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. Hunky Dory and Music & Arts sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H Hunky Dory | - | +16.9% |
| 2 |
M
Music & Arts
|
- | +0.6% |
| 3 |
G
Guitar Center
|
- | -0.8% |
- Guitar Center
- Lunchbox Records
- Music & Arts
- Hardy Boys Records
- Harvest Records
- RedPhish Inc
- Yellow Dog Discs
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
112 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Guitar Center (10)
- Lunchbox Records (1)
- Music & Arts (17)
- Hardy Boys Records (1)
- Harvest Records (1)
- RedPhish Inc (1)
- Yellow Dog Discs (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
-
2
G
- 3 H Hunky Dory 3
-
4
S
Sam Ash Music Stores 2
-
5
M
Music Go Round 2
- 6 S Schoolkids Records 2
- 7 S Sorry State Records 1
- 8 H HiFi Records 1
- 9 D Dead Wax Records 1
- 10 R Remember When Records 1
- 11 H Heyday Guitars 1
- 12 R Record Krate 1
- 13 G Golden Rule Music School 1
- 14 T Tape City Inc 1
- 15 S Skinny Beats Drums 1
- 16 L Laura's Gifts 1
- 17 A Astro Record Store 1
- 18 B Blue Ridge Music 1
- 19 P Pete's Guitars 1
- 20 J Jampac Records 1
- 21 B Buffalo Boogie Records 1
- 22 M Miranda's Video World 1
- 23 K King Records 1
- 24 H High Strung 1
- 25 M Mad Jack's Records and Comics 1
- 26 L Lunchbox Records 1
- 27 P PC Sound Music Store 1
- 28 U Underdog Records 1
- 29 V VisArt Video 1
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30
J
Jackson's Music 1
- 31 G Green Eggs and Jam 1
- 32 E Evans Music Center 1
- 33 S Soul Relief Records 1
- 34 F Fuq’n Vinyl 1
- 35 S Salem Music 1
- 36 Y Your Song Sound Exchange 1
- 37 H Hickory Music Factory 1
- 38 A All Day Records 1
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39
C
Carolina Soul Records 1
- 40 M Main Street Vinyl, LLC 1
- 41 H Hollywood Video 1
- 42 W Wino Records 1
- 43 H Hardy Boys Records and Comics 1
- 44 W Whoatone Records 1
- 45 T The Poet's Vault 1
- 46 S Static Age Records 1
- 47 E Earth River Records 1
- 48 G Gravity Records 1
- 49 S Swansboro Music and Pawn Etc 1
- 50 O Oppang 1
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