Trends · data through July 2026

Department Stores in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 1,403 stores from 164 department stores chains in the United Kingdom. Leekes grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dunnes Stores and Menarys.

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
164
Tracked stores
1,403
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked department stores 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. Leekes and Dunnes Stores sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Leekes ▲2 +14.8%
2 D Dunnes Stores ▲2 +14.8%
3 M Menarys ▲1 +11.2%
4 N Next Outlet - +8.0%
5 M Marks & Spencer ▲1 +6.8%
6 S Simons - +5.5%
7 M Morleys ▼1 +3.9%
8 B Bradbeers ▼1 +3.0%
9 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx - +2.5%
10 J John Lewis - -1.7%
11 A Argos - -2.2%
12 T Trago Mills - -3.1%
13 S Selfridges logo Selfridges - -4.8%
14 B Boundary Outlet - -5.6%
15 Y Yorkshire Trading Company - -5.6%
  • TK Maxx
  • Argos
  • John Lewis
  • Selfridges
  • Marks & Spencer
  • House of Fraser
  • Fenwick
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,403 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • TK Maxx (382)
  • Argos (608)
  • John Lewis (45)
  • Selfridges (7)
  • Marks & Spencer (10)
  • House of Fraser (27)
  • Fenwick (9)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Argos 608
  • 2 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx 382
  • 3 B Boyes 70
  • 4 J John Lewis 45
  • 5 H House of Fraser 27
  • 6 T TJ Hughes 17
  • 7 M Menarys 13
  • 8 D Dunnes Stores 12
  • 9 M Marks & Spencer 10
  • 10 F Fenwick 9
  • 11 S Selfridges logo Selfridges 7
  • 12 Y Yorkshire Trading Company 7
  • 13 H Harvey Nichols logo Harvey Nichols 7
  • 14 C Charlies 5
  • 15 L Leekes 5
  • 16 M MUJI logo MUJI 5
  • 17 M Morleys 4
  • 18 B Bradbeers 4
  • 19 J John Lewis & Partners 4
  • 20 W Wyse Byse 3
  • 21 N Next Outlet 3
  • 22 V Village Shop 3
  • 23 B Boundary Outlet 3
  • 24 S Simons 3
  • 25 T Trago Mills 3
  • 26 H Hoopers 3
  • 27 B Barkers 2
  • 28 D Dalston Department Store 2
  • 29 N Nicholls 2
  • 30 L Leicester Square Sainsbury's 1
  • 31 A Argos St. Neots 1
  • 32 A Argos Aberdeen Portlethen 1
  • 33 C Clares Department Store 1
  • 34 A Alana Interiors 1
  • 35 H House Of Rajas 1
  • 36 A Argos Gainsborough 1
  • 37 T Townrow 1
  • 38 A Argos Kingston 1
  • 39 T The Pantechnicon 1
  • 40 T TJ Hughes - St Helens 1
  • 41 L Lyons Farm Argos 1
  • 42 A Argos Pinner in Sainsbury's 1
  • 43 A Argos Leek 1
  • 44 A Argos Exeter 1
  • 45 A Argos Newcastle Northumberland Street 1
  • 46 R Rossiters of Bath 1
  • 47 A Alexanders of Markethill Gift Store 1
  • 48 A Argos Wallington in Sainsbury's 1
  • 49 A Apsley Mills Argos 1
  • 50 M M&S Outlet 1

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