Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Chester

Iceflower tracks 290 stores from 212 retail chains in Chester. Toolstation UK grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Entertainer and River Island.

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
212
Tracked stores
290
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 The Entertainer sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK ▲1 +11.4%
2 T The Entertainer logo The Entertainer ▲3 +5.8%
3 R River Island logo River Island - +1.9%
4 H Home Bargains - +1.5%
5 N New Look logo New Look ▲2 -0.4%
6 P Peacocks logo Peacocks ▲1 -0.8%
7 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home ▼1 -3.8%
8 N Next logo Next ▲1 -4.9%
9 C Card Factory logo Card Factory ▲1 -12.8%
10 A Argos logo Argos - -13.4%
11 J JD Sports logo JD Sports - -13.6%
12 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - -17.6%
13 B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores ▼1 -21.2%
14 P Poundland logo Poundland ▼1 -22.2%
15 W WHSmith logo WHSmith ▼3 -25.5%
  • Hardware Store
  • Family & Value Apparel
  • Gift Shop
  • Discount Off-Price Stores
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands
  • Fast Fashion
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

290 tracked store locations in Chester, colored by category.

  • Hardware Store (19)
  • Family & Value Apparel (17)
  • Gift Shop (15)
  • Discount Off-Price Stores (15)
  • Sporting Goods Store (14)
  • Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands (13)
  • Fast Fashion (12)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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