Trends · data through July 2026

Bakeries in London

Iceflower tracks 880 stores from 349 bakeries chains in London. Santa Nata grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Simmons Bakers and Cake Box.

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
349
Tracked stores
880
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bakeries 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. Santa Nata and Simmons Bakers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Santa Nata logo Santa Nata ▲2 +19.4%
2 S Simmons Bakers ▲2 +16.5%
3 C Cake Box logo Cake Box - +11.2%
4 C Cakes & Bakes ▲1 +11.0%
5 A Auntie Anne's logo Auntie Anne's ▲1 +8.6%
6 F Fabrique ▲3 +8.1%
7 G GAIL's - +7.2%
8 B Ben's Cookies logo Ben's Cookies - +4.1%
9 G Greggs logo Greggs - +0.3%
10 O Ole & Steen logo Ole & Steen - -1.2%
11 B Boulangerie Jade - -2.9%
12 P Paul logo Paul - -5.2%
13 L Le Delice - -6.8%
14 M Mr. Pretzels logo Mr. Pretzels ▲1 -8.9%
15 M Millie's Cookies logo Millie's Cookies ▲2 -12.5%
  • Greggs
  • GAIL's
  • Cake Box
  • Paul
  • Ole & Steen
  • Mr. Pretzels
  • Swanley Bakery
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

880 tracked store locations in London. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Greggs (225)
  • GAIL's (104)
  • Cake Box (43)
  • Paul (27)
  • Ole & Steen (20)
  • Mr. Pretzels (6)
  • Swanley Bakery (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G Greggs logo Greggs 225
  • 2 G GAIL's 104
  • 3 C Cake Box logo Cake Box 43
  • 4 P Paul logo Paul 27
  • 5 O Ole & Steen logo Ole & Steen 20
  • 6 B Buns from Home 12
  • 7 B Blackbird Bakery 10
  • 8 C Coughlans Bakery 9
  • 9 B Ben's Cookies logo Ben's Cookies 8
  • 10 A Auntie Anne's logo Auntie Anne's 7
  • 11 M Mr. Pretzels logo Mr. Pretzels 6
  • 12 S Simmons Bakers 6
  • 13 T The Bakery 5
  • 14 C Cakes & Bakes 5
  • 15 B Bread Ahead logo Bread Ahead 4
  • 16 T The Pasty Shop 4
  • 17 O Orée 4
  • 18 B Boulangerie Jade 4
  • 19 V Village Bakers 4
  • 20 P Patisserie Valerie 3
  • 21 F Fabrique 3
  • 22 L La Brioche 3
  • 23 S Santa Nata logo Santa Nata 3
  • 24 M Millie's Cookies logo Millie's Cookies 3
  • 25 G GAIL's Bakery 3
  • 26 L Le Delice 3
  • 27 P Paris Baguette logo Paris Baguette 3
  • 28 S Swanley Bakery 3
  • 29 B Borough 22 2
  • 30 E Euphorium Bakery 2
  • 31 B Bonne Bouche 2
  • 32 O Outsider Tart 2
  • 33 T The Dusty Knuckle 2
  • 34 S Sponge Kitchens 2
  • 35 T The Hummingbird Bakery logo The Hummingbird Bakery 2
  • 36 E Entree 2
  • 37 K Knot 2
  • 38 F Fresh Bake 2
  • 39 D Donutelier 2
  • 40 S Sourdough Sophia 2
  • 41 C Coughlan's Bakery 2
  • 42 A Aux Merveilleux de Fred 2
  • 43 L Laveli Bakery 2
  • 44 B Belle Epoque Patisserie 2
  • 45 T Tavazo 2
  • 46 T The Cakery 2
  • 47 C Chestnut Bakery logo Chestnut Bakery 2
  • 48 C Café de Nata 2
  • 49 C Cinnabon logo Cinnabon 2
  • 50 W West Cornwall Pasty Co 2

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