Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Chelmsford

Iceflower tracks 301 stores from 217 retail chains in Chelmsford. The Works grew fastest over the last year, ahead of toast and Savers.

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
217
Tracked stores
301
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. The Works and toast sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Works logo The Works - +19.7%
2 T toast ▲1 +10.9%
3 S Savers logo Savers ▲1 +2.4%
4 W Wickes logo Wickes - +2.2%
5 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx - +1.6%
6 C Card Factory logo Card Factory - +1.6%
7 W Waterstones logo Waterstones - +0.7%
8 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK - -2.9%
9 N Next logo Next ▲1 -3.2%
10 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home - -6.6%
11 A Argos logo Argos ▲1 -13.1%
12 S Screwfix logo Screwfix ▼1 -18.1%
13 J JD Sports logo JD Sports - -19.0%
14 S Sports Direct logo Sports Direct ▼1 -20.3%
15 W WHSmith logo WHSmith - -24.9%
  • Bookstore
  • Hardware Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Gift Shop
  • Discount Store
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Pet Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

301 tracked store locations in Chelmsford, colored by category.

  • Bookstore (21)
  • Hardware Store (19)
  • Specialty Store (18)
  • Gift Shop (18)
  • Discount Store (16)
  • Home Improvement Center (13)
  • Pet Store (13)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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