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. Third Place Books and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Third Place Books | - | +8.5% |
| 2 | Barnes & Noble | - | +3.8% |
| 3 | Half Price Books | - | -2.8% |
- Barnes & Noble
- The Book Rack
- Half Price Books
- Kinokuniya
- Elliott Bay Book Company
- Golden Age Collectables
- Third Place Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
216 tracked store locations in Washington. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 40 of the 216 stores (19%); 172 of the 179 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 2% across the United States.
- Barnes & Noble (26)
- The Book Rack (1)
- Half Price Books (7)
- Kinokuniya (1)
- Elliott Bay Book Company (1)
- Golden Age Collectables (1)
- Third Place Books (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Barnes & Noble 26
- 2 Half Price Books 7
- 3 Third Place Books 3
- 4 Crimson & Gray 2
- 5 University Bookstore 2
- 6 Wit's End Bookstore 2
- 7 The Comic Book Shop 2
- 8 Action City Comics & Toys 1
- 9 Secret Garden Books 1
- 10 Ridgecrest Books 1
- 11 Page 2 Books 1
- 12 Flirting with Fiction Bookstore 1
- 13 Magnolia's Bookstore 1
- 14 Vashon Bookshop 1
- 15 Peter Miller 1
- 16 Diversified Games 1
- 17 Wisdom Books 1
- 18 Lopez Bookshop 1
- 19 William James Bookseller 1
- 20 Page Turner Books 1
- 21 Haunted Burrow 1
- 22 Arcane Comics 1
- 23 We B Bookin' 1
- 24 Phoenix Comics & Games 1
- 25 A Novel Bookstore 1
- 26 Phantom Zone Comics Alderwood 1
- 27 Gambia International 1
- 28 Danger Room Comics 1
- 29 Whitman College Bookstore 1
- 30 Sandbox Bookstore & Games 1
- 31 The Lakewood Bookstore 1
- 32 Jupiter's Eye Book Cafe 1
- 33 Riverwalk Books 1
- 34 Joie Des Livres 1
- 35 Book and Brush 1
- 36 Alleluia! Catholic Store 1
- 37 Time Enough Books 1
- 38 Easton's Books 1
- 39 Campus Store 1
- 40 Lakeside Books & Gifts 1
- 41 Edge of the Circle Books 1
- 42 FriendShop 1
- 43 Wishing Tree Books 1
- 44 Books & Bottles 1
- 45 Seattle University Campus Store 1
- 46 Giant Nerd Books 1
- 47 Pearl Street Books & Gifts 1
- 48 Last Stand Collectibles 1
- 49 Walls of Books 1
- 50 Nook & Cranny Books 1
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