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. Wonder Book and Big Planet Comics sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wonder Book | - | +5.5% |
| 2 | Big Planet Comics | - | -1.1% |
| 3 | Barnes & Noble | - | -6.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Politics and Prose Bookstore
- McKay Used Books & CD's
- Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe
- George Mason University Bookstore
- Victory Comics
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
141 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 39 of the 141 stores (28%); 90 of the 101 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 6% across District of Columbia.
- Barnes & Noble (26)
- Books-A-Million (5)
- Politics and Prose Bookstore (2)
- McKay Used Books & CD's (1)
- Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe (1)
- George Mason University Bookstore (1)
- Victory Comics (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 26
- 2 Books-A-Million 5
- 3 Big Planet Comics 3
- 4 Wonder Book 3
- 5 Solid State Books 2
- 6 Friends of the Library 2
- 7 Loyalty Bookstore 2
- 8 Second Story Books 2
- 9 Beyond Comics 2
- 10 2nd & Charles 2
- 11 Politics and Prose Bookstore 2
- 12 Hundred Acre Books 1
- 13 Reiter's Books 1
- 14 Books and Other Found Things 1
- 15 Reston's Used Book Shop 1
- 16 Libreria Cristiana 1
- 17 Kensington Row Bookshop 1
- 18 UDC Bookstore 1
- 19 This is the Place 1
- 20 The Company of Books 1
- 21 Word of Life Books 1
- 22 Barbarian Comics 1
- 23 Fonts Books 1
- 24 Sisters One 1
- 25 Walk By Faith 1
- 26 Fred Books 1
- 27 Gateway Comics and Toys 1
- 28 Capitol Hill Books 1
- 29 Bridge Street Books 1
- 30 Pure Panic Comics and Games 1
- 31 Main Street Geek 1
- 32 Bookworm Central Book Fairs 1
- 33 Bards Alley Bookshop 1
- 34 Sacred Circle Books 1
- 35 Hooray For Books 1
- 36 Alliance Comics 1
- 37 Capitol City Ink 1
- 38 Bison Shop 1
- 39 Howard University Bookstore 1
- 40 Rincon Cristiano 1
- 41 JF Books 1
- 42 Berryville Old Book Shop 1
- 43 Capital City Ink 1
- 44 Book Exchange 1
- 45 Joy Unlimited 1
- 46 Royal Oak Bookshop 1
- 47 Bold Fork Books 1
- 48 Page Master Used Books 1
- 49 Catholic Information Center 1
- 50 Lantern Bryn Mawr Bookshop 1
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