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 Books-A-Million sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | +17.3% |
| 2 | Books-A-Million | - | -6.3% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Towson University
- Faber Coe & Gregg
- Comics To Astonish Inc.
- Greedy Reads
- Carroll Community College
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
80 tracked store locations in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 20 of the 80 stores (25%); 61 of the 65 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 2% across Maryland.
- Barnes & Noble (12)
- Books-A-Million (3)
- Towson University (1)
- Faber Coe & Gregg (1)
- Comics To Astonish Inc. (1)
- Greedy Reads (1)
- Carroll Community College (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 12
- 2 Books-A-Million 3
- 3 The Last Word 2
- 4 Collectors Corner 2
- 5 Back Creek Books 1
- 6 Protean Books & Records 1
- 7 Curmudgeon Book Store 1
- 8 Chesapeake College Bookstore 1
- 9 Unusual Company 1
- 10 Drama MaMa Bookshop 1
- 11 Washington Street Books 1
- 12 The Ivy Bookshop 1
- 13 Bonjongles 1
- 14 The Book Escape 1
- 15 Ethnicitees 1
- 16 Dreamers & Make-Believers 1
- 17 Universal Comics 1
- 18 Odd Bird Bookshop 1
- 19 Matthews JHU Bookstore 1
- 20 Bush River Books & Video 1
- 21 Baltimore Comic Con 1
- 22 Books for International Goodwill 1
- 23 Park Books on Main 1
- 24 Rudolph Girls Books 1
- 25 Station North Books 1
- 26 Viva Books 1
- 27 House of Knowledge 1
- 28 Urban Reads Bookstore 1
- 29 Jay Books 1
- 30 Growing Minds Bookstore 1
- 31 Gramp's Attic Books 1
- 32 Baltimore Reads Book Bank 1
- 33 Book Nook 1
- 34 Alternate Worlds 1
- 35 Towson University 1
- 36 Faber Coe & Gregg 1
- 37 Comics To Astonish Inc. 1
- 38 Greedy Reads 1
- 39 Carroll Community College 1
- 40 Cards Comics and Collectibles 1
- 41 AACC Bookstore 1
- 42 Ivy Bookshop 1
- 43 Backwater Books 1
- 44 Be With Me Playseum 1
- 45 Park Books 1
- 46 Atomic Books 1
- 47 Old Fox Books and Coffeehouse 1
- 48 Captain Chuck's Comics 1
- 49 Snug Books 1
- 50 Manga Spot Towson 1
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