Trends · data through September 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Glasgow

Iceflower tracks 5,743 stores from 3,625 retail and consumer chains in Glasgow. TK Maxx grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Holland & Barrett and Apple Pharmacy.

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
3,625
Tracked stores
5,743
Consumer panel
130M+

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. TK Maxx and Holland & Barrett sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx ▲7 +18.8%
2 H Holland & Barrett logo Holland & Barrett ▲8 +18.6%
3 A Apple Pharmacy ▲5 +18.2%
4 U USave ▲7 +17.0%
5 E Esso logo Esso ▲10 +17.0%
6 H H.Samuel logo H.Samuel ▲9 +16.7%
7 H Home Bargains - +15.1%
8 S Shop Local ▲3 +14.4%
9 T The Entertainer logo The Entertainer ▲6 +14.3%
10 M McDonald's logo McDonald's ▲3 +13.0%
11 P Post Office logo Post Office ▲6 +12.7%
12 Z Zara logo Zara ▲1 +11.3%
13 F Farmfoods logo Farmfoods ▲1 +11.2%
14 F Frankie & Benny's logo Frankie & Benny's ▲9 +10.0%
15 G Glasgow ▲1 +8.4%

Store footprint

Store map

5,743 tracked store locations in Glasgow, colored by category group.

Top tracked chains by store count

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