Newcastle 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. VPZ and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	V VPZ	▲4	+17.1%
2	M McDonald's	-	+16.6%
3	T Toolstation UK	-	+16.4%
4	S Superdrug	▲6	+14.9%
5	T TK Maxx	▲2	+14.1%
6	C Costa Express	▲1	+13.9%
7	A Argos	▲2	+13.6%
8	P Pets at Home	▲5	+11.8%
9	M Morrisons	▲1	+11.4%
10	M M&S Simply Food	▲1	+10.7%
11	G Greggs	▲3	+10.5%
12	C Co-op Food	▲2	+9.7%
13	H Home Bargains	▲1	+9.7%
14	S Screwfix	▲3	+9.7%
15	C Caffè Nero	▲3	+9.5%