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 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +12.4% |
- Politics and Prose Bookstore
- Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe
- Barnes & Noble
- Georgetown University Bookstore
- Solid State Books
- GW Bookstore
- Lost City Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
31 tracked store locations in District of Columbia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Politics and Prose Bookstore (2)
- Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe (1)
- Barnes & Noble (3)
- Georgetown University Bookstore (1)
- Solid State Books (1)
- GW Bookstore (1)
- Lost City Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 P Politics and Prose Bookstore 2
- 3 B Bison Shop 1
- 4 H Howard University Bookstore 1
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5
J
JF Books 1
- 6 A AIA Store 1
- 7 B Bold Fork Books 1
- 8 L Lantern Bryn Mawr Bookshop 1
- 9 C Catholic Information Center 1
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10
C
Consumers' Checkbook 1
- 11 M Mahogany Books 1
- 12 G Gospel Spreading Bible Bookstore 1
- 13 L Loyalty Bookstore 1
- 14 R Reiter's Books 1
- 15 U UDC Bookstore 1
- 16 B Big Planet Comics 1
- 17 C Capitol Hill Books 1
- 18 B Bridge Street Books 1
- 19 A American University Bookstore 1
- 20 S Second Story Books 1
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21
I
Indigo 1
- 22 F Fantom Comics 1
- 23 E East City Book Shop 1
- 24 L Lost City Books 1
- 25 G GW Bookstore 1
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26
S
Solid State Books 1
- 27 G Georgetown University Bookstore 1
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28
K
Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe 1
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