Birkenhead Retail & Consumer Trends 2026: Growth Rankings

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer 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. B&M Stores and Go Local sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	B B&M Stores	▲2	+19.3%
2	G Go Local	▲4	+18.9%
3	P Post Office	▲4	+18.9%
4	P Premier	-	+13.9%
5	S Specsavers	▲3	+12.4%
6	M McDonald's	-	+8.8%
7	B Boots	▲1	+8.0%
8	G Go Local Extra	▲3	+5.9%
9	H Home Bargains	-	+4.5%
10	I Iceland	-	+4.4%
11	A Asda	▲1	+4.3%
12	M M&S Simply Food	-	+3.6%
13	C Card Factory	▲2	+2.8%
14	S Subway	▲1	+2.7%
15	C Co-op Food	-	+2.1%