Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Swansea

Iceflower tracks 197 stores from 131 retail chains in Swansea. Home Bargains grew fastest over the last year, ahead of River Island and B&M.

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
131
Tracked stores
197
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. Home Bargains and River Island sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Home Bargains ▲1 +11.1%
2 R River Island logo River Island ▲1 +10.7%
3 B B&M logo B&M ▼1 +6.4%
4 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home - +5.9%
5 B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores - +1.3%
6 S Shoe Zone logo Shoe Zone ▲1 +0.7%
7 J JD Sports logo JD Sports ▼1 -1.6%
8 C Card Factory logo Card Factory - -2.6%
9 S Screwfix logo Screwfix ▲2 -6.7%
10 N New Look logo New Look - -8.4%
11 C Currys logo Currys - -15.9%
12 S Sports Direct logo Sports Direct - -28.3%
13 W WHSmith logo WHSmith ▼1 -34.1%
14 P Poundland logo Poundland ▼1 -35.9%
15 P Poundstretcher logo Poundstretcher ▼1 -55.4%
  • Discount Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Discount Off-Price Stores
  • Gift Shop
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Fast Fashion
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

197 tracked store locations in Swansea, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (19)
  • Hardware Store (13)
  • Home Improvement Center (11)
  • Discount Off-Price Stores (11)
  • Gift Shop (11)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (10)
  • Fast Fashion (10)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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