Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Preston

Iceflower tracks 260 stores from 203 retail chains in Preston. Toolstation UK grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Card Factory 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
203
Tracked stores
260
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. Toolstation UK and Card Factory sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK - +7.9%
2 C Card Factory logo Card Factory - +5.7%
3 N Next logo Next - +2.2%
4 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - +2.2%
5 P Poundland logo Poundland ▲1 -1.4%
6 H Home Bargains - -1.8%
7 N New Look logo New Look ▲1 -7.0%
8 C Currys logo Currys - -19.9%
9 B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores - -26.4%
10 W WHSmith logo WHSmith ▼2 -27.4%
11 J JD Sports logo JD Sports - -30.1%
  • Specialty Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Bookstore
  • Pet Store
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Discount Off-Price Stores
  • Gift Shop
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

260 tracked store locations in Preston, colored by category.

  • Specialty Store (20)
  • Hardware Store (16)
  • Bookstore (16)
  • Pet Store (15)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (14)
  • Discount Off-Price Stores (14)
  • Gift Shop (13)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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