Trends · data through July 2026

Pubs in Manchester

Iceflower tracks 844 stores from 692 pubs chains in Manchester. The Vulcan grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Plough and The Grapes.

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
692
Tracked stores
844
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked pubs 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. The Vulcan and The Plough sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Vulcan ▲2 +14.3%
2 T The Plough ▲2 +14.2%
3 T The Grapes ▲4 +13.9%
4 H Hare & Hounds ▲4 +8.0%
5 S Strawberry Gardens - +6.7%
6 T The Church Inn ▲2 +3.8%
7 T The Bull's Head ▲1 +1.9%
8 T The Hare & Hounds ▲1 +1.4%
9 T The Bridge Inn - -2.7%
10 T The New Inn ▲4 -4.7%
11 T The Unicorn ▲2 -8.0%
12 R Red Lion - -10.1%
13 T The Railway - -13.9%
14 T The White Horse ▼2 -15.2%
15 T The Farmers Arms ▼1 -16.0%
  • House
  • Red Lion
  • Wetherspoon
  • Puss In Boots
  • O'Neill's
  • The Heywood
  • Worsley Old Hall
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

844 tracked store locations in Manchester. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • House (1)
  • Red Lion (8)
  • Wetherspoon (4)
  • Puss In Boots (1)
  • O'Neill's (1)
  • The Heywood (1)
  • Worsley Old Hall (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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