Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in London

Iceflower tracks 2,566 stores from 1,941 cafes & bakery-cafes in London. L'Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Garden Cafe and Cafe Giardino.

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
1,941
Tracked stores
2,566
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. L'Express and Garden Cafe sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L L'Express ▲4 +16.7%
2 G Garden Cafe ▲5 +15.3%
3 C Cafe Giardino ▲4 +14.3%
4 L L'Eto Caffe logo L'Eto Caffe ▲2 +9.6%
5 C Cafe Ole ▲1 +8.0%
6 E EL&N logo EL&N - +6.5%
7 B Bobo & Wild ▲3 +6.0%
8 P Pavilion Cafe ▲2 +5.5%
9 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger - -0.5%
10 B Brown & Green ▲1 -0.9%
11 T The Crown ▲1 -4.3%
12 R Redemption Roasters logo Redemption Roasters ▲3 -5.5%
13 B Bakers + Baristas logo Bakers + Baristas - -6.9%
14 F Fortnum & Mason logo Fortnum & Mason - -8.0%
15 E Enjoy Cafe - -10.0%
  • Pret A Manger
  • Fortnum & Mason
  • Morrisons Cafe
  • Chaiiwala
  • BENUGO
  • Caffè Concerto
  • L'Eto Caffe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,566 tracked store locations in London. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Pret A Manger (235)
  • Fortnum & Mason (3)
  • Morrisons Cafe (2)
  • Chaiiwala (24)
  • BENUGO (17)
  • Caffè Concerto (14)
  • L'Eto Caffe (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger 235
  • 2 C Chaiiwala logo Chaiiwala 24
  • 3 B BENUGO logo BENUGO 17
  • 4 C Caffè Concerto logo Caffè Concerto 14
  • 5 T The Crown 14
  • 6 W WatchHouse logo WatchHouse 12
  • 7 C Colicci logo Colicci 11
  • 8 R Redemption Roasters logo Redemption Roasters 9
  • 9 C Coco di Mama logo Coco di Mama 9
  • 10 C Caravan 8
  • 11 E EL&N logo EL&N 7
  • 12 M Muffin Break logo Muffin Break 7
  • 13 S Star Cafe 6
  • 14 H Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters logo Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters 6
  • 15 L L'Eto Caffe logo L'Eto Caffe 6
  • 16 U Urban Baristas logo Urban Baristas 6
  • 17 A Artisan 6
  • 18 E Enjoy Cafe 5
  • 19 B Beany Green logo Beany Green 4
  • 20 L Lockdown Bakehouse 4
  • 21 P Panopolis logo Panopolis 4
  • 22 O Ozone Coffee Roasters logo Ozone Coffee Roasters 4
  • 23 B Beam 4
  • 24 D Draughts 4
  • 25 B Brown & Green 4
  • 26 B Bobo & Wild 4
  • 27 C Cinnamon Village 3
  • 28 P Pear Tree Cafe logo Pear Tree Cafe 3
  • 29 B Brickwood 3
  • 30 C Cafe Ole 3
  • 31 D Digby's 3
  • 32 M Monmouth Coffee Company logo Monmouth Coffee Company 3
  • 33 C Cafe2U UK logo Cafe2U UK 3
  • 34 G Garden Cafe 3
  • 35 P Pavilion Cafe 3
  • 36 C Cafe Express 3
  • 37 C Cafe Giardino 3
  • 38 N Noxy Brothers logo Noxy Brothers 3
  • 39 N Nest 3
  • 40 L L'Express 3
  • 41 S Suzette 3
  • 42 C Caffè Ritazza logo Caffè Ritazza 3
  • 43 G Grounded 3
  • 44 T The Coffee Shop 3
  • 45 J Jamaica Blue logo Jamaica Blue 3
  • 46 B Bakers + Baristas logo Bakers + Baristas 3
  • 47 F Fortnum & Mason logo Fortnum & Mason 3
  • 48 H Hopper Coffee 2
  • 49 H Here 2
  • 50 C Cafe Inn 2

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