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. Books-A-Million and 2nd & Charles sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Books-A-Million | - | +14.9% |
| 2 | 2nd & Charles | - | +6.8% |
| 3 | Barnes & Noble | - | +4.0% |
| 4 | Gottwals Books | - | -7.5% |
| 5 | Walls of Books | ▲1 | -22.5% |
| 6 | Midtown Magazines | ▼1 | -75.9% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- 2nd & Charles
- Kinokuniya
- Posman Books
- ATL Today
- Kennesaw State University Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
219 tracked store locations in Georgia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 56 of the 219 stores (26%); 154 of the 163 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across the United States.
- Barnes & Noble (29)
- Books-A-Million (15)
- 2nd & Charles (4)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Posman Books (2)
- ATL Today (1)
- Kennesaw State University Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 29
- 2 Books-A-Million 15
- 3 2nd & Charles 4
- 4 Gottwals Books 4
- 5 Walls of Books 4
- 6 Midtown Magazines 3
- 7 Half Price Books 2
- 8 Posman Books 2
- 9 Indigo 2
- 10 Community Books of Stone Mountain 1
- 11 River & Hill Books 1
- 12 Urbnpop Comics Company 1
- 13 Bear's Books 1
- 14 The Storybook Market 1
- 15 Homeschool Potpourri 1
- 16 Kool Comics 1
- 17 Book Exchange 1
- 18 Sincerely Yours Bookstore 1
- 19 The Book Worm Bookstore 1
- 20 Hoot Owl Attic 1
- 21 Arkham Games and Comics 1
- 22 Priscilla's Christian Bookstore 1
- 23 Walk By Faith Christian Gifts 1
- 24 UWG Bookstore 1
- 25 Book Bound Bookstore 1
- 26 The Book Store on the Hill 1
- 27 Horton's Books & Gifts 1
- 28 Brave and Kind Books 1
- 29 Kinokuniya 1
- 30 Bunjee's Comics 1
- 31 Lighthouse Christian Bookstore 1
- 32 Lake Country Books & Gifts 1
- 33 Pretty Good Books 1
- 34 Sirius Sage 1
- 35 Myrtle's Plot Twist 1
- 36 Mystique Bookshop 1
- 37 Abbey Store 1
- 38 Level Up Games & Comics 1
- 39 Albany Christian bookstore 1
- 40 Dogwood Books 1
- 41 Galactic Quest 1
- 42 Book Nook 1
- 43 Neighborhood Comics 1
- 44 Damsel - A Romantic Bookstore 1
- 45 Bookmiser 1
- 46 Mt Yonah Book Exchange 1
- 47 Blue Sage 1
- 48 The Stacks Bookstore 1
- 49 Truth and Treasures at Hillside 1
- 50 Anime-zing Escape Inc 1
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