Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Chelmsford

Iceflower tracks 250 stores from 174 retail chains in Chelmsford. Toolstation UK grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Wickes and Screwfix.

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
174
Tracked stores
250
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. Toolstation UK and Wickes sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Toolstation UK ▲1 +18.8%
2 W Wickes logo Wickes - +17.3%
3 S Screwfix logo Screwfix ▲1 +11.0%
4 W Waterstones logo Waterstones ▼1 +9.2%
5 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx - +6.4%
6 S Sports Direct ▲1 +2.0%
7 T The Works - -0.9%
8 F Farleigh Hospice ▲1 -1.6%
9 S Savers ▼1 -2.1%
10 N Next ▼1 -2.3%
11 C Card Factory - -3.3%
12 A Argos - -4.7%
13 J JD Sports logo JD Sports - -12.0%
14 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home - -13.3%
15 W WHSmith logo WHSmith - -17.8%
  • Clothing Store
  • Discount Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Shoe Store
  • Bookstore
  • Hardware Store
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

250 tracked store locations in Chelmsford, colored by category.

  • Clothing Store (34)
  • Discount Store (25)
  • Specialty Store (20)
  • Shoe Store (19)
  • Bookstore (16)
  • Hardware Store (13)
  • Home Improvement Center (13)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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