Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Oxford

Iceflower tracks 279 stores from 185 retail chains in Oxford. B&Q grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Toolstation UK and Next.

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
185
Tracked stores
279
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. B&Q and Toolstation UK sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B B&Q - +17.3%
2 T Toolstation UK ▲3 +4.9%
3 N Next - -0.1%
4 S Savers - -1.8%
5 R Robert Dyas ▲2 -2.2%
6 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx - -4.1%
7 H Home Bargains - -7.0%
8 C Card Factory - -11.5%
9 W WHSmith logo WHSmith ▲1 -12.2%
10 P Pets Corner - -15.6%
11 S Screwfix logo Screwfix ▲1 -17.9%
12 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home ▲1 -18.5%
13 B B&M Stores ▲1 -21.5%
14 A Argos ▲1 -30.3%
15 W Waterstones logo Waterstones ▼1 -34.4%
  • Clothing Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Bookstore
  • Discount Store
  • Gift Shop
  • Pet Store
  • Department Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

279 tracked store locations in Oxford, colored by category.

  • Clothing Store (55)
  • Hardware Store (25)
  • Bookstore (25)
  • Discount Store (21)
  • Gift Shop (18)
  • Pet Store (15)
  • Department Store (13)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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