Trends · data through July 2026

Second Hand Shops in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 337 stores from 156 second hand shops chains in the United Kingdom. Cancer Research UK grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Cash Generator and Sense.

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
156
Tracked stores
337
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked second hand shops 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. Cancer Research UK and Cash Generator sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Cancer Research UK - +12.1%
2 C Cash Generator - +8.2%
3 S Sense - +5.9%
4 S Severn Hospice - +5.3%
5 C Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland ▲1 +4.5%
6 R Ramsdens ▲1 +3.7%
7 F Farleigh Hospice - -1.6%
8 F Farplace Animal Rescue - -3.4%
9 M Mind - -6.0%
10 T The Salvation Army logo The Salvation Army - -7.3%
11 D Dorothy House - -10.7%
12 C Cash Converters - -12.0%
13 B British Heart Foundation logo British Heart Foundation ▼2 -21.0%
  • Cash Converters
  • Cash Generator
  • Sense
  • Cash Connectors
  • TRAID
  • Ramsdens
  • Red Brick Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Cash Converters (35)
  • Cash Generator (9)
  • Sense (36)
  • Cash Connectors (2)
  • TRAID (11)
  • Ramsdens (3)
  • Red Brick Market (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Sense 36
  • 2 C Cash Converters 35
  • 3 C Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland 15
  • 4 C Children's Hospice South West 12
  • 5 T TRAID 11
  • 6 M Mind 10
  • 7 C Cash Generator 9
  • 8 F Farplace Animal Rescue 9
  • 9 S Severn Hospice 8
  • 10 T The Salvation Army logo The Salvation Army 7
  • 11 D Dorothy House 6
  • 12 B British Heart Foundation logo British Heart Foundation 6
  • 13 F Farleigh Hospice 5
  • 14 B Bargain Box 4
  • 15 S St Luke's 4
  • 16 R Red Brick Market 3
  • 17 C Cancer Research UK 3
  • 18 R Ramsdens 3
  • 19 B BARK 2
  • 20 B Bargain Basket 2
  • 21 I Inspirations 2
  • 22 T The Bargain Store 2
  • 23 P Prospect Hospice 2
  • 24 J Just Between Friends logo Just Between Friends 2
  • 25 B Bury Hospice 2
  • 26 T The Find 2
  • 27 Y Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR 2
  • 28 C Cash Connectors 2
  • 29 M Maidstone Market 2
  • 30 V Value Village logo Value Village 2
  • 31 H H&T Pawnbrokers 2
  • 32 T Tŷ Hafan Shop 1
  • 33 S Somebody Cares Retail Outlet 1
  • 34 R Ridley Road Market 1
  • 35 W Wigan Market 1
  • 36 O Oxford Street Books 1
  • 37 T The Lotus House 1
  • 38 S St. Oswald's Hospice Charity Shop - Byker Kids 1
  • 39 I InFocus Charity Shop 1
  • 40 I Ilkeston Emporium 1
  • 41 N Nottinghamshire Hospice 1
  • 42 F Farplace Animal Rescue Charity Shop in Ammanford 1
  • 43 F Farplace Charity Shop 1
  • 44 G Good As New 1
  • 45 T The Tantum Trust 1
  • 46 S St Oswald's Hospice Charity Shop 1
  • 47 A Ashford Livestock Market 1
  • 48 V Verwood Surplus Store 1
  • 49 P Pants Cancers 1
  • 50 H Herne Bay Market 1

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