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. Half Price Books and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | +0.6% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -6.7% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Heroes and Fantasies
- Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy
- Pure Joy Toys
- Nowhere Bookshop
- Alien Worlds
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
47 tracked store locations in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (9)
- Half Price Books (6)
- Heroes and Fantasies (1)
- Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy (1)
- Pure Joy Toys (1)
- Nowhere Bookshop (1)
- Alien Worlds (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
H
- 3 H Heroes & Fantasies 2
- 4 A Abba Father's Christian Store 1
- 5 B Bluebonnet Book Shop 1
- 6 C Cheever Books 1
- 7 H Hill Country Comicon 1
- 8 A Area 51 Comics and cards 1
- 9 A Alamo City Comics 1
- 10 K Kingdom Christian Bookstore & Gifts 1
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11
I
Indigo 1
- 12 T The Core 1
- 13 C Crazy Lady Used Books & Emporium 1
- 14 U University Bookstore 1
- 15 P Palo Alto College Bookstore 1
- 16 I Inkling Books 1
- 17 S San Antonio College Bookstore 1
- 18 N Northeast Lakeview College Bookstore 1
- 19 B Biblias y Mas Libreria Cristiana 1
- 20 H Honey Mercantile 1
- 21 L League of Villains 1
- 22 N Nine Lives Books 1
- 23 T TLU Bookstore 1
- 24 T The Boerne Bookshop 1
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25
S
San Antonio Express News 1
- 26 B Big Alpaca Comics 1
- 27 C Collectors Authority 1
- 28 T The Twig Book Shop 1
- 29 A Alien Worlds 1
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30
N
Nowhere Bookshop 1
- 31 P Pure Joy Toys 1
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32
D
Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy 1
- 33 H Heroes and Fantasies 1
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