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 Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Books-A-Million | - | +14.6% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | -1.3% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Mayhem Comics
- Half Price Books
- The Core
- Books-A-Million
- UNI Bookstore
- Dog Eared Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
70 tracked store locations in Iowa. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 18 of the 70 stores (26%); 53 of the 57 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 (10)
- Mayhem Comics (2)
- Half Price Books (2)
- The Core (1)
- Books-A-Million (3)
- UNI Bookstore (1)
- Dog Eared Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 10
- 2 Books-A-Million 3
- 3 Mayhem Comics 2
- 4 Half Price Books 2
- 5 Pella Books 1
- 6 Textbook Outlet 1
- 7 Oak Leaf Comics & Collectibles 1
- 8 The Book Shoppe 1
- 9 Source Book Store 1
- 10 Comic World & Games 1
- 11 Spud's Emporium 1
- 12 Night Owl Books 1
- 13 Divine Mercy Gifts CR 1
- 14 The Haunted Bookshop 1
- 15 Three Bells Books 1
- 16 StarFighter Comics 1
- 17 Pageturners Bookstore 1
- 18 The Core 1
- 19 The Green Dragon Bookshop 1
- 20 Prologue Books and Wine 1
- 21 Shady Character Books 1
- 22 Burlington By The Book 1
- 23 The Book Rack 1
- 24 Luther Bookshop 1
- 25 Book Trader Tan America 1
- 26 Bent Oak Books 1
- 27 Quest Haven Books & Comics 1
- 28 Bumblebooks 1
- 29 Dungeons and Dodgers 1
- 30 ACME Comics & Collectibles 1
- 31 Hawkeye Bookstore 1
- 32 UNI Bookstore 1
- 33 Dog Eared Books 1
- 34 Iowa Book 1
- 35 Walls of Books 1
- 36 Prairie Lights Bookstore 1
- 37 Limited Edition Comics & Collectibles 1
- 38 Beaverdale Books 1
- 39 Divine Treasures Inc 1
- 40 Storyhouse Bookpub 1
- 41 The Little Book 1
- 42 Reading in Public Bookstore & Cafe 1
- 43 HEA Book Boutique 1
- 44 Daydreams Comics 1
- 45 Alter Ego Comics 1
- 46 FBBC Bookstore 1
- 47 The Christian Store Of Cedar Rapids, IA 1
- 48 Comic World 1
- 49 Rodman Comics 1
- 50 Nos Books 1
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