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 Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | +3.3% |
| 2 | Half Price Books | - | -0.7% |
| 3 | Barbara's Bookstore | - | -5.3% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- 2nd & Charles
- Books-A-Million
- Kinokuniya
- Top Cut Collectibles
- Unabridged Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
194 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 47 of the 194 stores (24%); 145 of the 151 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across Illinois.
- Barnes & Noble (28)
- Half Price Books (9)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Books-A-Million (3)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Top Cut Collectibles (1)
- Unabridged Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 28
- 2 Half Price Books 9
- 3 Barbara's Bookstore 5
- 4 Books-A-Million 3
- 5 Amazing Fantasy Books and Comics 2
- 6 2nd & Charles 2
- 7 Kinokuniya 1
- 8 Creative Comics 1
- 9 Third Coast Comics 1
- 10 Robin's Nest Bookshoppe 1
- 11 Hidden Chapter Bookshop 1
- 12 The Green Read 1
- 13 Jarvis Square Books 1
- 14 Zombie Unicorn Comics 1
- 15 Love’s Sweet Arrow 1
- 16 Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney 1
- 17 Slant of Light Books 1
- 18 Looking Glass Books 1
- 19 3 Keys Comics 1
- 20 Heirloom Books 1
- 21 Clan McDonald Comics 1
- 22 Three Stories Bookstore and More 1
- 23 Sultani Books 1
- 24 Passages Wine and Books 1
- 25 Amaranth Books 1
- 26 Booked 1
- 27 Libreria Nazareth 1
- 28 North Shore Comics 1
- 29 Tangible Books 1
- 30 Quimby's 1
- 31 Modern Age Comics 1
- 32 Dragon's Lair 1
- 33 Frugal Muse 1
- 34 Aw Yeah Comics 1
- 35 Kesher Stam Inc 1
- 36 Swallow Stories Bookshop 1
- 37 Chicago True 1
- 38 Volumes Bookcafe 1
- 39 Happy Day Comics 1
- 40 Twelve-O-Five Comics 1
- 41 Quo Vadis Polish Bookstore 1
- 42 Cornerstone Used Books 1
- 43 Zone Comics and Games 1
- 44 Los Amigos Books 1
- 45 The Book Table 1
- 46 Friends of the Library 1
- 47 Comic Collector 1
- 48 Books4cause 1
- 49 The Green Spot Used Books and More 1
- 50 Galaxy Comic Zone 1
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