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. Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Books-A-Million | - | +1.2% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | -4.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- 2nd & Charles
- Park Road Books
- Parker Banner Kent & Wayne
- Fred & June's Books
- Trope Bookshop
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
61 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 20 of the 61 stores (33%); 43 of the 46 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across North Carolina.
- Barnes & Noble (10)
- Books-A-Million (6)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Park Road Books (1)
- Parker Banner Kent & Wayne (1)
- Fred & June's Books (1)
- Trope Bookshop (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 10
- 2 Books-A-Million 6
- 3 2nd & Charles 2
- 4 Park Road Books 1
- 5 Parker Banner Kent & Wayne 1
- 6 Fred & June's Books 1
- 7 Trope Bookshop 1
- 8 Kemetic Science Institute 1
- 9 Main Street Books 1
- 10 Belmont Bookshop 1
- 11 Ruth's Attic at the Billy Graham Bookstore 1
- 12 Ssalefish Comics 1
- 13 Comic Monstore 1
- 14 Troubadour Booksellers 1
- 15 News 2 You 1
- 16 Davidson College Store 1
- 17 Book Buyers 1
- 18 That's Novel Books 1
- 19 The Book Rack 1
- 20 Goldberry Books 1
- 21 Spandex City 1
- 22 Winthrop University Bookstore 1
- 23 CCB Bistro & Vine 1
- 24 South Main Book Company 1
- 25 Heroes Aren't Hard To Find 1
- 26 A. Pennyworth's Comics 1
- 27 Blank Generation 1
- 28 Shepherd's Fold Books 1
- 29 Wandering Crow Bookshop 1
- 30 The Liberty Book Company 1
- 31 Catawba College Bookstore 1
- 32 The Book Lady 1
- 33 Collecting Problems 1
- 34 Central Piedmont Community College Campus Store 1
- 35 Walls of Books 1
- 36 So Much More To The Story Bookery 1
- 37 Second Look Books 1
- 38 R & B Games, Cards, & Comics 1
- 39 Doc's Basement 1
- 40 Rebel Base Comics & Toys 1
- 41 Cleary's Bookstore 1
- 42 The Village Bookstore at Johnson & Wales University 1
- 43 Urban Reader Bookstore 1
- 44 Libreria Cristiana Logos 1
- 45 Church Street Comics & More! 1
- 46 Rock Hill Comics and Games 1
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