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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | +1.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Book Off
- UC San Diego Bookstore
- U.S. News & World Report
- TC's Rockets
- Warwick's
- SDSU Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
61 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 17 of the 61 stores (28%); 47 of the 49 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, the same share as across California.
- Barnes & Noble (12)
- Book Off (1)
- UC San Diego Bookstore (1)
- U.S. News & World Report (1)
- TC's Rockets (1)
- Warwick's (1)
- SDSU Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 12
- 2 Mysterious Galaxy 2
- 3 Book Off 1
- 4 D.G. Wills Bookstore 1
- 5 Footnote Books 1
- 6 Bluebird Play 1
- 7 Julian Book House 1
- 8 Barnes & Noble College 1
- 9 Southern California Comics 1
- 10 Seabreeze Books and Charts 1
- 11 Friendly Used Bookstore 1
- 12 KUSI News 1
- 13 Pressed 1
- 14 Friends of the Poway Library Bookstore 1
- 15 Pennywise Books 1
- 16 La Playa Books 1
- 17 Adams Avenue Books 1
- 18 Artifact Books 1
- 19 Jovani’s collectibles 1
- 20 Rockpile Bookstore 1
- 21 Nuclear Comics North Park 1
- 22 Christian Book & Nutrition Center 1
- 23 University of San Diego Bookstore 1
- 24 Knowhere Games & Comics 1
- 25 Joyride Bookshop 1
- 26 Diesel, A Bookstore 1
- 27 UC San Diego Bookstore 1
- 28 U.S. News & World Report 1
- 29 TC's Rockets 1
- 30 Warwick's 1
- 31 SDSU Bookstore 1
- 32 Verbatim Books 1
- 33 Bay Books Coronado 1
- 34 Comickaze Comics Books and More 1
- 35 Meet Cute Romance Bookshop 1
- 36 The Book Catapult 1
- 37 San Diego City College Bookstore 1
- 38 Now Or Never Comics 1
- 39 Yesteryear Comics 1
- 40 Old Town Gift Co. 1
- 41 Adult Depot 1
- 42 Libélula Books 1
- 43 Camino Books 1
- 44 The Comics Stronghold 1
- 45 Bluestocking Books 1
- 46 I Am Catholic Gear and Bookstore 1
- 47 BNi Building News 1
- 48 Maxwell's House of Books 1
- 49 Street Smart Bookstore 1
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