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 | - | +0.5% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | -3.4% |
| 3 | Half Price Books | - | -8.2% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers
- Books-A-Million
- Carmichael's Bookstore
- Comic Book World
- Northern Kentucky University Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
127 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 35 of the 127 stores (28%); 88 of the 95 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 (20)
- Half Price Books (6)
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers (2)
- Books-A-Million (5)
- Carmichael's Bookstore (2)
- Comic Book World (2)
- Northern Kentucky University Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 20
- 2 Half Price Books 6
- 3 Books-A-Million 5
- 4 Joseph-Beth Booksellers 2
- 5 Carmichael's Bookstore 2
- 6 Comic Book World 2
- 7 Clobberin' Comics 2
- 8 Friends Book Cellar 1
- 9 The Bookstore 1
- 10 Tiny Bird Bookshop 1
- 11 Lost Art Press 1
- 12 Broadway Books 1
- 13 Tropes Romance Bookshop 1
- 14 Kindred Spirit 1
- 15 Bolin Books 1
- 16 The Book & Bottle Shop 1
- 17 Books Nooks & Crannies 1
- 18 Thee Ark Christian Bookstore 1
- 19 Toy Crazy Collectibles and Video Game Swap Shop 1
- 20 Wildlings Bookshop 1
- 21 The Next Chapter 1
- 22 Crash Comics 1
- 23 One More Chapter Bookstore 1
- 24 Heritage Christian Book Store 1
- 25 Carmichael's Kids 1
- 26 Page 3's GameZone 1
- 27 The Marian Center 1
- 28 New Life Christian Bookstore 1
- 29 Christian Book Nook 1
- 30 Today Entrance 1
- 31 The Vault Comix 1
- 32 St Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Books and Gifts 1
- 33 Mooncat Book Company 1
- 34 Pages Turned 1
- 35 The Full Shelf 1
- 36 Friends of the Library 1
- 37 The Rosewater 1
- 38 Gye Nyame Books & More 1
- 39 The Journey Christian Bookstore 1
- 40 Christian Treasures 1
- 41 The Wandering Willow 1
- 42 Blush & Bashful Romance Bookshop 1
- 43 Good News Shoppe 1
- 44 The Shire Bookstore 1
- 45 The Bookstore at the Berry Center 1
- 46 Thee Ark Gift Shop 1
- 47 Read Spotted Newt 1
- 48 Kurriculum Korner 1
- 49 Cosmos Danville 1
- 50 Set & Setting Shop 1
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