Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City

Iceflower tracks 209 stores from 128 retail chains in Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City. CeX grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Works and Waterstones.

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
128
Tracked stores
209
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. CeX and The Works sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CeX logo CeX ▲1 +16.3%
2 T The Works logo The Works - +13.3%
3 W Waterstones logo Waterstones - +9.9%
4 H H&M logo H&M ▲1 +8.7%
5 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx - +7.0%
6 H Home Bargains - +5.1%
7 C Clarks logo Clarks ▲1 +4.8%
8 S Savers logo Savers ▼1 +4.4%
9 A Argos logo Argos ▲1 +3.5%
10 W Wickes logo Wickes - +3.3%
11 C Card Factory logo Card Factory ▼1 +2.4%
12 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK - +2.2%
13 T Trespass logo Trespass - -2.3%
14 S Screwfix logo Screwfix ▲1 -4.1%
15 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home - -11.5%
  • Discount Store
  • Pet Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Bookstore
  • Discount Off-Price Stores
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Electronics Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

209 tracked store locations in Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (13)
  • Pet Store (13)
  • Hardware Store (12)
  • Bookstore (12)
  • Discount Off-Price Stores (9)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (9)
  • Electronics Store (9)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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