Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Bedford

Iceflower tracks 85 stores from 71 retail chains in Bedford. Screwfix grew fastest over the last year, ahead of JD Sports and Argos.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
71
Tracked stores
85
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Screwfix and JD Sports sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - +7.5%
2 J JD Sports logo JD Sports - -8.3%
3 A Argos - -28.8%
  • Discount Store
  • Electronics Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Shoe Store
  • Clothing Store
  • Bookstore
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

85 tracked store locations in Bedford, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (10)
  • Electronics Store (7)
  • Hardware Store (7)
  • Specialty Store (7)
  • Shoe Store (6)
  • Clothing Store (6)
  • Bookstore (6)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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