Trends · data through July 2026

Grocery Stores in Belfast

Iceflower tracks 241 stores from 64 grocery stores chains in Belfast. Lidl grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Russells and M&S Simply Food.

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
64
Tracked stores
241
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery stores 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. Lidl and Russells sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Lidl logo Lidl ▲1 +14.3%
2 R Russells - +9.4%
3 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food ▲1 +5.3%
4 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's ▼1 +0.2%
5 T Tesco logo Tesco - -0.5%
6 C Costcutter - -1.4%
7 I Iceland - -8.8%
8 A Asda logo Asda ▼1 -11.6%
9 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - -12.4%
10 S SuperValu - -16.5%
11 P Polita - -28.3%
  • Tesco
  • Lidl
  • Asda
  • M&S Simply Food
  • Sainsbury's
  • Iceland
  • SuperValu
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Tesco (47)
  • Lidl (28)
  • Asda (11)
  • M&S Simply Food (11)
  • Sainsbury's (6)
  • Iceland (22)
  • SuperValu (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Tesco logo Tesco 47
  • 2 L Lidl logo Lidl 28
  • 3 I Iceland 22
  • 4 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food 20
  • 5 V ViVO 12
  • 6 A Asda logo Asda 11
  • 7 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food 11
  • 8 C Costcutter 10
  • 9 H Holland & Barrett 8
  • 10 S SuperValu 7
  • 11 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's 6
  • 12 R Russells 3
  • 13 P Polita 3
  • 14 D Day-Today 2
  • 15 S Spar 2
  • 16 E E Kou Xian 1
  • 17 T The Wee Shop 1
  • 18 T Today's Express - Bickys 1
  • 19 E Eileen's Day Today 1
  • 20 S Spar Stormont 1
  • 21 M Mamie's Newsagency 1
  • 22 T Today's Express 1
  • 23 V Vivo Essentials Eden 1
  • 24 H Hui Bai Jia Food Store 1
  • 25 M Mill Street Market 1
  • 26 R Russells Food & Drink 1
  • 27 M Murphy's Stores (VIVO Essentials) 1
  • 28 B Bronagh’s The Corner Shop 1
  • 29 H Hagans Fruit & Veg 1
  • 30 S Snack City Belfast 1
  • 31 J Jacks Convenience Store 1
  • 32 M Makkah Market 1
  • 33 S Supershop 1
  • 34 C Colin Patton & Son Traditional Greengrocer 1
  • 35 C Campbell's Shop 1
  • 36 K Kenny's Food Fare 1
  • 37 E Eco Fresh Food 1
  • 38 M Mini Market 1
  • 39 T Today's Express - Chloe & Lucia's Choc Box 1
  • 40 A Asia Supermarket 1
  • 41 V VivoXtra 1
  • 42 S Saveways 1
  • 43 B Brennans 1
  • 44 R Russell's Food and Drink 1
  • 45 H Haymarket 1
  • 46 B Beersbridge community store 1
  • 47 M Mama Nimi Convenience Store 1
  • 48 D Day-Today Express 1
  • 49 C Common Market 1
  • 50 A Alif Supermarket & Wholesale 1

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