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
|
- | +2.9% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -5.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Fantasy Books
- Half Price Books
- Books-A-Million
- Catholic Supply of St. Louis
- The Novel Neighbor
- CNN News Room
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
62 tracked store locations in St. Louis, MO-IL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (8)
- Fantasy Books (1)
- Half Price Books (3)
- Books-A-Million (1)
- Catholic Supply of St. Louis (1)
- The Novel Neighbor (1)
- CNN News Room (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
H
- 3 S Saint Louis University 2
- 4 F Fantasy Books 1
- 5 A All American Collectibles 1
- 6 D Dunaway Books 1
- 7 C Collectors Corner 1
- 8 M Metropolitan Newstands 1
- 9 G Game Pass Tracker 1
- 10 B Bug's Comics and Games 1
- 11 B Book Fair 1
- 12 P Pauline Books & Media 1
- 13 E Endless Comics, Games and Cards 1
- 14 T The darkside comics and games 1
- 15 B Bigfoot Comics and Collectibles 1
- 16 R Riverbend Bookstore 1
- 17 R Read A Book STL 1
- 18 C Comic Headquarters 1
- 19 A Afterwords Books 1
- 20 P Progressive Emporium & Education Center 1
- 21 T The Webster Groves Bookshop 1
- 22 R Rose's Bookhouse 1
- 23 A Altered State Comics 1
- 24 S SCC Campus Store 1
- 25 T The Freckled Press 1
- 26 T Twilight Comics 1
- 27 A Apotheosis Comics & Lounge 1
- 28 C Cloud 9 Comics and Games 1
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29
B
Books-A-Million 1
- 30 C Catholic Supply of St. Louis 1
- 31 T The Novel Neighbor 1
- 32 C CNN News Room 1
- 33 H Heroic Adventures Comics and Games 1
- 34 T The Pitch 1
- 35 L Left Bank Books 1
- 36 E Ebony News 1
- 37 W Washington University Campus Store 1
- 38 U UMSL Triton Store 1
- 39 M Main Street Books 1
- 40 C Comic Book Relief 1
- 41 S Subterranean Books 1
- 42 L Lindenwood University Bookstore 1
- 43 T The Book House 1
- 44 T The Enchanted Attic 1
- 45 S StL Comics Toys & More 1
- 46 T The Wizard's Wagon 1
- 47 B Betty's Books 1
- 48 N Newcastle Comics & Games 1
- 49 B Belleville Books 1
- 50 N Neighborhood Reads 1
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