Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Newcastle

Iceflower tracks 579 stores from 317 retail chains in Newcastle. VPZ grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Toolstation UK and TK Maxx.

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
317
Tracked stores
579
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. VPZ and Toolstation UK sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 V VPZ logo VPZ ▲1 +20.0%
2 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK - +19.3%
3 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx ▲2 +16.9%
4 A Argos logo Argos ▲1 +16.4%
5 P Pets at Home logo Pets at Home ▲2 +14.6%
6 S Screwfix logo Screwfix ▲1 +12.4%
7 H Home Bargains - +12.4%
8 W Waterstones logo Waterstones - +11.0%
9 S Savers logo Savers - +10.2%
10 W Wickes logo Wickes ▲1 +8.3%
11 H H&M logo H&M - +6.7%
12 T The Works logo The Works ▲1 +6.3%
13 S Smyths Toys Superstores logo Smyths Toys Superstores ▲1 +2.3%
14 M Matalan logo Matalan - +1.7%
15 C Card Factory logo Card Factory - +1.6%
  • Discount Store
  • Gift Shop
  • Discount Off-Price Stores
  • Pet Store
  • Bookstore
  • Hardware Store
  • Fast Fashion
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

579 tracked store locations in Newcastle, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (50)
  • Gift Shop (42)
  • Discount Off-Price Stores (36)
  • Pet Store (25)
  • Bookstore (25)
  • Hardware Store (24)
  • Fast Fashion (23)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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