Trends · data through July 2026

Bus Stations in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 146 stores from 117 bus stations chains in the United Kingdom. First Bus grew fastest over the last year, ahead of National Express West Midlands Travel and Arriva.

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
117
Tracked stores
146
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bus stations 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. First Bus and National Express West Midlands Travel sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F First Bus - +10.5%
2 N National Express West Midlands Travel - +9.3%
3 A Arriva - -1.4%
4 F First - -21.1%
  • TFL Surface Transport
  • National Express West Midlands Travel
  • Arriva
  • First
  • Lakeside Bus Station
  • First Bus
  • First Essex Buses
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • TFL Surface Transport (1)
  • National Express West Midlands Travel (8)
  • Arriva (10)
  • First (4)
  • Lakeside Bus Station (1)
  • First Bus (4)
  • First Essex Buses (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Arriva 10
  • 2 N National Express West Midlands Travel 8
  • 3 F First 4
  • 4 F First Bus 4
  • 5 U Ulsterbus 2
  • 6 W Warrington's Own Buses 2
  • 7 I Interchange 2
  • 8 M Metrobus logo Metrobus 2
  • 9 P Plymouth Citybus 2
  • 10 S Skegness 2
  • 11 C Colchester 2
  • 12 W Wetherby Bus Station 1
  • 13 W Warminster 1
  • 14 B Brixton Bus Garage 1
  • 15 S Shudehill Interchange 1
  • 16 C Carlone 1
  • 17 S Stanley Bus Station 1
  • 18 B Borderbus 1
  • 19 B Bakewell Road 1
  • 20 H Huyton Travel Ltd. 1
  • 21 P Palmers Green Bus Garage 1
  • 22 M Millport Motors 1
  • 23 B Boscombe Bus Station 1
  • 24 C Canal Road 1
  • 25 I Ipswich Bus Station 1
  • 26 D Doddle The Sun 1
  • 27 C Coronation Road 1
  • 28 W Wadebridge 1
  • 29 B Bradford Refinishing Supplies 1
  • 30 F First Bus Worcester 1
  • 31 E Elloughton EY Depot 1
  • 32 H Holmfirth 1
  • 33 N Nailsworth Bus Station 1
  • 34 K Keighley Bus Station 1
  • 35 A Ashbourne 1
  • 36 T Transport for Greater Manchester 1
  • 37 G Greyhound Bus logo Greyhound Bus 1
  • 38 F First Buses 1
  • 39 D Diamond Bus North West 1
  • 40 T Transdev 1
  • 41 S Snaresbrook 1
  • 42 A Amazon LCY3 1
  • 43 S Stockport Interchange 1
  • 44 E East Midlands Gateway Bus Interchange 1
  • 45 W Wigan Bus Station 1
  • 46 H Huddersfield Bus Station 1
  • 47 P Preston Bus Station 1
  • 48 B Bus Station 1
  • 49 A Arriva Bus Depot 1
  • 50 B Bromsgrove Bus Station 1

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