Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Chester

Iceflower tracks 250 stores from 176 retail chains in Chester. Argos grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bevans and Tesco Mobile.

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
176
Tracked stores
250
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. Argos and Bevans sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Argos - +17.2%
2 B Bevans - +12.2%
3 T Tesco Mobile - +5.1%
4 S Screwfix logo Screwfix ▲1 -1.7%
5 S Savers ▼1 -1.9%
6 J JD Sports logo JD Sports - -5.1%
7 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home ▲2 -6.5%
8 N Next - -6.9%
9 H Home Bargains - -7.3%
10 T The Entertainer - -8.3%
11 R River Island logo River Island - -9.7%
12 P Peacocks - -11.0%
13 B B&M Stores - -11.7%
14 C Card Factory - -12.3%
15 T Toolstation UK ▲1 -14.6%
  • Clothing Store
  • Discount Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Shoe Store
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Bookstore
  • Hardware Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

250 tracked store locations in Chester, colored by category.

  • Clothing Store (55)
  • Discount Store (27)
  • Specialty Store (20)
  • Shoe Store (17)
  • Sporting Goods Store (16)
  • Bookstore (11)
  • Hardware Store (11)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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