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. Barnes & Noble and New England Comics sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | +3.5% |
| 2 | New England Comics | - | -23.5% |
- Barnes & Noble
- NewsLink
- Brookline Booksmith
- Harvard Coop
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
- Harvard Book Store
- That's Entertainment
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
172 tracked store locations in Massachusetts. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 32 of the 172 stores (19%); 138 of the 144 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 2% across the United States.
- Barnes & Noble (22)
- NewsLink (1)
- Brookline Booksmith (2)
- Harvard Coop (2)
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe (1)
- Harvard Book Store (1)
- That's Entertainment (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 22
- 2 New England Comics 4
- 3 Brookline Booksmith 2
- 4 Harvard Coop 2
- 5 Raven Used Books 2
- 6 That's Entertainment 2
- 7 Salem State University Bookstore 1
- 8 Sea Howl Bookshop 1
- 9 Silver Moon Comics & Collectibles 1
- 10 Below the Brine Bookshop 1
- 11 Berkshire Book Nook 1
- 12 Parnassus Book Service 1
- 13 The Million Year Picnic 1
- 14 The Book Shop of Beverly Farms 1
- 15 Tidal Pages Ipswich 1
- 16 Unnameable Books 1
- 17 The Next Chapter Books and More 1
- 18 Bedlam Book Cafe 1
- 19 Pyramid Books 1
- 20 Just Book-ish 1
- 21 Friar Tuck's Comics & Collectibles 1
- 22 Rodney's Bookstore 1
- 23 The Bear and Bee 1
- 24 Ten Trees Books 1
- 25 Counterplay Comics 1
- 26 Side Quest Books & Games 1
- 27 Brattle Book Shop 1
- 28 Geek Boutique 1
- 29 MFA Bookstore & Shop 1
- 30 Whitelam Books 1
- 31 Taproot Treasures 1
- 32 The Purple Couch Bookshop 1
- 33 The Bookstore of Gloucester 1
- 34 Zombie Hideout 1
- 35 LaLa Books 1
- 36 Grey Matter Books 1
- 37 Molly's Bookstore 1
- 38 Hub Comics 1
- 39 Commuters Variety 1
- 40 Book Moon 1
- 41 Barrow Book Store 1
- 42 Main St Comics, Toys & More 1
- 43 The Hall of Comics 1
- 44 TopatoCo 1
- 45 The Comic Stop 1
- 46 Splendor Solis Books 1
- 47 Park Street Books & Toys 1
- 48 The Carle Museum Bookshop 1
- 49 Reed Books 1
- 50 Manchester By the Book 1
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