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. Legends Comics & Games and Book Off sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legends Comics & Games | - | +16.7% |
| 2 | Book Off | ▲1 | +15.4% |
| 3 | Books Inc. | - | +9.5% |
| 4 | Collector's Paradise | - | +5.7% |
| 5 | Kinokuniya | - | +4.9% |
| 6 | Barnes & Noble | - | +1.1% |
| 7 | Copperfield's Books | ▼1 | -0.8% |
| 8 | Green Apple Books | - | -1.7% |
| 9 | Half Price Books | - | -11.2% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Kinokuniya
- Book Off
- Copperfield's Books
- USC Bookstore
- Vroman's Bookstore
- Half Price Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
721 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 127 of the 721 stores (18%); 517 of the 555 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 (93)
- Kinokuniya (6)
- Book Off (6)
- Copperfield's Books (10)
- USC Bookstore (1)
- Vroman's Bookstore (1)
- Half Price Books (5)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 93
- 2 Books Inc. 12
- 3 Copperfield's Books 10
- 4 Kinokuniya 6
- 5 Book Off 6
- 6 The Open Book 5
- 7 Half Price Books 5
- 8 Collector's Paradise 4
- 9 Legends Comics & Games 3
- 10 Green Apple Books 3
- 11 Recycle Bookstore 2
- 12 Marcus Books 2
- 13 A Shop Called Quest 2
- 14 Malik Books 2
- 15 Greetings 2
- 16 Bookstore 2
- 17 Sunset News 2
- 18 Anime Imports 2
- 19 Arsenal Comics & Games 2
- 20 Dog Eared Books 2
- 21 Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff 2
- 22 Pegasus Books 2
- 23 Deseret Book 2
- 24 Book Passage 2
- 25 A-1 Comics 2
- 26 Indigo 2
- 27 Hudson Booksellers 2
- 28 The Comic Bug 2
- 29 Towne Center Books 2
- 30 Mysterious Galaxy 2
- 31 East Bay Booksellers 2
- 32 De Lauer's Super News Stand 1
- 33 Builders Booksource 1
- 34 Paper Hero's Comics 1
- 35 The Comic Cellar 1
- 36 Readers' Books 1
- 37 Capital Books 1
- 38 The Frugal Frigate 1
- 39 Bookshop Benicia 1
- 40 University Bookstore 1
- 41 Rio Hondo Bookstore 1
- 42 Le Chat Noir Bookstore & Cat Lounge 1
- 43 Zeppelin Comics 1
- 44 Metro Entertainment 1
- 45 Camino Books 1
- 46 Rakestraw Books 1
- 47 Gryphon's Nest 1
- 48 4 Color Fantasies 1
- 49 Chevalier's Books 1
- 50 DBZ Books and Records 1
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