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. 2nd & Charles and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2nd & Charles | - | +14.9% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | +2.4% |
| 3 | Kinokuniya | - | -0.4% |
| 4 | Mardel Christian & Education | - | -6.0% |
| 5 | Half Price Books | - | -6.9% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Half Price Books
- Mardel Christian & Education
- Books-A-Million
- Kinokuniya
- Heroes and Fantasies
- Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
447 tracked store locations in Texas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 160 of the 447 stores (36%); 268 of the 282 tracked chains have a single store here. 1% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 2% across the United States.
- Barnes & Noble (80)
- Half Price Books (44)
- Mardel Christian & Education (20)
- Books-A-Million (12)
- Kinokuniya (3)
- Heroes and Fantasies (1)
- Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 80
- 2 Half Price Books 44
- 3 Mardel Christian & Education 20
- 4 Books-A-Million 12
- 5 2nd & Charles 4
- 6 Kinokuniya 3
- 7 Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy 2
- 8 Burrowing Owl Books 2
- 9 Book Stan 2
- 10 Blinn College Bookstore 2
- 11 Arts & Letters Bookstore 2
- 12 The Core 2
- 13 Keith's Comics 2
- 14 Brave Books 1
- 15 Women & Children First 1
- 16 El Calvario 1
- 17 Literati 1
- 18 The Dock Bookshop 1
- 19 The Shade Tree 1
- 20 Oiltown Comics 1
- 21 Varsity Bookstore 1
- 22 A House With Books 1
- 23 Recluse Books 1
- 24 Nine Lives Books 1
- 25 Whose Books Neighborhood Bookstore 1
- 26 Copperfield's Book Shop 1
- 27 Lucky Dog Books 1
- 28 Ground Zero Comics 1
- 29 Main Street News 1
- 30 Poets Bookshop Oak Cliff 1
- 31 Nico's Comics and Games 1
- 32 The Pink Chapel Market 1
- 33 League of Villains 1
- 34 Reverie Books 1
- 35 Magick Cauldron 1
- 36 Atomic Monkey Comics 1
- 37 Daystar Television Network 1
- 38 Urban Legends Comics 1
- 39 LIT bookbar 1
- 40 Kindred Stories 1
- 41 Bibliobar 1
- 42 TOMO mags 1
- 43 Lit Brews 1
- 44 Black Pearl Books 1
- 45 Galveston Bookshop 1
- 46 Hyperbole Bookstore 1
- 47 Kaboom Books 1
- 48 Front Street Books 1
- 49 Buy the Book 1
- 50 Good Books In The Woods 1
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