Trends · data through July 2026

Airports in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 82 stores from 57 airports chains in the United Kingdom. Gatwick Airport grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Manchester Airport and London Stansted Airport.

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
57
Tracked stores
82
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked airports 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. Gatwick Airport and Manchester Airport sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Gatwick Airport - -2.5%
2 M Manchester Airport - -11.9%
3 L London Stansted Airport ▲1 -13.0%
4 B Birmingham Airport ▼1 -32.9%
  • Duty Free - London Stansted Airport
  • Bristol Airport
  • Gatwick Airport
  • Edinburgh Airport
  • Manchester Airport
  • Glasgow Airport
  • Luton Airport
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

82 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Duty Free - London Stansted Airport (1)
  • Bristol Airport (2)
  • Gatwick Airport (4)
  • Edinburgh Airport (2)
  • Manchester Airport (4)
  • Glasgow Airport (1)
  • Luton Airport (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B Birmingham Airport 6
  • 2 L London Stansted Airport 5
  • 3 G Gatwick Airport 4
  • 4 M Manchester Airport 4
  • 5 L Luton Airport 3
  • 6 B Bristol Airport 2
  • 7 E Edinburgh Airport 2
  • 8 H Heathrow Airport 2
  • 9 L Leeds Bradford Airport 2
  • 10 L Leeds East Airport 2
  • 11 H Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 2
  • 12 A Aberdeen Airport 2
  • 13 L London Heathrow Airport 2
  • 14 H Heathrow Airport London 1
  • 15 S Stockport Airport 1
  • 16 R RAF Northolt 1
  • 17 G Gate 28 1
  • 18 S Signature Flight Support logo Signature Flight Support 1
  • 19 S Southampton Airport 1
  • 20 T Teesside International Airport 1
  • 21 H Humberside International Airport (HUY) 1
  • 22 C City of Derry Airport 1
  • 23 D Duty Free - London Stansted Airport 1
  • 24 C Cornwall Airport Newquay 1
  • 25 B Birmingham International Airport 1
  • 26 L London City 1
  • 27 B Biggin Hill Airport 1
  • 28 T Thomson 1
  • 29 A Arrivals Hall 1
  • 30 C Compass Centre 1
  • 31 T Terminal 1 1
  • 32 C City Airport 1
  • 33 B Brighton City Airport 1
  • 34 F Fairoaks Airport 1
  • 35 H Heathrow Cargo Centre 1
  • 36 G Glasgow Airport 1
  • 37 C Chichester/Goodwood Airport 1
  • 38 B Belfast City Airport 1
  • 39 G Glasgow Prestwick Airport 1
  • 40 K KLM at Liverpool John Lennon Airport 1
  • 41 L Liverpool Airport 1
  • 42 L London Southend Airport 1
  • 43 E East Midlands Airport 1
  • 44 L London Gatwick Airport North Terminal 1
  • 45 L London City Airport 1
  • 46 H Heathrow T5 1
  • 47 E Exeter International Airport (EXT) 1
  • 48 W West London Aero Club 1
  • 49 H Heathrow Airport Gate C66 1
  • 50 L London Gatwick South Terminal 1

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