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. Barnes & Noble and Copperfield's Books sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnes & Noble | - | +5.0% |
| 2 | Copperfield's Books | - | -1.6% |
| 3 | Green Apple Books | - | -2.5% |
| 4 | Half Price Books | - | -12.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Kinokuniya
- Half Price Books
- Green Apple Books
- Books Inc.
- City Lights Booksellers
- Copperfield's Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
155 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 33 of the 155 stores (21%); 106 of the 119 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 2% across California.
- Barnes & Noble (13)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Half Price Books (4)
- Green Apple Books (3)
- Books Inc. (9)
- City Lights Booksellers (1)
- Copperfield's Books (4)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 13
- 2 Books Inc. 9
- 3 Half Price Books 4
- 4 Copperfield's Books 4
- 5 Green Apple Books 3
- 6 B Street Books 2
- 7 Marcus Books 2
- 8 Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff 2
- 9 Dog Eared Books 2
- 10 East Bay Booksellers 2
- 11 Towne Center Books 2
- 12 Pegasus Books 2
- 13 Candy Box 2
- 14 Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library 1
- 15 Friends Bookstore 1
- 16 Fantastic Comics 1
- 17 The Last Word 1
- 18 Contra Costa College Bookstore 1
- 19 Libreria Pino 1
- 20 Reach and Teach 1
- 21 The Comic Shop 1
- 22 Angel Light Books and Gifts 1
- 23 Peninsula Books 1
- 24 Books 1
- 25 Greetings 1
- 26 Omnivore Books 1
- 27 Bound Together Anarchist Bookstore 1
- 28 Friends of the Orinda Library 1
- 29 Bird & Beckett 1
- 30 The Bookmark 1
- 31 Cards and Comics Central 1
- 32 Book Society 1
- 33 Wizard Cat Collectibles 1
- 34 Comic & Figure Addicts 1
- 35 Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge 1
- 36 Anime Imports 1
- 37 Blue Moon Comics 1
- 38 Treasure Island Comics 1
- 39 Folio Books 1
- 40 Railroad Book Depot 1
- 41 Sunset News 1
- 42 Sultana Bookstore & More 1
- 43 Rebound Bookstore 1
- 44 Friends of the San Francisco Public Library 1
- 45 Magical Hotel 1
- 46 Collector's Haven 1
- 47 Town Books 1
- 48 Sour Cherry Comics 1
- 49 SFO News Connection 1
- 50 Laney College Bookstore 1
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