Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked library 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. Library of Congress and Arlington Public Library sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Library of Congress | - | +3.6% |
| 2 | Arlington Public Library | ▲1 | -2.3% |
| 3 | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | ▲2 | -5.0% |
| 4 | Brooklyn Public Library | ▲2 | -5.9% |
| 5 | New York Public Library | - | -11.6% |
| 6 | Orange County Library | ▲1 | -16.4% |
| 7 | Charles County Public Library | - | -20.3% |
| 8 | San Diego County Library | ▼3 | -37.6% |
| 9 | MidPointe Library | ▼3 | -84.2% |
- Dale City Library
- Seaside Square Library
- Troy University
- Bear Library
- Avon Free Public Library
- Robins AFB Library
- Lawrence Tech Library
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,408 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 24 of the 1,408 stores (2%); 1,252 of the 1,317 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Dale City Library (1)
- Seaside Square Library (1)
- Troy University (2)
- Bear Library (1)
- Avon Free Public Library (1)
- Robins AFB Library (1)
- Lawrence Tech Library (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 San Diego County Library 8
- 2 Orange County Library 5
- 3 MidPointe Library 4
- 4 New York Public Library 4
- 5 Brooklyn Public Library 3
- 6 Charles County Public Library 3
- 7 Howard County Library 3
- 8 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 3
- 9 Library of Congress 3
- 10 Central Library 3
- 11 Albany Public Library 3
- 12 Arlington Public Library 3
- 13 Harford County Public Library 2
- 14 Austin Public Library 2
- 15 Kenton County Public Library 2
- 16 Live Oak Public Libraries 2
- 17 New Hanover County Public Library 2
- 18 Campbell County Public Library: Alexandria Branch 2
- 19 RCS Community Library 2
- 20 Aurora Public Library 2
- 21 Troy University 2
- 22 Town of Wolcott 2
- 23 Delaware County District Library 2
- 24 MarinHealth 2
- 25 Dorchester County Library 2
- 26 Sam Houston State University 2
- 27 Community Resource Center 2
- 28 La Canada Flintridge Library 1
- 29 Wake County Public Libraries 1
- 30 UNM University Libraries 1
- 31 City of Linden 1
- 32 Big Rapids Community Library 1
- 33 Charles City County Library 1
- 34 Kuna Library 1
- 35 Seminole County Library 1
- 36 Akron-Summit County Public Library 1
- 37 Preble County District Library 1
- 38 Baltimore County Public Library 1
- 39 North Sarasota Library 1
- 40 Dale City Library 1
- 41 Pojoaque Valley School Library 1
- 42 Amos Memorial Public Library 1
- 43 Gail Borden Public Library 1
- 44 Johnston Public Library 1
- 45 Onslow County Public Library 1
- 46 Richland Library 1
- 47 Locust Library 1
- 48 Montclair Community Library 1
- 49 West Florida Public Library 1
- 50 Prosser Public Library 1
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