Trends · data through September 2026

Bookstores in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Iceflower tracks 77 stores from 56 bookstore chains in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. Tattered Cover Book Store grew fastest over the last year, ahead of 2nd & Charles and Barnes & Noble.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
56
Tracked stores
77
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Tattered Cover Book Store and 2nd & Charles sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Tattered Cover Book Store - +17.4%
2 2nd & Charles - -2.3%
3 Barnes & Noble - -9.4%
  • Barnes & Noble
  • 2nd & Charles
  • Mile High Comics
  • WHSmith
  • Tattered Cover Book Store
  • I Want More Comics
  • Hall of Justice Comics & Collectibles
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

77 tracked store locations in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 26 of the 77 stores (34%); 52 of the 56 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 3% across Colorado.

  • Barnes & Noble (13)
  • 2nd & Charles (5)
  • Mile High Comics (1)
  • WHSmith (1)
  • Tattered Cover Book Store (5)
  • I Want More Comics (1)
  • Hall of Justice Comics & Collectibles (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Barnes & Noble 13
  • 2 2nd & Charles 5
  • 3 Tattered Cover Book Store 5
  • 4 Mutiny Information Cafe 2
  • 5 Dwelling Place Ministry & Books 1
  • 6 Regis University Bookstore 1
  • 7 Spell Books 1
  • 8 Edgewater Books 1
  • 9 All In A Dream 1
  • 10 FRCC Westminster Bookstore 1
  • 11 Kilgore Books 1
  • 12 Friends Of The Aurora Public Library Book Outlet 1
  • 13 Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop 1
  • 14 Fahrenheit's Books 1
  • 15 Collectibles Marketplace 1
  • 16 Broadway Book Mall 1
  • 17 Lithos 1
  • 18 Capitol Hill Books 1
  • 19 Petals and Pages 1
  • 20 Shining Lotus Metaphysical Bookstore 1
  • 21 House of Carmel Religious Gifts and Books 1
  • 22 Lingering Tales Gallery & Used Bookstore 1
  • 23 Cornerstone Books, Gifts and Herbs, LLC 1
  • 24 Poor Richard's Book Shoppe 1
  • 25 Christian Used Books 1
  • 26 Book Niche 1
  • 27 Danny the Comic Shop 1
  • 28 Park Hill Community Bookstore 1
  • 29 Rosemary's Baby Bookstore 1
  • 30 Book & Bean Bookstore 1
  • 31 Mile High Comics 1
  • 32 WHSmith 1
  • 33 I Want More Comics 1
  • 34 Hall of Justice Comics & Collectibles 1
  • 35 Mardel Christian & Education 1
  • 36 Spicy Librarian 1
  • 37 Hero Headquarters 1
  • 38 Dutyfree Denver St5029 1
  • 39 Books Are Awesome 1
  • 40 Deseret Book 1
  • 41 Tivoli Station Bookstore 1
  • 42 JNJ Comic Books and Games 1
  • 43 Black & Read Books, Music & Games 1
  • 44 Vision Comics & Oddities 1
  • 45 Matter 1
  • 46 Sudden Fiction Books 1
  • 47 Denver Book Bar 1
  • 48 CU Anschutz Bookstore 1
  • 49 Goddess Isis Books & Gifts 1
  • 50 Printed Page Bookshop 1

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