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. Wonder Book and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wonder Book | - | +8.5% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | +6.9% |
| 3 | Books-A-Million | - | -6.3% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- 2nd & Charles
- Wonder Book
- Beyond Comics
- The Crystal Fox
- Towson University
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
138 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 33 of the 138 stores (24%); 103 of the 109 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 (18)
- Books-A-Million (7)
- 2nd & Charles (1)
- Wonder Book (4)
- Beyond Comics (2)
- The Crystal Fox (1)
- Towson University (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 18
- 2 Books-A-Million 7
- 3 Wonder Book 4
- 4 The Last Word 2
- 5 Collectors Corner 2
- 6 Beyond Comics 2
- 7 Protean Books & Records 1
- 8 Vintage Books 1
- 9 Matthews JHU Bookstore 1
- 10 Bonjour Books 1
- 11 Kraven's Comic Books and Collectibles 1
- 12 Odd Bird Bookshop 1
- 13 Universal Comics 1
- 14 Dreamers & Make-Believers 1
- 15 The Unicorn Bookshop 1
- 16 Ethnicitees 1
- 17 Atomic Comics 1
- 18 The Book Escape 1
- 19 Bonjongles 1
- 20 Kensington Row Bookshop 1
- 21 The Ivy Bookshop 1
- 22 Washington Street Books 1
- 23 Drama MaMa Bookshop 1
- 24 Loyalty Bookstore 1
- 25 Unusual Company 1
- 26 Chesapeake College Bookstore 1
- 27 Curmudgeon Book Store 1
- 28 This is the Place 1
- 29 Back Creek Books 1
- 30 McDaniel College Bookstore 1
- 31 To Be Continued Comics 1
- 32 Turn The Page Bookstore 1
- 33 Booksavers of Maryland 1
- 34 Book Center 1
- 35 Baltimore Comic Con 1
- 36 Alliance Comics 1
- 37 McKay's 1
- 38 Alternate Worlds 1
- 39 Rincon Cristiano 1
- 40 Book Nook 1
- 41 The Potted Page 1
- 42 Baltimore Reads Book Bank 1
- 43 Harper's Coffee Tavern 1
- 44 Gramp's Attic Books 1
- 45 Growing Minds Bookstore 1
- 46 Jay Books 1
- 47 Urban Reads Bookstore 1
- 48 House of Knowledge 1
- 49 Viva Books 1
- 50 Station North Books 1
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