Chain · United Kingdom · data through September 2026

H Hickory's Smokehouse logo Hickory's Smokehouse

Iceflower tracks 17 Hickory's Smokehouse stores across 6 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #1 of 117 tracked UK barbecue chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +13.8% 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
17
Regions
6
Category
Barbecue
Category rank
#1

Growth

Hickory's Smokehouse against its category

The biggest tracked UK barbecue 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 Hickory's Smokehouse's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 H Hickory's Smokehouse logo Hickory's Smokehouse +13.8%
2 B Big Easy logo Big Easy -14.3%
3 H Hickory's Smokehouse Lincoln -24.9%
4 H Hickory's Smokehouse Thornaby -
5 H Hickory's Smokehouse Poynton -21.0%
6 D Datchet Grill -21.5%
7 H Hickory's Smokehouse Southport -16.3%
8 H Hickory's Smokehouse York -
9 H Hickory's Smokehouse Standish -
10 H Hickory's Smokehouse Gloucester -31.6%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 126.4 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

17 tracked Hickory's Smokehouse locations across 6 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • North West 4
  • East Midlands 3
  • Wales 3
  • West Midlands 3
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 3
  • South West 1

Customer overlap

Who shops at Hickory's Smokehouse

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

W Wrexham 100
C Central Co-op logo Central Co-op 18
A ALDI logo ALDI 9
S Sainsbury's Fuel logo Sainsbury's Fuel 8
A Asda logo Asda 4
E Esso logo Esso 3

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