Metro by metro
The leading bookstore chains in every Florida metro area
Tracked bookstore chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Barnes & Noble leads in 10 metro areas, Books-A-Million in 2 metro areas. Against their share in Florida as a whole, Barnes & Noble stands out in 4 metro areas, Books-A-Million in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Barnes & Noble
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Miami, FL 1.3× · Tampa, FL 1.1× · Orlando, FL 1.1× · Jacksonville, FL 0.9×
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Books-A-Million
Relative #1 in Palm Bay, FL, 2.9× its share in Florida
Not enough tracked stores: Crestview, FL · Homosassa Springs, FL · Naples-Marco Island, FL · Ocala, FL · Panama City, FL · Port St. Lucie, FL · Punta Gorda, FL · Sebastian, FL · Sebring, FL · Wildwood-The Villages, FL
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL · Deltona, FL · Gainesville, FL · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL · North Port, FL · Pensacola, FL · Tallahassee, FL
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Barnes & Noble
#1 in 10 metro areas
Miami, FL · Tampa, FL · Orlando, FL · Jacksonville, FL · Deltona, FL · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL · Gainesville, FL · North Port, FL · Pensacola, FL · Tallahassee, FL
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Books-A-Million
#1 in 2 metro areas
Palm Bay, FL · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
Not enough tracked stores: Crestview, FL · Homosassa Springs, FL · Naples-Marco Island, FL · Ocala, FL · Panama City, FL · Port St. Lucie, FL · Punta Gorda, FL · Sebastian, FL · Sebring, FL · Wildwood-The Villages, FL
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked bookstore chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Florida compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Florida as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Florida and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Florida is light gray. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
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. 2nd & Charles and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | 2nd & Charles | - | +7.2% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | +0.1% |
| 3 | Books-A-Million | - | -5.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- TBS Comics Pensacola
- 2nd & Charles
- Chamblin Bookmine
- USF Bookstore
- UCF Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
338 tracked store locations in Florida. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 105 of the 338 stores (31%); 219 of the 231 tracked chains have a single store here. 1% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 2% across the United States.
- Barnes & Noble (67)
- Books-A-Million (30)
- TBS Comics Pensacola (2)
- 2nd & Charles (3)
- Chamblin Bookmine (1)
- USF Bookstore (1)
- UCF Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 67
- 2 Books-A-Million 30
- 3 Books & Books 3
- 4 2nd & Charles 3
- 5 Mythical Mountain 2
- 6 TBS Comics Pensacola 2
- 7 The Book Rescuers 2
- 8 A Day at the Beach 2
- 9 Campus Bookstore 2
- 10 Books and Books 2
- 11 Campus Store 2
- 12 Booksmart 2
- 13 Bob's News & Book Store 1
- 14 Nerd Out Comics 1
- 15 Citrus & Sage Bookshop 1
- 16 Wilson's Book World 1
- 17 A&M Comics and Books 1
- 18 We Have Issuez 1
- 19 A Novel Idea Bookstore 1
- 20 Key West Island Bookstore 1
- 21 Florida A&M University Bookstore 1
- 22 Bible Baptist Bookstore 1
- 23 The Paperback Exchange Bookstore 1
- 24 Maya Books & Music 1
- 25 No Name Books and Gifts 1
- 26 Friends of the DeLand Library 1
- 27 A Parker's Books 1
- 28 Flagler College Campus Store 1
- 29 Copperfish Books 1
- 30 Niceville Comics & Collectibles 1
- 31 Watermark Christian Store 1
- 32 Flutterbuy Books and More 1
- 33 Portkey Books 1
- 34 The Purple Rose Trading Company 1
- 35 Second Read Books 1
- 36 River Monster Comics 1
- 37 Salt & Story, LLC 1
- 38 Six Strings & Superheroes 1
- 39 The Book Exchange & Comic Book Shop 1
- 40 Open Books 1
- 41 Anawim Catholic Bookstore 1
- 42 Krum's World Comics and Collectibles 1
- 43 Rice Family Bookstore 1
- 44 Libreria Cristiana Espiritu de Vida 1
- 45 Plant City Comic Cafe 1
- 46 Moonstruck Market 1
- 47 Goblin's Cave 1
- 48 Barrel of Books & Games 1
- 49 Inklings Book Shoppe 1
- 50 Cosmic Comics 1
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