Trends · data through September 2026

Bus Stations in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 171 stores from 136 bus station chains in the United Kingdom. National Express West Midlands Travel grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Metrobus 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
136
Tracked stores
171
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bus station 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. National Express West Midlands Travel and Metrobus sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N National Express West Midlands Travel logo National Express West Midlands Travel - +12.8%
2 M Metrobus logo Metrobus - -6.9%
3 A Arriva logo Arriva - -9.6%
4 F First - -22.4%
  • National Express West Midlands Travel
  • TFL Surface Transport
  • Arriva
  • First
  • First Bus
  • Lakeside Bus Station
  • Lothian Bus Depot
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • National Express West Midlands Travel (11)
  • TFL Surface Transport (1)
  • Arriva (10)
  • First (5)
  • First Bus (4)
  • Lakeside Bus Station (1)
  • Lothian Bus Depot (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 N National Express West Midlands Travel logo National Express West Midlands Travel 11
  • 2 A Arriva logo Arriva 10
  • 3 F First 5
  • 4 F First Bus 4
  • 5 M Metrobus logo Metrobus 3
  • 6 W Warrington's Own Buses logo Warrington's Own Buses 2
  • 7 S Skegness 2
  • 8 C Colchester logo Colchester 2
  • 9 P Plymouth Citybus logo Plymouth Citybus 2
  • 10 I Interchange 2
  • 11 T Transport for Greater Manchester 2
  • 12 U Ulsterbus logo Ulsterbus 2
  • 13 W Wadebridge 1
  • 14 C Concourse 1
  • 15 D Doddle The Sun 1
  • 16 I Ipswich Bus Station 1
  • 17 B Bury Bus Depot 1
  • 18 S Snaresbrook 1
  • 19 L London General Merton Garage 1
  • 20 B Bakewell Road 1
  • 21 H Huyton Travel Ltd. 1
  • 22 A Arriva North West logo Arriva North West 1
  • 23 C Cleaners Kingsbury Circle 1
  • 24 A Ashton-Under-Lyne Interchange 1
  • 25 L Leicester National Express Coach Station logo Leicester National Express Coach Station 1
  • 26 M Millport Motors 1
  • 27 P Paradise Street 1
  • 28 W Warminster 1
  • 29 B Borderbus 1
  • 30 E Elloughton EY Depot 1
  • 31 T Tower Ramparts Bus Station 1
  • 32 G Greyhound Bus logo Greyhound Bus 1
  • 33 H Halbeath Park & Ride 1
  • 34 B Bradford Refinishing Supplies 1
  • 35 W Winlaton Bus Station 1
  • 36 C Carlone 1
  • 37 C Coronation Road 1
  • 38 C Castleton Bus Station 1
  • 39 N Nailsworth Bus Station 1
  • 40 H Holmfirth 1
  • 41 A Abellio 1
  • 42 C Canal Road 1
  • 43 B Bromsgrove Bus Station 1
  • 44 B Bus Station 1
  • 45 P Preston Bus Station logo Preston Bus Station 1
  • 46 S Sargeants 1
  • 47 W Walthamstow Central Bus Station 1
  • 48 E East Midlands Gateway Bus Interchange 1
  • 49 G Grantham Bus Station 1
  • 50 R Rochdale Interchange 1

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