Trends · data through July 2026

Grocery Stores in Leicester

Iceflower tracks 411 stores from 175 grocery stores chains in Leicester. Holland & Barrett grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Waitrose & Partners and Tesco.

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
175
Tracked stores
411
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery stores 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. Holland & Barrett and Waitrose & Partners sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Holland & Barrett - +4.5%
2 W Waitrose & Partners logo Waitrose & Partners - +4.0%
3 T Tesco logo Tesco - +3.2%
4 A ALDI logo ALDI - +2.7%
5 I Iceland - -4.4%
6 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's - -5.5%
7 L Lidl logo Lidl - -8.0%
8 A Asda logo Asda - -10.7%
9 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food - -15.3%
10 C Central Co-op Food - -17.9%
11 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food - -18.2%
12 C Costcutter - -29.1%
  • Tesco
  • ALDI
  • Asda
  • Morrisons
  • Sainsbury's
  • Lidl
  • Central Co-op Food
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

411 tracked store locations in Leicester. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Tesco (42)
  • ALDI (22)
  • Asda (14)
  • Morrisons (19)
  • Sainsbury's (20)
  • Lidl (13)
  • Central Co-op Food (52)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Central Co-op Food 52
  • 2 T Tesco logo Tesco 42
  • 3 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food 24
  • 4 A ALDI logo ALDI 22
  • 5 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's 20
  • 6 M Morrisons logo Morrisons 19
  • 7 A Asda logo Asda 14
  • 8 L Lidl logo Lidl 13
  • 9 I Iceland 13
  • 10 H Holland & Barrett 8
  • 11 W Waitrose & Partners logo Waitrose & Partners 6
  • 12 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food 5
  • 13 C Costcutter 4
  • 14 L Lifestyle Express 2
  • 15 S Supercigs 2
  • 16 H Heron Foods 2
  • 17 E European Supermarket 2
  • 18 B Budgens 2
  • 19 A Anna Supermarket 2
  • 20 P Pak Foods 2
  • 21 S S and J Convenience Store 1
  • 22 B Barkby Super Store 1
  • 23 K Korea Super 1
  • 24 J JSM Store 1
  • 25 A Afro Superstore 1
  • 26 L Londis Belvoir Road 1
  • 27 Y Yours Supermarket 1
  • 28 V Victoria News & Booze 1
  • 29 C Cherry Stores 1
  • 30 S Sabziiwala Cash and Carry 1
  • 31 O Oriental Food Shop 1
  • 32 P PB Fruit & Veg 1
  • 33 A Ayston Road Supermarket 1
  • 34 S Shepshed General Stores 1
  • 35 P Post Office-Fleckney 1
  • 36 J Johnson's Greengrocers 1
  • 37 S Sam's Off Licence 1
  • 38 F Fresh Market logo Fresh Market 1
  • 39 Y Your Shop 1
  • 40 S Sainsbury's Local logo Sainsbury's Local 1
  • 41 A Amaan 1
  • 42 L LEO Supersaver Evington 1
  • 43 B Bunatati Romanesti 1
  • 44 E Euro Asia 1
  • 45 S Sileby Mini Supermarket 1
  • 46 S Say Express 1
  • 47 T Tudor Road Stores 1
  • 48 D Daybreak Services 1
  • 49 C Cross Street Stores 1
  • 50 B Bee Supermarket 1

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