Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Southend

Iceflower tracks 281 stores from 181 retail chains in Southend. Savers grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Screwfix 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
181
Tracked stores
281
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. Savers and Screwfix sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Savers logo Savers ▲2 +18.4%
2 S Screwfix logo Screwfix ▲2 +16.1%
3 N Next logo Next - +14.9%
4 A Argos logo Argos ▲2 +10.3%
5 H Home Bargains - +10.0%
6 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK - +8.2%
7 R River Island logo River Island - +1.9%
8 C Card Factory logo Card Factory ▲1 -0.5%
9 P Poundstretcher logo Poundstretcher - -6.4%
10 P Poundland logo Poundland ▼1 -6.5%
11 B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores - -8.2%
12 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home - -10.2%
13 W WHSmith logo WHSmith ▼1 -16.1%
14 S Sports Direct logo Sports Direct ▼1 -16.6%
15 N New Look logo New Look - -25.1%
  • Discount Store
  • Pet Store
  • Bookstore
  • Gift Shop
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Specialty Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

281 tracked store locations in Southend, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (25)
  • Pet Store (18)
  • Bookstore (16)
  • Gift Shop (16)
  • Home Improvement Center (15)
  • Specialty Store (15)
  • Hardware Store (14)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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