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 | - | +4.4% |
| 2 | Half Price Books | - | -6.9% |
| 3 | Mardel Christian & Education | - | -8.2% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Mardel Christian & Education
- Kinokuniya
- Madness Games & Comics
- Southwest News
- Recycled Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
125 tracked store locations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 50 of the 125 stores (40%); 76 of the 80 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 1% across Texas.
- Barnes & Noble (22)
- Half Price Books (19)
- Mardel Christian & Education (6)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Madness Games & Comics (1)
- Southwest News (1)
- Recycled Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 22
- 2 Half Price Books 19
- 3 Mardel Christian & Education 6
- 4 Keith's Comics 2
- 5 DTS Book Center 1
- 6 Awesome Cards and Comics 1
- 7 Generation X Comics and Games 1
- 8 Talking Animals Books 1
- 9 Arts & Letters Bookstore 1
- 10 Xposed 1
- 11 St Anthony's Church Supplies 1
- 12 Paper Leaves Shop 1
- 13 The Pink Chapel Market 1
- 14 Poets Bookshop Oak Cliff 1
- 15 Main Street News 1
- 16 Lucky Dog Books 1
- 17 Whose Books Neighborhood Bookstore 1
- 18 Recluse Books 1
- 19 The Dock Bookshop 1
- 20 A House With Books 1
- 21 Leather And Bound 1
- 22 Deseret Book 1
- 23 Campus Bookstore 1
- 24 Carpe Diem Comics 1
- 25 Dallas Fan Expo 1
- 26 Little Angels Catholic Store 1
- 27 Wild West Comics and Games 1
- 28 The Published Page Bookshop 1
- 29 Friends of the Library 1
- 30 El Centro College Bookstore 1
- 31 Takbier Books and More 1
- 32 Friends of the Keller Library 1
- 33 181 Comics and Collectables 1
- 34 Wild West Comics & Games 1
- 35 Libreria Parroquial 1
- 36 Books & More 1
- 37 Comic Asylum 1
- 38 Back Door Books 1
- 39 Divine Mercy Catholic Books and Gifts 1
- 40 Frightmare Collectibles 1
- 41 NewsLink 1
- 42 Chris Angel Catholic Store 1
- 43 The Wild Detectives 1
- 44 The Plot Twist 1
- 45 Voertman's 1
- 46 Session Zero 1
- 47 Lone Star Comics 1
- 48 Boomerang Comics 1
- 49 Collected Comics & Games 1
- 50 Titan Comics 1
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