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. Half Price Books and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half Price Books | - | +6.1% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | -3.3% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- The Mizzou Store
- The Pitch
- The Novel Neighbor
- CNN News Room
- Catholic Supply of St. Louis
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
111 tracked store locations in Missouri. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 25 of the 111 stores (23%); 80 of the 88 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 (14)
- Half Price Books (5)
- The Mizzou Store (1)
- The Pitch (2)
- The Novel Neighbor (1)
- CNN News Room (1)
- Catholic Supply of St. Louis (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 14
- 2 Half Price Books 5
- 3 Saint Louis University 2
- 4 The Book House 2
- 5 Books-A-Million 2
- 6 Mardel Christian & Education 2
- 7 Comic Force 2
- 8 The Pitch 2
- 9 Riverbend Bookstore 1
- 10 Redeemed Music & Books 1
- 11 Read A Book STL 1
- 12 Comic Headquarters 1
- 13 The Pilgrim's Way 1
- 14 Hooked On Books 1
- 15 Changing Hands Book Shoppe 1
- 16 Cloud 9 Comics and Games 1
- 17 Yellow Dog Bookshop 1
- 18 Endless Comics, Games and Cards 1
- 19 The darkside comics and games 1
- 20 I Donnelly Co Inc 1
- 21 Massey's Comics 1
- 22 Pauline Books & Media 1
- 23 Bug's Comics and Games 1
- 24 The Book Burrow 1
- 25 Book Fair 1
- 26 A to Z Comics 1
- 27 Aesop's Treasury 1
- 28 Game Pass Tracker 1
- 29 Sword & Trowel 1
- 30 Stonecrest Book & Toy 1
- 31 The Book Rack of Cape Girardeau 1
- 32 SCC Campus Store 1
- 33 Bliss Books & Wine 1
- 34 Altered State Comics 1
- 35 Basement Books KC 1
- 36 Rose's Bookhouse 1
- 37 Southeast Bookstore 1
- 38 The Oasis Christian Bookstore 1
- 39 Always Buying Books 1
- 40 The Webster Groves Bookshop 1
- 41 Progressive Emporium & Education Center 1
- 42 Back in Time Comics and Toys 1
- 43 The Book Bridge 1
- 44 Book Marx 1
- 45 Under the Cover 1
- 46 OTC Bookstore 1
- 47 Distant Planet Comics & Collectibles 1
- 48 Town News 1
- 49 The Wizard's Wagon 1
- 50 StL Comics Toys & More 1
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