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 | - | +18.8% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | -0.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Deseret Book
- The Nerd Store
- Black Cat Comics
- Lovebound Library
- The King's English Bookshop
- Weller Book Works
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
45 tracked store locations in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 18 of the 45 stores (40%); 28 of the 32 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across Utah.
- Barnes & Noble (6)
- Deseret Book (7)
- The Nerd Store (1)
- Black Cat Comics (1)
- Lovebound Library (1)
- The King's English Bookshop (1)
- Weller Book Works (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Deseret Book 7
- 2 Barnes & Noble 6
- 3 Seagull Book 2
- 4 Weller Book Works 2
- 5 Lumbini's Garden 1
- 6 Marissa's Books & Gifts 1
- 7 Seagull Books 1
- 8 First Edition Bookstore 1
- 9 Utah Book & Magazine 1
- 10 Westminster Bookstore 1
- 11 Books and Books 1
- 12 University of Utah Campus Store 1
- 13 Genesis Books 1
- 14 Frost's Books 1
- 15 Benchmark Books 1
- 16 The Printed Garden 1
- 17 Ken Sanders Rare Books 1
- 18 Immaculate Heart Religious Gifts and Books 1
- 19 Story Cupboard Book Fairs 1
- 20 Magdalene Religious Goods and Coffee Grotto 1
- 21 Under the Umbrella Bookstore 1
- 22 Storybook Nook 1
- 23 Central Book Exchange 1
- 24 The Legendarium 1
- 25 Golden Braid Books 1
- 26 The Conjuring Tree 1
- 27 Eborn Books 1
- 28 The Book Box - Book Shop 1
- 29 The King's English Bookshop 1
- 30 Lovebound Library 1
- 31 Black Cat Comics 1
- 32 The Nerd Store 1
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