Trends · data through September 2026

Department Stores in London

Iceflower tracks 134 stores from 40 department stores in London. Simons grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Argos and Morleys.

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
40
Tracked stores
134
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked department stores

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. Simons and Argos sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Simons - +19.5%
2 A Argos logo Argos - +9.4%
3 M Morleys - +1.2%
4 J John Lewis logo John Lewis - -13.6%
  • John Lewis
  • Argos
  • Marks & Spencer
  • M&S Cheshunt
  • M&S
  • Morleys
  • House of Fraser
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • John Lewis (13)
  • Argos (75)
  • Marks & Spencer (1)
  • M&S Cheshunt (1)
  • M&S (1)
  • Morleys (4)
  • House of Fraser (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Argos logo Argos 75
  • 2 J John Lewis logo John Lewis 13
  • 3 M Morleys 4
  • 4 S Simons 3
  • 5 H House of Fraser logo House of Fraser 2
  • 6 M Marks and Spencer logo Marks and Spencer 2
  • 7 D Dalston Department Store 2
  • 8 A Argos Dalston 1
  • 9 H Harrow View Sainsbury's 1
  • 10 L Ladbroke Grove Argos 1
  • 11 L Leicester Square Sainsbury's 1
  • 12 A Argos Wallington in Sainsbury's 1
  • 13 A Argos South Woodford 1
  • 14 T The Pantechnicon 1
  • 15 A Argos South Ealing 1
  • 16 B Bunka Store 1
  • 17 B Brityard logo Brityard 1
  • 18 A Argos Borough High Street 1
  • 19 E Evans logo Evans 1
  • 20 A Argos Ealing 1
  • 21 C Charlies 1
  • 22 1 123 Bethnal Green Road 1
  • 23 A Argos Station Approach 1
  • 24 M M&S 1
  • 25 M M&S Cheshunt 1
  • 26 P Pearsons Enfield 1
  • 27 M M&S Thurrock Outlet 1
  • 28 E Ely's 1
  • 29 S Selbys 1
  • 30 F Fortnum and Mason at St Pancras logo Fortnum and Mason at St Pancras 1
  • 31 S Swathi Cash & Carry 1
  • 32 R Roomes 1
  • 33 A Argos Brixton 1
  • 34 A Argos Waterloo Road 1
  • 35 D Dayi 1
  • 36 A Argos Kenton 1
  • 37 E Edgware Argos 1
  • 38 M Marks & Spencer 1
  • 39 T T 1
  • 40 A Argos Whitechapel 1

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