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. Book Off and Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Book Off
|
- | +8.1% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | +4.7% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +2.1% |
| 4 |
K
Kinokuniya
|
- | -4.2% |
| 5 |
H
Hudson News
|
- | -14.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Hudson News
- Grass Valley Games
- Comics-N-Stuff
- Book Off
- Kinokuniya
- USC Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
224 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (79)
- Hudson News (6)
- Grass Valley Games (1)
- Comics-N-Stuff (6)
- Book Off (6)
- Kinokuniya (5)
- USC Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
H
- 3 C Comics-N-Stuff 6
-
4
B
-
5
H
-
6
K
- 7 B Books Inc. 2
- 8 B Book Passage 2
- 9 C Copperfield's Books 2
-
10
H
Hudson Booksellers 2
- 11 C CNN Newsstand 2
- 12 G Green Apple Books 2
- 13 P Pegasus Books 1
- 14 S Silver Wolf Comics 1
- 15 C Catholic Books & Gifts 1
- 16 M More Moe's Art & Antiquarian 1
- 17 S Sac Book Rac 1
- 18 M Mega City 2 1
- 19 L Libélula Books 1
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20
C
Chevalier's Books 1
- 21 G Golden Apple Comics 1
- 22 B Books 1
- 23 C Camino Books 1
- 24 T The Huntley Bookstore 1
- 25 N Napa Bookmine 1
- 26 W Walden Pond Books 1
- 27 D Dog Eared Books 1
- 28 A A-1 Comics 1
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29
B
Book Soup 1
- 30 B BookHounds 1
- 31 J Juice-C-Juice Books and More 1
- 32 A Affordable Cards & Comics 1
- 33 L Le Chat Noir Bookstore & Cat Lounge 1
- 34 B Big Brother Comics 1
- 35 U UC Merced Campus Store 1
- 36 R Rio Hondo Bookstore 1
- 37 A Adult Depot 1
- 38 S South Coast News 1
- 39 I Imperial Comics 1
- 40 F Friendly Used Bookstore 1
- 41 L Los Medanos Bookstore 1
- 42 S Street Smart Bookstore 1
- 43 L Laurel Canyon News 1
- 44 T The Open Book 1
- 45 C Chico State Wildcat Store 1
- 46 D DVC Book Center 1
- 47 M Marauder Bookstore 1
- 48 S Santa Monica College Bookstore 1
- 49 T The Iliad Bookshop 1
- 50 C Corner Bookstore 1
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