Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Ipswich

Iceflower tracks 205 stores from 148 retail chains in Ipswich. The Works grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Poundstretcher 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
148
Tracked stores
205
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. The Works and Poundstretcher sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Works logo The Works - +14.5%
2 P Poundstretcher logo Poundstretcher - +11.1%
3 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - +10.9%
4 S Savers logo Savers - +6.1%
5 N Next logo Next - +2.1%
6 B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores - 0.0%
7 A Argos logo Argos - -1.9%
8 W Wickes logo Wickes - -9.4%
9 W WHSmith logo WHSmith - -12.6%
10 C Card Factory logo Card Factory - -17.2%
11 P Poundland logo Poundland - -20.2%
12 T The Original Factory Shop logo The Original Factory Shop - -39.7%
  • Hardware Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Pet Store
  • Bookstore
  • Discount Store
  • Gift Shop
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

205 tracked store locations in Ipswich, colored by category.

  • Hardware Store (17)
  • Specialty Store (15)
  • Pet Store (15)
  • Bookstore (14)
  • Discount Store (14)
  • Gift Shop (13)
  • Home Improvement Center (12)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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