Trends · data through September 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Cardiff

Iceflower tracks 2,890 stores from 1,948 retail and consumer chains in Cardiff. Heron Foods grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sainsbury's and Esso.

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: 1,948
Tracked stores: 2,890
Consumer panel: 130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer 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. Heron Foods and Sainsbury's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	H Heron Foods	▲6	+19.7%
2	S Sainsbury's	▲2	+14.6%
3	E Esso	▲4	+13.5%
4	C Currys	▲3	+13.5%
5	L Londis	▲4	+13.0%
6	M Morrisons	-	+12.5%
7	S Screwfix	▲2	+12.2%
8	B Burger King	▲3	+11.6%
9	H Halfords	▲2	+11.6%
10	H Home Bargains	-	+11.4%
11	B B&M Stores	▲2	+11.3%
12	M M&S Simply Food	-	+9.7%
13	P Peacocks	▲3	+9.7%
14	S Superdrug	▲2	+9.0%
15	G Greggs	▲1	+8.8%

Store footprint

Store map

2,890 tracked store locations in Cardiff, colored by category group.

Food & Drink (1,059)
Grocery & Convenience (562)
Retail (430)
Other (274)
Leisure & Travel (234)
Health & Beauty (220)
Gas & Auto (109)
Insurance (2)

Top tracked chains by store count

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