Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked music store 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. Guitar Center and Music & Arts sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
G
Guitar Center
|
- | -6.7% |
| 2 |
M
Music & Arts
|
- | -12.0% |
- Guitar Center
- Atomic Music
- Music & Arts
- Island Music Company
- K-Wave
- Mobius Records
- Victor Litz Music Center
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
63 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Guitar Center (6)
- Atomic Music (1)
- Music & Arts (23)
- Island Music Company (1)
- K-Wave (1)
- Mobius Records (1)
- Victor Litz Music Center (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
-
2
G
- 3 T The Record Exchange 2
- 4 H Home Rule Records 1
- 5 J Joe's Record Paradise 1
- 6 D Dragon Song Ltd 1
- 7 N National Pawnbrokers 1
- 8 S Sonidos Music & More 1
- 9 T Thanh's Video 1
- 10 P Potomac Video 1
- 11 B Byrdland Records 1
- 12 V Vienna Music Exchange 1
- 13 M Middle C Music 1
- 14 D Dollar Video 1
- 15 P Purple Narwhal Music & Manga 1
- 16 C Chantilly Music 1
- 17 R Red Onion Records 1
- 18 C CDepot 1
- 19 P Pinay Collectibles 1
- 20 S Som Records 1
- 21 A A & A Music 1
- 22 R Records & Rarities 1
- 23 B Bird City Records 1
- 24 C Crooked Beat Records 1
- 25 D Disco Central El Faro 1
-
26
D
Day Violins 1
- 27 A Admiral Analog's Audio Assortment 1
- 28 D Dale City Music 1
- 29 R Rock & Roll Graveyard 1
- 30 J Joint Custody 1
- 31 V Victor Litz Music Center 1
- 32 M Mobius Records 1
- 33 K K-Wave 1
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34
I
Island Music Company 1
- 35 A Atomic Music 1
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