Chain · United Kingdom · data through September 2026

L Lidl logo Lidl

Iceflower tracks 1,164 Lidl stores across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #2 of 13 tracked UK discount grocers by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -16.3% 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
1,164
Regions
12
Category
Discount Grocers
Category rank
#2

Growth

Lidl against its category

The biggest tracked UK discount grocers 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 Lidl's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 A ALDI logo ALDI +4.5%
2 L Lidl logo Lidl -16.3%
3 I Iceland logo Iceland -
4 F Farmfoods logo Farmfoods -
5 H Heron Foods logo Heron Foods +2.4%
6 C Company Shop logo Company Shop +17.1%
7 W Way 2 Save -
8 B Buy 2 Save -
9 W Where 2 Save -
10 S Super Saver logo Super Saver -

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 99.8 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

1,164 tracked Lidl locations across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • South West 143
  • London 132
  • Scotland 125
  • South East 125
  • North West 119
  • East of England 97
  • West Midlands 86
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 86
  • East Midlands 79
  • Wales 70
  • North East 54
  • Northern Ireland 48

Customer overlap

Who shops at Lidl

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

A ALDI logo ALDI 100
F Farmfoods logo Farmfoods 64
P Poundland logo Poundland 50
I Iceland logo Iceland 41
B B&M logo B&M 36
T Tesco logo Tesco 32
A Asda logo Asda 31
C Costco logo Costco 30

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