Trends · data through July 2026

Catering Services in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 270 stores from 252 catering services chains in the United Kingdom.

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
252
Tracked stores
270
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked catering services 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. Baxter Storey and Elior sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Baxter Storey - +1.7%
2 E Elior logo Elior - -14.0%
  • Freemans Event Partners
  • Jenkinsons Caterers
  • 2U Food
  • Elior
  • TFL Stratford
  • Rhubarb
  • Caterers Choice
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Freemans Event Partners (1)
  • Jenkinsons Caterers (1)
  • 2U Food (1)
  • Elior (9)
  • TFL Stratford (1)
  • Rhubarb (4)
  • Caterers Choice (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 E Elior logo Elior 9
  • 2 R Rhubarb 4
  • 3 B Baxter Storey 3
  • 4 C Connect Catering 2
  • 5 L Laurens Caterers 2
  • 6 C Compass Group logo Compass Group 2
  • 7 M Mellors Catering Services 2
  • 8 E ESS 2
  • 9 A Appletons event catering 1
  • 10 T Tamu Tamu Sweetmart 1
  • 11 A Angel Catering 1
  • 12 T Thomas Franks Ltd. 1
  • 13 M Masons Kitchen 1
  • 14 D Delhicious Foods 1
  • 15 H Heritage Venues Ltd. 1
  • 16 H Hudsons Catering 1
  • 17 B Bradshaws Of York 1
  • 18 E Earlsfield Kitchen 1
  • 19 M Moore Than Sandwiches 1
  • 20 E E-cafe 1
  • 21 I Inferno Catering 1
  • 22 W Wynnings & Weaver 1
  • 23 T The Tastery 1
  • 24 B Buffets Our Business 1
  • 25 C Crazie Crepes 1
  • 26 S Simply Eat Catering 1
  • 27 G graze.thyme 1
  • 28 A Artizian Catering Services 1
  • 29 K Kashmir Sweet Centre 1
  • 30 G Gastronomy London 1
  • 31 A Awafi Foods 1
  • 32 F Freemans Event Partners 1
  • 33 S Scoff-22 1
  • 34 D Dine 1
  • 35 M Milkshed Catering 1
  • 36 F Food by Sean 1
  • 37 H Huyton Suite 1
  • 38 E East Stuff 1
  • 39 N Nineteen Ltd 1
  • 40 H Harveys Grill 1
  • 41 M Mayurs Catering 1
  • 42 T Take-five Catering 1
  • 43 F Foodsy 1
  • 44 T Thyme Outside 1
  • 45 R Raj Foods 1
  • 46 D Drovers Way Catering 1
  • 47 A All Seasons Catering 1
  • 48 O Olivepot Catering 1
  • 49 H Horseradish Events and Catering 1
  • 50 G Goddard's Fast Foods 1

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