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. Barnes & Noble and Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | -1.5% |
| 2 | Half Price Books | - | -9.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Books-A-Million
- Mardel Christian & Education
- KPRC 2 News
- Kinokuniya
- Magick Cauldron
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
90 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 33 of the 90 stores (37%); 58 of the 62 tracked chains have a single store here. 1% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across Texas.
- Barnes & Noble (20)
- Half Price Books (8)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- Mardel Christian & Education (2)
- KPRC 2 News (1)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Magick Cauldron (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 20
- 2 Half Price Books 8
- 3 Books-A-Million 2
- 4 Mardel Christian & Education 2
- 5 KPRC 2 News 1
- 6 Kinokuniya 1
- 7 Magick Cauldron 1
- 8 2nd & Charles 1
- 9 Cards And Comics Connection 1
- 10 Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore 1
- 11 TSU Bookstore 1
- 12 Books by the Bay 1
- 13 Rice University Bookstore 1
- 14 Dragon's Lair Houston North 1
- 15 Brazos Bookstore 1
- 16 The Witchery 1
- 17 Space City Comics 1
- 18 Murder by the Book 1
- 19 Fat Ogre Games & Comics 1
- 20 Good on Paper 1
- 21 Little Flower Catholic Books & Gifts 1
- 22 Katy Budget Books 1
- 23 Blue Willow Bookshop 1
- 24 Atomic Monkey Comics 1
- 25 LIT bookbar 1
- 26 Kindred Stories 1
- 27 Galveston Bookshop 1
- 28 Kaboom Books 1
- 29 Buy the Book 1
- 30 Good Books In The Woods 1
- 31 Underground Collectables and Comics 1
- 32 Lone Star Heroes Comics and Toys 1
- 33 The Shade Tree 1
- 34 Copperfield's Book Shop 1
- 35 Nico's Comics and Games 1
- 36 HCC-Spring Branch Dance 1
- 37 Heaven & Earth 1
- 38 Quarter Price Books 1
- 39 UHD Campus Bookstore 1
- 40 The Adventure Begins Comics, Games, & More 1
- 41 Houston! 1
- 42 Dar-u-salam 1
- 43 Houston BookWarehouse 1
- 44 Village Books 1
- 45 The Book Attic 1
- 46 Lone Star Heroes: Comics & Toys 1
- 47 DNA Comics 1
- 48 Monster Textbooks 1
- 49 The Bookstore at First Baptist Pasadena 1
- 50 Schroeder's Book Haven 1
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