Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Belfast

Iceflower tracks 155 stores from 136 cafes & bakery-cafes in Belfast. Ground Espresso Bars grew fastest over the last year, ahead of General Merchants and Sinnamon Coffee.

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
136
Tracked stores
155
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Ground Espresso Bars and General Merchants sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Ground Espresso Bars - -16.9%
2 G General Merchants - -20.9%
3 S Sinnamon Coffee - -33.3%
  • Castle 12
  • Mauds Fortfield
  • Bolt Deli
  • Pret A Manger
  • Neighbourhood Cafe
  • CHAT Coffee & News
  • Ground Espresso Bars
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

155 tracked store locations in Belfast. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Castle 12 (1)
  • Mauds Fortfield (1)
  • Bolt Deli (1)
  • Pret A Manger (2)
  • Neighbourhood Cafe (1)
  • CHAT Coffee & News (1)
  • Ground Espresso Bars (9)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G Ground Espresso Bars 9
  • 2 G General Merchants 3
  • 3 S Sinnamon Coffee 3
  • 4 K Kaffe O 2
  • 5 J Jamaica Blue logo Jamaica Blue 2
  • 6 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger 2
  • 7 C Caffè Ritazza logo Caffè Ritazza 2
  • 8 Y Yellow Door 2
  • 9 B Bob & Berts logo Bob & Berts 2
  • 10 F Funky Monkeys 2
  • 11 S Stacked Antrim Road 1
  • 12 T Tea room 1
  • 13 B Bridewell Coffee 1
  • 14 B Betty's Cafe & Bistro 1
  • 15 A Audacity Coffee 1
  • 16 B Ballycultra Tearooms 1
  • 17 A Arizona Espresso Company 1
  • 18 A AROMA at the olde mill 1
  • 19 S Suburban Coffee 1
  • 20 B Boxd Coffee 1
  • 21 C Cafe Red 1
  • 22 C Cafe Trax 1
  • 23 D Day Today - The Sweet Spot 1
  • 24 S Steamers Coffee Shop 1
  • 25 S Suitor and Co 1
  • 26 T Taste Deli 1
  • 27 T The Yeti Cafe 1
  • 28 P Paper Cup 1
  • 29 B Barrel & Bean Dromore 1
  • 30 F First Avenue Coffee Company 1
  • 31 R Red Berry Coffee Company 1
  • 32 T The Coffee House Bistro 1
  • 33 C Cafe Melrose 1
  • 34 T Toc Toc 1
  • 35 A Angel Cafe 1
  • 36 S Scrumchies 1
  • 37 H Hustle Belfast 1
  • 38 B Blue Train Cafe and Depot 1
  • 39 C Cafe Cuisine 1
  • 40 T Truffles Coffee Shop 1
  • 41 C Cafe2U logo Cafe2U 1
  • 42 T The Yogurt Tree 1
  • 43 C Coastal Coffee 1
  • 44 R Roundabout Coffee Shop 1
  • 45 P Park Coffee Co 1
  • 46 A Aleksandar's Bakery 1
  • 47 H Happy Out Coffee 1
  • 48 D Doorsteps 1
  • 49 T The Pantry Cafe and Kitchen 1
  • 50 C Cafe Smart 1

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