Trends · data through July 2026

Hardware Stores in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 1,916 stores from 397 hardware stores chains in the United Kingdom. Crown Decorating Centre grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hurst and Austens Home Hardware.

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
397
Tracked stores
1,916
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked hardware 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. Crown Decorating Centre and Hurst sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Crown Decorating Centre ▲1 +16.2%
2 H Hurst - +7.7%
3 A Austens Home Hardware - +6.3%
4 B Brewers Decorator Centres - +4.7%
5 H Home Improvement Centre - +2.9%
6 R Robert Dyas - +1.2%
7 P Proper Job - +0.9%
8 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - -1.0%
9 L Leyland SDM logo Leyland SDM - -1.2%
10 T Toolstation UK - -1.8%
11 H Howdens - -10.1%
12 W Wright's Home Hardware ▼1 -11.0%
13 W West End DIY - -16.1%
14 H Harrisons - -16.2%
15 B Buildbase - -19.1%
  • Screwfix
  • Toolstation UK
  • Brewers Decorator Centres
  • Robert Dyas
  • Proper Job
  • Leyland SDM
  • RestoWarehouse Larne
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,916 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Screwfix (832)
  • Toolstation UK (441)
  • Brewers Decorator Centres (70)
  • Robert Dyas (91)
  • Proper Job (16)
  • Leyland SDM (23)
  • RestoWarehouse Larne (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Screwfix logo Screwfix 832
  • 2 T Toolstation UK 441
  • 3 R Robert Dyas 91
  • 4 B Brewers Decorator Centres 70
  • 5 L Leyland SDM logo Leyland SDM 23
  • 6 P Proper Job 16
  • 7 B Buildbase 8
  • 8 H Howdens 7
  • 9 W Wright's Home Hardware 6
  • 10 H Harrisons 5
  • 11 N Nickel and Dime 5
  • 12 I In-Excess 5
  • 13 W West End DIY 4
  • 14 C Crown Decorating Centre 4
  • 15 H Hilti Store 3
  • 16 A Austens Home Hardware 3
  • 17 H Hurst 3
  • 18 H Home Improvement Centre 3
  • 19 T Torne Valley 2
  • 20 T The Hardware Stores 2
  • 21 R Romanys 2
  • 22 H HSS Hire 2
  • 23 S Stermat Hardware 2
  • 24 H Homeflair 2
  • 25 G Grant & Stone 2
  • 26 W Wibsey DIY Centre 1
  • 27 D Decor Express 1
  • 28 C Conways 1
  • 29 H Handicentre 1
  • 30 L London Wholesale Diy Ltd 1
  • 31 B Bics DIY 1
  • 32 C Caldmore Hardware Ltd 1
  • 33 D D.I.Y Rainbows 1
  • 34 D Dae It Yersel 1
  • 35 B Borrowash Express 1
  • 36 F Fleetgate Glass Co 1
  • 37 B B's Basement 1
  • 38 R Roys DIY 1
  • 39 S Saundersons Mica Hardware 1
  • 40 T Thats Handy 1
  • 41 T Tonwood Home Hardware 1
  • 42 S Sherburn DIY 1
  • 43 W W1 Hardware 1
  • 44 B Buick's (Alloa) Ltd 1
  • 45 R RestoWarehouse Larne 1
  • 46 K K and A Tools 1
  • 47 L LLDIY Home & Garden Centre 1
  • 48 B Barrhead Hardware Store 1
  • 49 M Muir Hardware Store 1
  • 50 G GMD Mowers and Tools 1

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