Durham and Bishop Auckland Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

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. KFC and B&M Stores sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	K KFC	▲1	+19.3%
2	B B&M Stores	-	+19.0%
3	J JET	-	+16.7%
4	S Sainsbury's	▲1	+16.5%
5	B Boyes	▲1	+13.3%
6	C Co-op Food	-	+12.5%
7	H Home Bargains	▲2	+12.1%
8	B Boots	-	+10.7%
9	S Savers	▲3	+10.6%
10	S Specsavers	▲2	+7.9%
11	H Holland & Barrett	▲1	+2.7%
12	M McDonald's	-	+1.7%
13	T Tesco	-	-0.5%
14	N New Look	-	-0.9%
15	S Screwfix	-	-3.8%