Trends · data through July 2026

Music Venues in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 320 stores from 296 music venues chains in the United Kingdom. The Dome grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Criterion and O2 Academy.

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
296
Tracked stores
320
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked music venues 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. The Dome and The Criterion sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Dome - +18.0%
2 T The Criterion - +2.8%
3 O O2 Academy - +2.3%
4 T The Camel - -3.3%
  • Wales Millennium Centre
  • O2 Academy
  • BH Live
  • WIG Bath
  • The O2
  • Co-op Live
  • Wanza Leicester
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

320 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Wales Millennium Centre (1)
  • O2 Academy (6)
  • BH Live (1)
  • WIG Bath (1)
  • The O2 (1)
  • Co-op Live (1)
  • Wanza Leicester (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 O O2 Academy 6
  • 2 T The Criterion 5
  • 3 T The Camel 3
  • 4 T The Dome 3
  • 5 T The Castle & Falcon 2
  • 6 T The Premier 2
  • 7 M Metronome 2
  • 8 S Scruffy Murphy's 2
  • 9 L Liquid 2
  • 10 A Albert's Shed 2
  • 11 W Wembley Arena 2
  • 12 T The Stage 2
  • 13 T The Hall 2
  • 14 T The Providence Inn 2
  • 15 E EartH 2
  • 16 E End Of The Road Festival 1
  • 17 D Darwen Live 1
  • 18 L LiveHouse Dundee 1
  • 19 H Hothorpe Hall 1
  • 20 T The Old Willow Works Wedding & Conference Venue 1
  • 21 B Bardots Karaoke Bar 1
  • 22 L London International Choir 1
  • 23 T The Second Fiddle 1
  • 24 B Brighton Dome 1
  • 25 T The Subscription Rooms 1
  • 26 J Jazz After Dark 1
  • 27 J Jacaranda Baltic 1
  • 28 E Eel Pie Club 1
  • 29 T The Roadmender 1
  • 30 T The Factory Live 1
  • 31 C Control Room A 1
  • 32 V Vina Karaoke Bar 1
  • 33 H Hook Road Arena 1
  • 34 N Nottingham Arena 1
  • 35 3 30 Dean Street 1
  • 36 B BAM Karaoke Box | Victoria 1
  • 37 B Bournemouth International Centre 1
  • 38 B Birdwell Venue 1
  • 39 K King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 1
  • 40 T The Burj 1
  • 41 B Burnley Live 1
  • 42 B Beacon Arts Centre 1
  • 43 M MK11 Sports Bar 1
  • 44 S Sing City Aberdeen 1
  • 45 S Smile Bar and Venue 1
  • 46 I Invisible Wind Factory 1
  • 47 K Karaoke Box Birmingham 1
  • 48 T The Grand Ballroom London Hilton 1
  • 49 T The Bitter End 1
  • 50 S Soul Mama London 1

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