Trends · data through September 2026

Travel Services in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 437 stores from 343 travel service chains in the United Kingdom. Virgin Atlantic grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Mersey Ferries and The Co-operative Travel.

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
343
Tracked stores
437
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked travel service 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. Virgin Atlantic and Mersey Ferries sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 V Virgin Atlantic logo Virgin Atlantic - +14.4%
2 M Mersey Ferries logo Mersey Ferries - -3.7%
3 T The Co-operative Travel logo The Co-operative Travel - -5.3%
4 P Polka Dot Travel - -5.4%
5 C Cabana logo Cabana ▲1 -8.8%
6 N National Express West Midlands - -9.7%
7 H Hays Travel logo Hays Travel - -9.8%
8 B Barrhead Travel logo Barrhead Travel - -11.9%
9 T TUI Holiday Store logo TUI Holiday Store - -13.7%
10 F First Choice logo First Choice ▼1 -23.9%
  • TUI Holiday Store
  • Barrhead Travel
  • Southall Travel
  • Hays Travel
  • VFS Global
  • Virgin Atlantic
  • Seaside Travel
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • TUI Holiday Store (51)
  • Barrhead Travel (7)
  • Southall Travel (1)
  • Hays Travel (5)
  • VFS Global (2)
  • Virgin Atlantic (3)
  • Seaside Travel (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T TUI Holiday Store logo TUI Holiday Store 51
  • 2 F First Choice logo First Choice 11
  • 3 B Barrhead Travel logo Barrhead Travel 7
  • 4 H Hays Travel logo Hays Travel 5
  • 5 C Cabana logo Cabana 4
  • 6 T The Co-operative Travel logo The Co-operative Travel 4
  • 7 P Polka Dot Travel 3
  • 8 M Mersey Ferries logo Mersey Ferries 3
  • 9 N National Express West Midlands 3
  • 10 V Virgin Atlantic logo Virgin Atlantic 3
  • 11 P Premier Travel 2
  • 12 B Broadway Travel logo Broadway Travel 2
  • 13 T Travelbag 2
  • 14 P Portavadie 2
  • 15 B Box Office 2
  • 16 U Unity Link logo Unity Link 2
  • 17 M Manchester City 2
  • 18 T Thames Clippers logo Thames Clippers 2
  • 19 V VFS Global logo VFS Global 2
  • 20 R Ramsay World Travel 2
  • 21 B Belfast Welcome Centre 1
  • 22 C Caledonian Sleeper logo Caledonian Sleeper 1
  • 23 D Drivalia Car Hire Luton Airport 1
  • 24 M Moto Lancaster 1
  • 25 R Romford ROC 1
  • 26 F Focus Vehicle Rental 1
  • 27 T The Original Tour 1
  • 28 K Kendal Street 1
  • 29 E Earls Court 1
  • 30 M Moto Knutsford M6 Southbound 1
  • 31 A Al Habib Travel 1
  • 32 G Globe Holidays 1
  • 33 B Bedford Interchange 1
  • 34 A Arriva Yorkshire Limited 1
  • 35 O On the Beach Beds Limited logo On the Beach Beds Limited 1
  • 36 C Costa Del Maghaberry 1
  • 37 C Crowthorne Village Travel 1
  • 38 E Expedia 1
  • 39 T The Mersey Tunnel Tour 1
  • 40 J Just Caribbean 1
  • 41 C City Sightseeing Bute 1
  • 42 S South Ruislip Travel 1
  • 43 R Red Rose Travel logo Red Rose Travel 1
  • 44 L lastminute.com 1
  • 45 M My London 1
  • 46 S Skybreak 1
  • 47 C Cardiff Travelz Ltd 1
  • 48 C Clacton 1
  • 49 L Leicestershire Aero Club 1
  • 50 S Skelton Travel Services 1

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