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. Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -0.6% |
| 2 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
- | -2.9% |
| 3 | W Wonder Book | - | -8.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Hudson News
- Washington Dc Cent
- Towson University
- Heritage Books
- 2nd & Charles
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
93 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (18)
- Books-A-Million (6)
- Hudson News (1)
- Washington Dc Cent (1)
- Towson University (1)
- Heritage Books (1)
- 2nd & Charles (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
B
- 3 W Wonder Book 4
- 4 C Collectors Corner 2
- 5 B Beyond Comics 2
- 6 T To Be Continued Comics 1
- 7 C Cosmic Comix 1
-
8
B
Book Hounds 1
- 9 M Main Street Books 1
- 10 E Everyone's Place 1
- 11 S Second Edition Books 1
- 12 C Charm City Books 1
- 13 T The Bookplate 1
- 14 T The Turning Wheel Bookstore 1
- 15 H His Way Christian Bookstore 1
- 16 G Gotham Comics 1
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17
Q
Queen Takes Book 1
- 18 B Be With Me Playseum 1
- 19 J John 3:16 Christian Bookstore 1
- 20 M Manga Spot Towson 1
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21
H
Hudson News 1
- 22 P Pure Panic Comics and Games 1
- 23 F Flying Cloud Booksellers 1
- 24 F Fenwick Street Used Book & Music 1
- 25 B Big Planet Comics 1
- 26 T The Last Word 1
- 27 C Chesapeake College Bookstore 1
- 28 U Unusual Company 1
- 29 N Normal's Books & Records 1
- 30 L Loyalty Bookstore 1
- 31 T The Ivy Bookshop 1
- 32 T The Book Escape 1
- 33 M McDaniel College Bookstore 1
- 34 D Dreamers & Make-Believers 1
- 35 T The News Center 1
- 36 C Curmudgeon Book Store 1
- 37 W Washington Dc Cent 1
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38
T
Towson University 1
-
39
H
Heritage Books 1
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40
2
2nd & Charles 1
- 41 T The Crystal Fox 1
- 42 M MahoganyBooks 1
- 43 C Curious Iguana 1
- 44 B Baltimore Comic Con 1
- 45 F FCC Bookstore 1
- 46 T Third Eye Comics 1
- 47 C Comics To Astonish Inc. 1
- 48 F Faber Coe & Gregg 1
- 49 C Carroll Community College 1
- 50 G Greedy Reads 1
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