Manchester 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. Slug and Lettuce and Club 3000 Bingo sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	S Slug and Lettuce	▲11	+19.7%
2	C Club 3000 Bingo	▲3	+19.6%
3	V Vision Express	▲6	+19.6%
4	C Costcutter	▲11	+18.6%
5	C Costa Express	▲4	+18.3%
6	M Morrisons	-	+17.6%
7	A adidas	▲3	+14.7%
8	G Go Local Extra	▲6	+13.9%
9	W Waterstones	▲5	+13.9%
10	M M&S Simply Food	▲2	+13.4%
11	P Post Office	▲1	+13.2%
12	C CeX	▲9	+13.1%
13	B Best-one	▲4	+13.1%
14	G Go Local	▲1	+12.2%
15	T The Entertainer	▲5	+11.9%