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 | - | +5.6% |
| 2 | Half Price Books | - | -6.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- The Book Loft of German Village
- Laughing Ogre
- Birdie Books
- Storyline Bookshop
- Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
48 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 15 of the 48 stores (31%); 36 of the 38 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)
- Half Price Books (6)
- The Book Loft of German Village (1)
- Laughing Ogre (1)
- Birdie Books (1)
- Storyline Bookshop (1)
- Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 6
- 2 Half Price Books 6
- 3 The Book Loft of German Village 1
- 4 Laughing Ogre 1
- 5 Birdie Books 1
- 6 Storyline Bookshop 1
- 7 Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy 1
- 8 Clintonville Books 1
- 9 Packrat Comics 1
- 10 Prologue Bookshop 1
- 11 World's Greatest Comics 1
- 12 Maxine's Bargain Box 1
- 13 Collector Supreme 1
- 14 Fundamentals 1
- 15 Heroes and Games 1
- 16 Gramercy Books Bexley 1
- 17 Blue Couch Bookshop 1
- 18 Capital City Comics 1
- 19 The Magical Druid 1
- 20 Cover To Cover 1
- 21 Two Dollar Radio Headquarters 1
- 22 Journey Into Comics 1
- 23 Central Ohio Technical College Bookstore 1
- 24 The Ohio State University Bookstore 1
- 25 Kicks Mix Bookstore 1
- 26 Little Gay Bookstore 1
- 27 Readers' Garden Book Store 1
- 28 Flying Monkey Comics & Games 1
- 29 The Big Book Nook 1
- 30 Phoenix Books 1
- 31 Corner News 1
- 32 Wexner Center Store 1
- 33 Holland's Book Nook 1
- 34 Beanbag Books 1
- 35 Iqra Bookstore 1
- 36 Bookspace 1
- 37 Griffeys' Book Emporium 1
- 38 Serenity Book Shop 1
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