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. Comic City and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comic City | - | +2.0% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | -5.1% |
- Barnes & Noble
- 2nd & Charles
- Books-A-Million
- A To Z Cards Comics Coins
- 2 Dandelions Books
- Schuler Books
- Vault of Midnight
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
83 tracked store locations in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 20 of the 83 stores (24%); 63 of the 68 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across Michigan.
- Barnes & Noble (11)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Books-A-Million (1)
- A To Z Cards Comics Coins (1)
- 2 Dandelions Books (1)
- Schuler Books (1)
- Vault of Midnight (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 11
- 2 Comic City 3
- 3 2nd & Charles 2
- 4 Vault of Midnight 2
- 5 Comix Corner 2
- 6 Read It Again Books 1
- 7 Quick Stop Comic Shop 1
- 8 Library Bookstore 1
- 9 An Inkwell Spent 1
- 10 Bring Your Old Books 1
- 11 Eras Bookstore 1
- 12 Sip N Read Book Bar 1
- 13 Baker's Bible & Bookstore 1
- 14 Wayne County Community College District Downtown Campus Bookstore 1
- 15 Source Booksellers 1
- 16 Comicade 1
- 17 God's World Superstore 1
- 18 Next Chapter Books 1
- 19 Possum Punks Shop 1
- 20 Whistler's Daughter Books 1
- 21 Books-A-Million 1
- 22 Pages Bookstore 1
- 23 Cosmic Comics and Toys 1
- 24 Comic Showcase 1
- 25 Brown's Family Bookstore 1
- 26 Comic Explosion 1
- 27 ECCO Family Bookstore 1
- 28 St Joseph Bookstore 1
- 29 Past Tense Books 1
- 30 Squirreled Away Books 1
- 31 All Star Books 1
- 32 Water Brothers Books 1
- 33 Detroit Specials Used Books 1
- 34 Book Beat 1
- 35 Comics and More 1
- 36 Faith At Work 1
- 37 Macomb Center Campus Bookstore 1
- 38 A To Z Cards Comics Coins 1
- 39 2 Dandelions Books 1
- 40 Schuler Books 1
- 41 Motor City Comic Con 1
- 42 Sidetrack Bookshop 1
- 43 John K. King Books North 1
- 44 Big Ben's Comix Oasis 1
- 45 Vesper Books and Wine 1
- 46 Catholic Supply House 1
- 47 Mike's Comics 1
- 48 Road Less Traveled Books 1
- 49 Brooks Books 1
- 50 State of Comics 1
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