Trends · data through July 2026

Transportation Locations in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 449 stores from 384 transportation locations chains in the United Kingdom. Lothian Buses grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Birmingham New Street and East Midlands Trains.

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
384
Tracked stores
449
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked transportation locations 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. Lothian Buses and Birmingham New Street sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Lothian Buses - +3.8%
2 B Birmingham New Street ▲1 -1.6%
3 E East Midlands Trains - -5.4%
4 C Center Parcs logo Center Parcs - -11.8%
5 G Great Western Railway - -18.8%
6 E Edinburgh Trams ▼1 -28.5%
7 B Blackfriars ▲1 -29.7%
8 N National Trust logo National Trust ▼1 -76.7%
  • LeShuttle
  • Center Parcs
  • Network Rail
  • Lothian Buses
  • Great Western Railway
  • Arriva Merseyside
  • White City Station
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • LeShuttle (1)
  • Center Parcs (4)
  • Network Rail (5)
  • Lothian Buses (3)
  • Great Western Railway (16)
  • Arriva Merseyside (1)
  • White City Station (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G Great Western Railway 16
  • 2 F Forestry England 8
  • 3 N Network Rail 5
  • 4 N National Trust logo National Trust 5
  • 5 E East Midlands Trains 5
  • 6 C Center Parcs logo Center Parcs 4
  • 7 B Blackfriars 4
  • 8 L Lothian Buses 3
  • 9 B Birmingham New Street 3
  • 10 E Edinburgh Trams 3
  • 11 N Nottingham Cars 2
  • 12 G Gillingham 2
  • 13 N Nottingham City Transport 2
  • 14 U Uno 2
  • 15 N Newport Bus 2
  • 16 O Oxford Bus Company logo Oxford Bus Company 2
  • 17 G George Street 2
  • 18 M Metropolitan Line 2
  • 19 E Edwards Coaches 2
  • 20 M Moorfields 2
  • 21 C Charnwood Borough Council 2
  • 22 P Plymouth Railway Station 2
  • 23 L Luggage Point 2
  • 24 H Hampstead 1
  • 25 S South Wimbledon Underground Station 1
  • 26 U Upney London Underground Station 1
  • 27 S Sudbury Town London Underground 1
  • 28 G Great Portland Street 1
  • 29 B Bayswater London Underground Station 1
  • 30 U Uxbridge London Underground Station 1
  • 31 A Angel London Underground Station 1
  • 32 H Hough Green 1
  • 33 H High Street Kensington London Underground Station 1
  • 34 L Lewisham Market 1
  • 35 N North Harrow London Underground Station 1
  • 36 Q Queensbury London Underground Station 1
  • 37 K Kennington Tube Station 1
  • 38 B Burnt Oak London Underground Station 1
  • 39 S Stanmore London Underground 1
  • 40 T Tower Hill London Underground Station 1
  • 41 O Old Street London Underground Station 1
  • 42 T Tooting Bec London Underground Station 1
  • 43 T Toton Lane Park & Ride 1
  • 44 P Parliament Street 1
  • 45 P Preston Bus 1
  • 46 B Bath Bus Company 1
  • 47 B Burgess Hill 1
  • 48 B Beech Lane 1
  • 49 T trentbarton 1
  • 50 F Finchley 1

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