Leeds 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. The Range and The Works sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	T The Range	▲4	+18.0%
2	T The Works	-	+16.8%
3	W WHSmith	▲5	+16.8%
4	B Burger King	▲6	+12.9%
5	S Schuh	▲3	+12.4%
6	S Smyths Toys Superstores	▲3	+11.4%
7	V Vision Express	▲2	+10.9%
8	W Wickes	▲2	+10.4%
9	M M&S Simply Food	▲3	+9.7%
10	P Post Office	▲2	+9.3%
11	S Specsavers	▲1	+7.8%
12	M Miller & Carter	-	+7.5%
13	E Esso	▲2	+7.0%
14	P Pret A Manger	▲1	+6.7%
15	G Greggs	▲1	+6.5%