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. Vault of Midnight and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vault of Midnight | - | +5.5% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | +4.5% |
| 3 | Comic City | - | +3.7% |
| 4 | Schuler Books | - | -5.0% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Schuler Books
- Fanfare
- Vault of Midnight
- 2nd & Charles
- Books-A-Million
- Bookbug
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
271 tracked store locations in Michigan. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 42 of the 271 stores (15%); 219 of the 229 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 (29)
- Schuler Books (4)
- Fanfare (1)
- Vault of Midnight (4)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- Bookbug (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 29
- 2 Schuler Books 4
- 3 Vault of Midnight 4
- 4 Comic City 3
- 5 Comix Corner 2
- 6 Booked for the Season 2
- 7 Michigan Church Supply 2
- 8 Horizon Books 2
- 9 2nd & Charles 2
- 10 Books-A-Million 2
- 11 Owosso Books and More 1
- 12 Rabbit Hole Comics 1
- 13 ClockTower Comix & Collectibles 1
- 14 The Wild Wood Books & Music 1
- 15 Next Chapter Books 1
- 16 Fable Lane Books and Hobbies 1
- 17 God's World Superstore 1
- 18 Nacho Mama’s Bookshop 1
- 19 Comic Relief 1
- 20 A Novel Concept 1
- 21 Totem Books 1
- 22 Gilbert and Ivy 1
- 23 West Side Book Shop 1
- 24 The Book Nook 1
- 25 The Top Shop 1
- 26 Comicade 1
- 27 Words on Pages Bookshop 1
- 28 Reformation Heritage Books 1
- 29 University Bookstore 1
- 30 Bob's Bullpen 1
- 31 Source Booksellers 1
- 32 The TaleBearer 1
- 33 Tardy's Underground Comics & Collectibles 1
- 34 Tardy's Collector's Corner 1
- 35 Calvin Campus Store 1
- 36 Wonderworld Comics 1
- 37 Bromley's Books 1
- 38 Hidden Nook Booksellers 1
- 39 Balcony Row Books 1
- 40 Flourish Books & Plants 1
- 41 Book Love Bar 1
- 42 27th Letter Books 1
- 43 Pages & Grapes LLC 1
- 44 Argos Book Shop 1
- 45 Hello Books 1
- 46 Cellar Bird Books 1
- 47 Black Ice Comics and Books 1
- 48 The Book Exchange of Jackson 1
- 49 Chaos Comics and Events 1
- 50 Another Look Books 1
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