Lincoln Retail & Consumer Trends 2026: Growth Rankings

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. Specsavers and Poundstretcher sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	S Specsavers	▲1	+18.8%
2	P Poundstretcher	▲3	+16.5%
3	P Premier	▲3	+14.1%
4	M M&S Simply Food	▲1	+13.6%
5	T The Works	▲1	+13.5%
6	T TK Maxx	-	+11.8%
7	B B&M Stores	▲2	+11.2%
8	P Post Office	▲1	+11.1%
9	A ALDI	-	+10.3%
10	N Next	▲1	+7.6%
11	H Heron Foods	▲2	+6.9%
12	S Subway	▲2	+6.5%
13	M McDonald's	-	+6.3%
14	C Co-op Food	-	+4.8%
15	L Lincolnshire Co-op	▲1	+4.7%