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 Books-A-Million sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | -4.1% |
| 2 | Books-A-Million | - | -8.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- 2nd & Charles
- University of Delaware Bookstore
- Rowan College at Gloucester County Bookstore
- Brave New Worlds
- Showcase Comics and Games
- Villanova Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
165 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 34 of the 165 stores (21%); 132 of the 136 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 2% across Pennsylvania.
- Barnes & Noble (26)
- 2nd & Charles (1)
- University of Delaware Bookstore (1)
- Rowan College at Gloucester County Bookstore (1)
- Brave New Worlds (2)
- Showcase Comics and Games (1)
- Villanova Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 26
- 2 Books-A-Million 3
- 3 Brave New Worlds 2
- 4 Uncanny 2
- 5 Ibrahim Books & Gifts 1
- 6 Westminster Bookstore 1
- 7 Widener Bookstore 1
- 8 Bristol Books and Bindery 1
- 9 Open Book Bookstore 1
- 10 Iffy Books 1
- 11 Berlin News Agency 1
- 12 Book Corner 1
- 13 The Means To Success 1
- 14 Johnny Destructo's Hero Complex 1
- 15 Comic Zen 1
- 16 House of Our Own Books 1
- 17 Temple University Bookstore 1
- 18 Moore Books 1
- 19 Harriett's Bookshop 1
- 20 The Littlest Angel 1
- 21 Newtown Book & Record Exchange 1
- 22 John Tuski News Agency 1
- 23 Cathy's Half Price Books 1
- 24 Eastern National 1
- 25 The Head & The Hand 1
- 26 Newtown Bookshop 1
- 27 Mostly Books Philly 1
- 28 Comic Collection and Records Too 1
- 29 Main Street News 1
- 30 Red Barn Book Store 1
- 31 EE Comics & Games 1
- 32 Big Blue Marble Bookstore 1
- 33 Crossroad Comics and Collectibles 1
- 34 NJ Comic Stop 1
- 35 Gather Vintage Marketplace 1
- 36 Neighborhood Books 1
- 37 Bookhaven 1
- 38 Beaucoup Hoodoo 1
- 39 The Potted Page 1
- 40 The Black Reserve Bookstore 1
- 41 Bucks County Bookshop 1
- 42 Hockessin Book Shelf 1
- 43 Bramble Books 1
- 44 A Novel Idea on Passyunk 1
- 45 Barney Loves Books 1
- 46 The Rose of Sharon Christian Bookstore 1
- 47 Friendly Book Store 1
- 48 Around Again & Again Books 1
- 49 Al-Minar Books & Islamic Fashion 1
- 50 Another Corner 1
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