse James Comics 1
- 34 MVMNT Christian Stores 1
- 35 Friends of the Chandler Public Library Bookshop 1
- 36 Outlaw T's Books & More 1
- 37 Wasted Ink Zine Distro 1
- 38 Quail Run Bookstore 1
- 39 Bookmans River Entertainment Exchange 1
- 40 Ajo Copper News 1
- 41 East Valley Intergroup 1
- 42 The Bookstop 1
- 43 GBS Books 1
- 44 Casa Grande Books, Movies & More 1
- 45 Book Shoppe Too 1
- 46 White Light Crystals 1
- 47 Gotham City Comics and Collectibles 1
- 48 Breaking Free 1
- 49 Signs and Wonders 1
- 50 Dog Eared Pages Used Books 1
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