Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Cardiff

Iceflower tracks 430 stores from 275 retail chains in Cardiff. TK Maxx grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Currys and Screwfix.

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
275
Tracked stores
430
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. TK Maxx and Currys sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx ▲2 +18.7%
2 C Currys logo Currys - +12.0%
3 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - +10.7%
4 H Home Bargains - +9.9%
5 B B&M Stores logo B&M Stores - +9.8%
6 P Peacocks logo Peacocks - +8.3%
7 C Card Factory logo Card Factory - +5.4%
8 C CeX logo CeX - +3.5%
9 N Next logo Next ▲1 +1.3%
10 A Argos logo Argos - +1.2%
11 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home - +0.3%
12 M Matalan logo Matalan - +0.2%
13 S Savers logo Savers - -0.6%
14 R River Island logo River Island ▲1 -4.3%
15 P Poundstretcher logo Poundstretcher - -5.4%
  • Gift Shop
  • Hardware Store
  • Discount Store
  • Discount Off-Price Stores
  • Family & Value Apparel
  • Bookstore
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

430 tracked store locations in Cardiff, colored by category.

  • Gift Shop (32)
  • Hardware Store (31)
  • Discount Store (27)
  • Discount Off-Price Stores (23)
  • Family & Value Apparel (21)
  • Bookstore (20)
  • Home Improvement Center (20)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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