Chester Retail & Consumer Trends 2026: Growth Rankings

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. Co-op Food and The Entertainer sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	C Co-op Food	▲1	+13.6%
2	T The Entertainer	▲5	+11.1%
3	G Greggs	▲2	+8.0%
4	R River Island	▲1	+7.0%
5	H Home Bargains	-	+6.6%
6	E Esso	▲4	+4.8%
7	N New Look	▲2	+4.6%
8	M McDonald's	-	+4.4%
9	S Shell	▲1	+4.4%
10	B Bargain Booze	▲2	+3.8%
11	C Costco	-	+3.3%
12	S Superdrug	▲2	+2.0%
13	M M&S Simply Food	-	+2.0%
14	S Sainsbury's	-	+1.9%
15	B Boots	-	+1.6%