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 Midtown Magazines sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | +12.7% |
| 2 | Midtown Magazines | - | -75.0% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- 2nd & Charles
- Kinokuniya
- Posman Books
- ATL Today
- Kennesaw State University Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
126 tracked store locations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 34 of the 126 stores (27%); 90 of the 96 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across Georgia.
- Barnes & Noble (20)
- Books-A-Million (7)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Posman Books (2)
- ATL Today (1)
- Kennesaw State University Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 20
- 2 Books-A-Million 7
- 3 Midtown Magazines 3
- 4 2nd & Charles 2
- 5 Posman Books 2
- 6 Half Price Books 2
- 7 Bookmiser 1
- 8 Urbnpop Comics Company 1
- 9 Homeschool Potpourri 1
- 10 Book Exchange 1
- 11 Sincerely Yours Bookstore 1
- 12 The Book Worm Bookstore 1
- 13 Priscilla's Christian Bookstore 1
- 14 Walk By Faith Christian Gifts 1
- 15 UWG Bookstore 1
- 16 Horton's Books & Gifts 1
- 17 Brave and Kind Books 1
- 18 Damsel - A Romantic Bookstore 1
- 19 Galactic Quest 1
- 20 Level Up Games & Comics 1
- 21 Abbey Store 1
- 22 Myrtle's Plot Twist 1
- 23 Bunjee's Comics 1
- 24 The Crazy Book Lady 1
- 25 The Reading Attic 1
- 26 ABC Christian Books 1
- 27 Johns Creek Books and Gifts 1
- 28 East Atlanta Comics 1
- 29 Kapow! Comics & Games 1
- 30 Boutique Of Quality Books 1
- 31 Birch Tree Bookstore 1
- 32 GAC Spartan Store 1
- 33 Heritage Booksellers 1
- 34 Challenges Games and Comics 1
- 35 Homeschool Hangout 1
- 36 Anime-zing Escape Inc 1
- 37 Truth and Treasures at Hillside 1
- 38 Community Books of Stone Mountain 1
- 39 A Novel Experience 1
- 40 Locust Grove Book Club 1
- 41 Press Shop 1
- 42 Bibliotech 1
- 43 Bear Book Market 1
- 44 Corner Bookstore 1
- 45 A Better Today Books & Boutique 1
- 46 ConversationStarters Bookstore 1
- 47 Rolling Tomes 1
- 48 Just Books 1
- 49 Infinite Realities: Comics, Games & More 1
- 50 All Things Inspiration Giftique 1
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