Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked music store 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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
G
Guitar Center
|
- | -10.8% |
- Guitar Center
- Johnson String Instrument
- Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi
- Cheapo Records
- Spinnaker Records
- Dyno Records
- Mill River Music and Guitars
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
45 tracked store locations in Massachusetts. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Guitar Center (10)
- Johnson String Instrument (1)
- Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi (1)
- Cheapo Records (1)
- Spinnaker Records (1)
- Dyno Records (1)
- Mill River Music and Guitars (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
G
-
2
M
Music & Arts 2
- 3 T Turn It Up 2
- 4 R Residency Records 1
- 5 P Planet Records 1
- 6 R Raspberries Records 1
- 7 N Nuggets 1
- 8 B Big Dig Records 1
- 9 M Max J Records 1
- 10 7 7 Arts Music 1
- 11 L Leonards Music 1
- 12 T The Record Exchange 1
- 13 M Mel's Record Shop 1
- 14 E Electric EYE Records 1
- 15 M Mystery Train Records 1
- 16 D Deep Thoughts Record Shop 1
- 17 B Belltower Records 1
- 18 I Island Music 1
- 19 S Stereo Jack's Records 1
- 20 W Wood & Strings 1
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21
K
Kung Fu Video & DVD 1
- 22 R Rob's Records and Audio 1
- 23 A Armageddon Shop 1
- 24 M Mystery Train 1
- 25 P Purchase Street Records 1
- 26 G Good Taste Records 1
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27
M
Music Research Library 1
- 28 W Wanna Hear It Records 1
- 29 M Mill River Music and Guitars 1
- 30 D Dyno Records 1
- 31 S Spinnaker Records 1
- 32 C Cheapo Records 1
- 33 V Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi 1
- 34 J Johnson String Instrument 1
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