Chain · United Kingdom · data through August 2026

A Argos logo Argos

Iceflower tracks 676 Argos stores across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #2 of 189 tracked UK department stores chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +0.4% over the last year.

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 stores
676
Regions
12
Category
Department Store
Category rank
#2

Growth

Argos against its category

The biggest tracked UK department stores chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Argos's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q3 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx +4.9%
2 A Argos logo Argos +0.4%
3 J John Lewis logo John Lewis -14.8%
4 S Selfridges logo Selfridges -3.1%
5 M Marks & Spencer logo Marks & Spencer +3.6%
6 H House of Fraser logo House of Fraser -5.5%
7 F Fenwick logo Fenwick +7.4%
8 D Dunnes Stores logo Dunnes Stores +17.1%
9 J John Lewis & Partners logo John Lewis & Partners +1.4%
10 T Trago Mills logo Trago Mills -13.3%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 102.3 2024 Q3 2026 Q2

Store footprint

Store map

676 tracked Argos locations across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • South East 95
  • London 74
  • North West 69
  • East of England 65
  • South West 63
  • West Midlands 62
  • Scotland 61
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 50
  • East Midlands 48
  • North East 33
  • Wales 33
  • Northern Ireland 22
  • Other 1

Customer overlap

Who shops at Argos

Tracked chains Argos customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

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