Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstores 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. The Kiosk and Waterstones sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T The Kiosk | ▲1 | +3.3% |
| 2 |
W
Waterstones
|
- | +1.3% |
| 3 |
W
WHSmith
|
- | -3.3% |
| 4 | K Kiosk | ▲1 | -5.1% |
| 5 | N NK News | ▼2 | -43.2% |
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- Sackville News
- Hatchards
- City Lit
- Castle News
- Foyles
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
426 tracked store locations in London. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- WHSmith (99)
- Waterstones (48)
- Sackville News (1)
- Hatchards (1)
- City Lit (1)
- Castle News (1)
- Foyles (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
W
WHSmith 99
-
2
W
Waterstones 48
- 3 N NK News 3
- 4 T The Kiosk 3
- 5 K Kiosk 3
- 6 C Chadwell Food and Wine 2
- 7 T The Paper Shop 2
- 8 S Sai News 2
- 9 M Marble Arch News 2
-
10
D
Daunt Books 2
- 11 H House of Books 2
- 12 F Foyles 2
- 13 F Forbidden Planet 1
- 14 T The Book Elephant 1
- 15 S Shiv Newsagents 1
- 16 B Brick Lane Bookshop 1
- 17 M Meads News 1
- 18 B Butchers Road Newsagents 1
- 19 T Tullett's Newsagents 1
- 20 R R S News 1
- 21 T Thoughts News and Wine 1
- 22 A Amy News 1
- 23 E Embassy News 1
- 24 P Pall Mall Store 1
- 25 V VD News 1
- 26 R Raput News 1
- 27 C Cally News 1
- 28 B Belgrave News 1
- 29 S Stoke Newington Bookshop 1
- 30 M Manford News 1
- 31 J Jazz News 1
- 32 N Nelson News 1
- 33 J J.B.News 1
- 34 G Great News 1
- 35 C Cheshunt News 1
- 36 B B and C Newsagents 1
- 37 K Kim's News Agent 1
- 38 S SPL70 News 1
- 39 C Candy's News Agent 1
- 40 A All Wines 1
- 41 Y Yogi Convenience Store 1
- 42 K Knights Express 1
- 43 J Jolley's Newsagents 1
- 44 N News Kiosk 1
- 45 S Sainath News 1
- 46 P Pipes & Pouches 1
- 47 O Offord Newsagents 1
- 48 N Nilkanrai 1
- 49 J James News 1
- 50 K K & S Newsagents 1
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