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. Downtown Comics and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downtown Comics | - | +18.8% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | +2.7% |
| 3 | Half Price Books | - | -0.2% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Books-A-Million
- Downtown Comics
- Wild Geese Bookshop
- Inner Path
- Mage's Comics and Games
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
64 tracked store locations in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 19 of the 64 stores (30%); 41 of the 48 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across Indiana.
- Barnes & Noble (7)
- Half Price Books (5)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- Downtown Comics (3)
- Wild Geese Bookshop (1)
- Inner Path (1)
- Mage's Comics and Games (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 7
- 2 Half Price Books 5
- 3 Downtown Comics 3
- 4 Books-A-Million 2
- 5 Red Dog Books 2
- 6 Living Truth 2
- 7 Hometown Comics Greenfield 2
- 8 Downtown Comics in Avon 1
- 9 Man Cave Comics and Collectibles 1
- 10 Ujamaa Community Bookstore 1
- 11 Curious Squirrel Bookshop 1
- 12 Black Dog Books 1
- 13 Krypton Comics 1
- 14 MacArthur Books 1
- 15 Hero House Comics 1
- 16 Kids Ink Children's Bookstore 1
- 17 Adventist Book Center 1
- 18 Turn the Page Books and Gifts 1
- 19 The Authors' Patch Bookstore 1
- 20 Comics Elite 1
- 21 Pen & Pink 1
- 22 Breath of Heaven Christian Bookstore 1
- 23 Collector's Paradise 1
- 24 Indy Type Shop 1
- 25 Prideland Comics and Collectibles 1
- 26 Between the Pages Bookstore 1
- 27 Ivy Tech CC Lawrence Bookstore 1
- 28 Wild Geese Bookshop 1
- 29 Inner Path 1
- 30 Mage's Comics and Games 1
- 31 Butler Bookstore 1
- 32 The Whispering Shelf 1
- 33 Danger Room Games & Comics 1
- 34 Chapter Book Lounge 1
- 35 Golden Hour Books 1
- 36 Atomic Planet Comics 1
- 37 Comic Carnival 1
- 38 Tomorrow Bookstore 1
- 39 Naughty Dog Books 1
- 40 Reader Copies 1
- 41 Three Sisters Books & Gifts 1
- 42 Marian University Bookstore 1
- 43 Loudmouth Books 1
- 44 Fallen Leaf Books 1
- 45 Fables and Fairy Tales 1
- 46 Gray Gauntlet Games 1
- 47 The Rose Romance Bookstore 1
- 48 Indy Reads Community Bookstore 1
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