Reading 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. Wickes and Starbucks sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	W Wickes	-	+19.1%
2	S Starbucks	▲6	+14.5%
3	S Screwfix	▲3	+13.0%
4	H Halfords	▲3	+12.4%
5	S Subway	▲3	+10.9%
6	R Robert Dyas	▲2	+7.4%
7	E Esso	▲1	+7.3%
8	T The Range	▲2	+5.3%
9	M M&S Simply Food	▲1	+4.8%
10	G Greggs	-	+4.7%
11	P Premier	▲2	+4.2%
12	B Boots	-	+2.7%
13	T The Bull	▲2	+2.3%
14	T The Works	-	+2.2%
15	A ALDI	-	+2.2%