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 Books-A-Million sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | +1.1% |
| 2 | Books-A-Million | - | +0.7% |
| 3 | Half Price Books | - | -1.7% |
| 4 | Barbara's Bookstore | - | -6.3% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Illini Union Bookstore
- Books-A-Million
- Kinokuniya
- 2nd & Charles
- Fantasy Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
248 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 54 of the 248 stores (22%); 194 of the 199 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 (35)
- Half Price Books (9)
- Illini Union Bookstore (1)
- Books-A-Million (3)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- 2nd & Charles (1)
- Fantasy Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 35
- 2 Half Price Books 9
- 3 Barbara's Bookstore 5
- 4 Books-A-Million 3
- 5 Amazing Fantasy Books and Comics 2
- 6 Hidden Chapter Bookshop 1
- 7 Bigfoot Comics and Collectibles 1
- 8 The Green Read 1
- 9 Jarvis Square Books 1
- 10 Robin's Nest Bookshoppe 1
- 11 Zombie Unicorn Comics 1
- 12 Love’s Sweet Arrow 1
- 13 Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney 1
- 14 Slant of Light Books 1
- 15 Looking Glass Books 1
- 16 3 Keys Comics 1
- 17 Prairie Archives 1
- 18 Inkwell Books & Threads 1
- 19 Heirloom Books 1
- 20 Lit. on Fire Books 1
- 21 Clan McDonald Comics 1
- 22 Stooges Comics & Collectibles 1
- 23 Three Stories Bookstore and More 1
- 24 Sultani Books 1
- 25 Passages Wine and Books 1
- 26 Vineyard Books & Gifts 1
- 27 Amaranth Books 1
- 28 Lifeline Christian Books & Gifts 1
- 29 Secret World Books 1
- 30 Restoried Bookshop 1
- 31 North Shore Comics 1
- 32 Brown Bag Video 1
- 33 Jane Addams Book Shop 1
- 34 Tangible Books 1
- 35 Quimby's 1
- 36 Modern Age Comics 1
- 37 Lagron-Miller Company 1
- 38 Books On First 1
- 39 EIU Union Bookstore 1
- 40 Frugal Muse 1
- 41 Aw Yeah Comics 1
- 42 Kesher Stam Inc 1
- 43 Galactic Games and Things 1
- 44 Collectors Corner 1
- 45 Swallow Stories Bookshop 1
- 46 Maze Books 1
- 47 Chicago True 1
- 48 Volumes Bookcafe 1
- 49 DIY Books 1
- 50 Twelve-O-Five Comics 1
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