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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | +1.0% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Half Price Books
- Kidforce Collectibles
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers
- Ground Zero Comics
- Carol and John's Comic Book Shop
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
58 tracked store locations in Cleveland, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 13 of the 58 stores (22%); 46 of the 50 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across Ohio.
- Barnes & Noble (6)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- Half Price Books (2)
- Kidforce Collectibles (1)
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers (1)
- Ground Zero Comics (1)
- Carol and John's Comic Book Shop (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 6
- 2 Books-A-Million 2
- 3 Half Price Books 2
- 4 The Bookshelf 2
- 5 Kidforce Collectibles 1
- 6 North Coast Comics 1
- 7 Keith's Comics 1
- 8 Covenant Books & Gifts 1
- 9 Dizzy's Comics and Toys 1
- 10 Henninger's 1
- 11 Frank's Hebrew Bookstore 1
- 12 Book Brothers 1
- 13 Lake Erie Book Company 1
- 14 Tri-C Metro Campus Bookstore 1
- 15 T & L Christian Bookstore 1
- 16 Vallar Comics 1
- 17 This is the Place 1
- 18 Clevo Books 1
- 19 The Crystal Era 1
- 20 The Browsing Room Bookstore & Cafe 1
- 21 Robot Zero Comics 1
- 22 Horizontal Books 1
- 23 Graydog Comics and Toys 1
- 24 Fireside Book Shop 1
- 25 Cleveland Cabby 1
- 26 Appletree Books 1
- 27 Oberlin College Bookstore 1
- 28 Joseph-Beth Booksellers 1
- 29 Ground Zero Comics 1
- 30 Carol and John's Comic Book Shop 1
- 31 Loganberry Books 1
- 32 Black Cat Books & Oddities 1
- 33 Barns And Noble 1
- 34 Visible Voice Books 1
- 35 Mac's Backs 1
- 36 Ben Franklin & MindFair Books 1
- 37 Mr. Cards-N-Comics 1
- 38 Gateway Newsstand 1
- 39 Lee road 1
- 40 Comic Heaven 1
- 41 Comics and Friends 1
- 42 Viking Outfitters 1
- 43 The Viridian Bookshop 1
- 44 Walls of Books 1
- 45 Grand Judaica 1
- 46 Superscript Comics and Games 1
- 47 Flame & Fable 1
- 48 Comics Are Go 1
- 49 B & L Comics Cards & Nostalgia 1
- 50 Sage & Honey 1
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