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. Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
- | +2.1% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -8.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- 2nd & Charles
- Books-A-Million
- The Aquarian Bookshop
- Shelf Life
- The Time Capsule
- RMC Campus Store
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
38 tracked store locations in Richmond, VA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (7)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Books-A-Million (3)
- The Aquarian Bookshop (1)
- Shelf Life (1)
- The Time Capsule (1)
- RMC Campus Store (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
-
2
B
-
3
2
2nd & Charles 2
- 4 T Third Eye Comics 2
- 5 T The Gospel Book Store 1
- 6 A Aquarian Bookshop 1
- 7 B Books Beads & More 1
- 8 V Virginia Book Company 1
- 9 T The Book Bar 1
-
10
I
Indigo 1
- 11 T The Little Bookshop 1
- 12 W Waverly Book & Video 1
- 13 R Richmond Book Shop 1
- 14 B Bargain Books 1
- 15 T The Midlothian Book Exchange 1
- 16 I ILYSM Books 1
- 17 B BookPeople 1
- 18 B bbgb 1
- 19 S Small Friend Records & Books 1
- 20 A Alpha Comics & Games 1
- 21 R Resist Booksellers 1
- 22 S Stories Comics 1
- 23 V Velocity Comics 1
- 24 F Fountain Bookstore 1
- 25 R RMC Campus Store 1
- 26 T The Time Capsule 1
- 27 S Shelf Life 1
- 28 T The Aquarian Bookshop 1
More trends