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. Deseret Book and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deseret Book | - | +12.7% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | +1.2% |
| 3 | Half Price Books | - | -1.9% |
| 4 | Samurai Comics | - | -69.2% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Deseret Book
- Changing Hands Bookstore
- ASU Bookstore
- Play or Draw
- Bookmans
- Half Price Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
82 tracked store locations in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 28 of the 82 stores (34%); 52 of the 58 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across Arizona.
- Barnes & Noble (15)
- Deseret Book (4)
- Changing Hands Bookstore (2)
- ASU Bookstore (1)
- Play or Draw (1)
- Bookmans (1)
- Half Price Books (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 15
- 2 Samurai Comics 4
- 3 Deseret Book 4
- 4 Half Price Books 3
- 5 Changing Hands Bookstore 2
- 6 Book Gallery 2
- 7 Atomic Comics 1
- 8 The Book Trader 1
- 9 Atticus Books and Music 1
- 10 Collectors Choice Comics 1
- 11 High Score Comics & Pinball 1
- 12 Scottsdale Community College Bookstore 1
- 13 GCC Bookstore 1
- 14 Dragonstar Books & Gifts 1
- 15 Wijaya House 1
- 16 The Bookish Shop 1
- 17 Once Upon a Book Club 1
- 18 The Astrology Store 1
- 19 Covenant Home School Resource Center 1
- 20 Bookmans Entertainment Exchange 1
- 21 Dog Eared Pages Used Books 1
- 22 Breaking Free 1
- 23 Gotham City Comics and Collectibles 1
- 24 Casa Grande Books, Movies & More 1
- 25 GBS Books 1
- 26 East Valley Intergroup 1
- 27 Wasted Ink Zine Distro 1
- 28 Friends of the Chandler Public Library Bookshop 1
- 29 MVMNT Christian Stores 1
- 30 Jesse James Comics 1
- 31 Sacred Grounds Bookstore and Coffee Bar 1
- 32 Seagull Book 1
- 33 ASU Bookstore 1
- 34 Play or Draw 1
- 35 Bookmans 1
- 36 Surprise Comics 1
- 37 Drawn To Comics 1
- 38 Greg's Comics 1
- 39 Dreadnought Comics 1
- 40 Mary Immaculate Books & Gifts 1
- 41 Ash Avenue Comics & Books 1
- 42 Mr E Comics 1
- 43 VNSA Used Book Sale 1
- 44 Literally A Bookshop 1
- 45 Phoenix College Bookstore 1
- 46 Mesa, Arizona 1
- 47 Gotham City Comics & Coffee 1
- 48 Fantastic Worlds Comics 1
- 49 Sun Devil Campus Store 1
- 50 Jan Ross New Age Books & Gifts 1
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