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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | -0.9% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Rowan College at Gloucester County Bookstore
- Zapp Comics
- Nemesis Comics and Games
- Labyrinth Books
- Kinokuniya
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
156 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 37 of the 156 stores (24%); 121 of the 124 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 (31)
- Books-A-Million (2)
- Rowan College at Gloucester County Bookstore (1)
- Zapp Comics (2)
- Nemesis Comics and Games (1)
- Labyrinth Books (1)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 31
- 2 Books-A-Million 2
- 3 Zapp Comics 2
- 4 Clockwork Comics & Cards 1
- 5 The Book House 1
- 6 Rogue Comics 1
- 7 Book Garden 1
- 8 Howling Basset Books 1
- 9 Expired Robot 1
- 10 River Road Books 1
- 11 The Nature of Reading Bookshop 1
- 12 Bookmarked 1
- 13 Here's the Story Bookstore 1
- 14 Red Barn Adult Books 1
- 15 Rider University Bookstore 1
- 16 The Chatham Bookseller 1
- 17 Betsaida Christian Bookstore 1
- 18 Funny Books 1
- 19 University District Bookstore 1
- 20 Todd's News Agency 1
- 21 The Little Point Bookshop 1
- 22 Berlin News Agency 1
- 23 Daily News 1
- 24 The Town Bookstore 1
- 25 Street Corner News 1
- 26 Panoply Books 1
- 27 Paradox Comics 1
- 28 Ocean County College Bookstore 1
- 29 NJ Comic Stop 1
- 30 Crossroad Comics and Collectibles 1
- 31 Black Dog Books 1
- 32 Red Barn Book Store 1
- 33 Asbury Book Cooperative 1
- 34 BookEnds 1
- 35 Sun Rose Words and Music 1
- 36 Ratti's News 1
- 37 La familia es primero 1
- 38 The Rose of Sharon Christian Bookstore 1
- 39 Barney Loves Books 1
- 40 The Book Nook 1
- 41 Archangel Michael Book Store 1
- 42 Ray & Judy's Book Stop 1
- 43 Act 2 Books 1
- 44 SoulJourney 1
- 45 Symposia Bookstore 1
- 46 Old Book Shop 1
- 47 Cape May County Herald 1
- 48 Dungeon Books 1
- 49 Frankenstein Comics 1
- 50 Booktrader 1
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