Southend 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. Nisa Local and Halfords sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	N Nisa Local	▲2	+17.4%
2	H Halfords	▲1	+16.2%
3	G Greggs	-	+15.0%
4	S Screwfix	▲5	+14.4%
5	T The Works	▲2	+10.9%
6	S Subway	▲4	+10.6%
7	B B&M Stores	-	+9.5%
8	B Burger King	▲2	+8.5%
9	S Specsavers	▲3	+8.1%
10	S Savers	▲2	+7.5%
11	P Peacocks	▲3	+7.1%
12	B Boots	-	+6.6%
13	B Bargain Booze	▲4	+6.5%
14	W Waitrose & Partners	▲1	+5.4%
15	H Home Bargains	▲2	+4.7%