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 Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -1.3% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -5.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- University of Minnesota Bookstores
- Magers & Quinn Booksellers
- Books-A-Million
- Source Comics & Games
- Moon Palace Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
104 tracked store locations in Minnesota. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (23)
- Half Price Books (6)
- University of Minnesota Bookstores (1)
- Magers & Quinn Booksellers (1)
- Books-A-Million (1)
- Source Comics & Games (1)
- Moon Palace Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
H
- 3 U University of Minnesota Bookstores 1
-
4
M
Magers & Quinn Booksellers 1
-
5
B
Books-A-Million 1
- 6 S Source Comics & Games 1
- 7 M Moon Palace Books 1
- 8 C Content Bookstore 1
- 9 I Issues Needed Comics 1
- 10 B Birchbark Books & Native Arts 1
- 11 T Tropes & Trifles 1
- 12 I Inkwell Booksellers Company 1
- 13 R Red Balloon Bookshop 1
- 14 A Avant Garden 1
- 15 N Next Chapter Booksellers 1
- 16 Z Zenith Bookstore 1
- 17 M Maverick Shop 1
- 18 U UST Bookstore 1
- 19 B Buffalo Books & Coffee 1
- 20 W Wild Rumpus Books 1
- 21 T The Bookstore At Fitger's 1
- 22 R Rockhopper Comics and Games 1
- 23 T Table Top Tournaments 1
- 24 V Valley Bookseller 1
- 25 C Comic Book College 1
- 26 R Rogue Robot Games & Comics 1
- 27 B Big Hill Books 1
- 28 B Black Garnet Books 1
- 29 S SubText Books 1
- 30 H Heppner's Legacy Homeschool Resources 1
- 31 E Excelsior Bay Books 1
- 32 W Wildflower Bookshop 1
- 33 M Midway Used and Rare Books 1
- 34 S Story Arc Comics & Collectibles 1
- 35 D Dreamhaven Books 1
- 36 B Black Letter Books 1
- 37 F Four Pines Bookstore 1
- 38 T Turtle Town 1
- 39 B Books Revisited 1
- 40 M Most Wanted Comics 1
- 41 V Victor Lundeen Company 1
- 42 T The Book House 1
- 43 T The Irreverent Bookworm 1
- 44 S Story Line Books 1
- 45 O Once Upon a Crime 1
- 46 A Amazing Alonzo Bookstore 1
- 47 S Scout & Morgan Books 1
- 48 T The Thinking Spot 1
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49
N
Niche Books 1
- 50 H Hot Comics and Collectibles 1
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