Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstores 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. Topping & Company Booksellers and The Kiosk sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T Topping & Company Booksellers | ▲3 | +14.6% |
| 2 | T The Kiosk | - | +13.6% |
| 3 | T The Paper Shop | - | +9.0% |
| 4 |
W
Waterstones
|
- | +8.2% |
| 5 | G Greetings | - | +8.1% |
| 6 | M Mercury News Shop | ▲3 | +4.0% |
| 7 | B Blackwell's | ▲2 | +3.7% |
| 8 |
W
WHSmith
|
- | -2.3% |
| 9 | B Big News | - | -7.1% |
| 10 | P Priory News | - | -8.4% |
| 11 | S Station Stores | ▲1 | -12.2% |
| 12 | M MSR Newsgroup | ▲1 | -12.5% |
| 13 |
D
Daunt Books
|
▼1 | -15.0% |
| 14 | K Kiosk | ▼2 | -16.5% |
| 15 | S Scotts | - | -19.2% |
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- Forbidden Planet
- The Kiosk
- Travelling Man
- Havant
- News 24
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
2,209 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- WHSmith (775)
- Waterstones (289)
- Forbidden Planet (16)
- The Kiosk (13)
- Travelling Man (4)
- Havant (1)
- News 24 (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
W
WHSmith 775
-
2
W
Waterstones 289
- 3 F Forbidden Planet 16
- 4 T The Kiosk 13
- 5 T The Paper Shop 11
- 6 G Greetings 5
- 7 T Travelling Man 4
- 8 S Station Stores 4
- 9 B Blackwell's 4
- 10 M Mercury News Shop 4
- 11 K Kiosk 4
- 12 B Big News 3
- 13 N News Shop 3
- 14 P Priory News 3
- 15 T Topping & Company Booksellers 3
- 16 D Dunns 3
- 17 N NK News 3
- 18 M MSR Newsgroup 3
-
19
D
Daunt Books 3
- 20 F Foyles 3
- 21 S Scotts 3
- 22 H House of Books 2
- 23 T The Bookshop 2
- 24 R Ram Stores 2
- 25 T Turnbulls 2
- 26 M Modern News 2
- 27 R Ruby News 2
- 28 B Bookends 2
- 29 C Corner News 2
- 30 W Watsons News 2
- 31 W Welcome News 2
- 32 T Turners Newsagents 2
- 33 Q Queensway News 2
- 34 C Castle News 2
- 35 C Charlton News 2
- 36 C Chadwell Food and Wine 2
- 37 S Station Newsagents 2
- 38 A A & A News 2
-
39
E
Exchange 2
- 40 P Papershop Plus 2
- 41 M MSR News Group 2
- 42 H Hatchards 2
- 43 G Gosh Comics 1
- 44 C Crawley Green Newsagents 1
- 45 P Purley Bon Bon 1
- 46 B Blackwell's Bookshop 1
- 47 N Notting Hill Gift Shop 1
- 48 O Outwood Express 1
- 49 Q Quickstop Food & Wine 1
- 50 M Masefield Newsagents 1
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