Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Halifax

Iceflower tracks 105 stores from 87 retail chains in Halifax. Screwfix grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Argos and B&M Stores.

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
87
Tracked stores
105
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. Screwfix and Argos sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - -0.9%
2 A Argos logo Argos - -6.5%
3 B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores - -6.7%
4 W WHSmith logo WHSmith - -10.8%
  • Discount Store
  • Bookstore
  • Discount Off-Price Stores
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Hardware Store
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Gift Shop
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

105 tracked store locations in Halifax, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (11)
  • Bookstore (8)
  • Discount Off-Price Stores (8)
  • Home Improvement Center (8)
  • Hardware Store (7)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (7)
  • Gift Shop (5)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores 5
  • 2 A Argos logo Argos 4
  • 3 S Screwfix logo Screwfix 3
  • 4 W WHSmith logo WHSmith 3
  • 5 P Poundland logo Poundland 2
  • 6 S Sports Direct logo Sports Direct 2
  • 7 M Myers Building Supplies 2
  • 8 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK 2
  • 9 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home 2
  • 10 P Paw Prints 2
  • 11 H Home Bargains 2
  • 12 T The Book Corner 1
  • 13 G Glow 1
  • 14 V Vape Road 1
  • 15 T Totally Wicked logo Totally Wicked 1
  • 16 W Woodlesford News 1
  • 17 J J.R'S News & Convenience Store 1
  • 18 C Corner Shop Skates 1
  • 19 S Shoe Zone logo Shoe Zone 1
  • 20 F Forget me nots 1
  • 21 L Little You 1
  • 22 P Poundstretcher logo Poundstretcher 1
  • 23 N Nord Green Nurseries 1
  • 24 C Cloud vape 1
  • 25 T Toyland Toyshop 1
  • 26 E Earth Angel 1
  • 27 G GO Outdoors logo GO Outdoors 1
  • 28 W Wynsors logo Wynsors 1
  • 29 D Dons 1
  • 30 C Clintons logo Clintons 1
  • 31 B Barry's Cash & Carry 1
  • 32 I Innovation 1
  • 33 B Booth Home Furnishers 1
  • 34 C Card Guys 1
  • 35 U Union Street News 1
  • 36 T The Works logo The Works 1
  • 37 E Euro Discount Store 1
  • 38 T The Handmade Gift Shop Halifax. 1
  • 39 T Totally Screwed Hardware 1
  • 40 V Vape Road BRIGHOUSE 1
  • 41 N Nursery Lane Stores 1
  • 42 N Northowram News 1
  • 43 H Halifax Interiors 1
  • 44 T Todmorden News 1
  • 45 B Brown Paper Packages 1
  • 46 V Vape n Go 1
  • 47 E E-Cigarette Outlet 1
  • 48 N Nikki’s Discount Store 1
  • 49 F Fashion Direct 1
  • 50 C Card Factory logo Card Factory 1

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