Trends · data through September 2026

Airports in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 93 stores from 64 airport chains in the United Kingdom. London Stansted Airport grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Manchester Airport and Gatwick Airport.

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
64
Tracked stores
93
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked airport 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. London Stansted Airport and Manchester Airport sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L London Stansted Airport logo London Stansted Airport - +8.7%
2 M Manchester Airport logo Manchester Airport - +4.7%
3 G Gatwick Airport logo Gatwick Airport - -10.9%
4 B Birmingham Airport logo Birmingham Airport - -13.9%
  • Bristol Airport
  • Duty Free - London Stansted Airport
  • Edinburgh Airport
  • Gatwick Airport
  • Manchester Airport
  • Luton Airport
  • Glasgow Airport
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

93 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Bristol Airport (2)
  • Duty Free - London Stansted Airport (1)
  • Edinburgh Airport (2)
  • Gatwick Airport (4)
  • Manchester Airport (4)
  • Luton Airport (4)
  • Glasgow Airport (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B Birmingham Airport logo Birmingham Airport 6
  • 2 L London Stansted Airport logo London Stansted Airport 5
  • 3 G Gatwick Airport logo Gatwick Airport 4
  • 4 M Manchester Airport logo Manchester Airport 4
  • 5 L Luton Airport logo Luton Airport 4
  • 6 H Heathrow Airport 3
  • 7 H Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 2
  • 8 T Thomson 2
  • 9 L London Heathrow Airport 2
  • 10 H Heathrow T5 2
  • 11 L Leeds East Airport 2
  • 12 A Aberdeen Airport logo Aberdeen Airport 2
  • 13 B Bristol Airport 2
  • 14 L Leeds Bradford Airport logo Leeds Bradford Airport 2
  • 15 E Edinburgh Airport logo Edinburgh Airport 2
  • 16 H Humberside International Airport (HUY) 1
  • 17 C City of Derry Airport 1
  • 18 T Teesside International Airport 1
  • 19 H Heathrow Airport London 1
  • 20 C Cornwall Airport Newquay logo Cornwall Airport Newquay 1
  • 21 R Ryanair Training Centre 1
  • 22 P Premier Aviation 1
  • 23 S Stockport Airport 1
  • 24 H Heathrow Cargo Centre 1
  • 25 R RAF Northolt 1
  • 26 S Southampton Airport 1
  • 27 S Signature Flight Support logo Signature Flight Support 1
  • 28 A Arrivals Hall 1
  • 29 G Gate 28 1
  • 30 B Biggin Hill Airport 1
  • 31 C City Airport 1
  • 32 T Terminal 1 1
  • 33 I IFS Cloud Cable Car 1
  • 34 L London City logo London City 1
  • 35 F Fairoaks Airport 1
  • 36 G Gate 14 1
  • 37 S Station Taxis Skipton 1
  • 38 B Brighton City Airport 1
  • 39 E Ethiopian Airlines logo Ethiopian Airlines 1
  • 40 D Duty Free - London Stansted Airport 1
  • 41 G Glasgow Airport logo Glasgow Airport 1
  • 42 C Chichester/Goodwood Airport 1
  • 43 B Belfast City Airport logo Belfast City Airport 1
  • 44 G Glasgow Prestwick Airport logo Glasgow Prestwick Airport 1
  • 45 K KLM at Liverpool John Lennon Airport 1
  • 46 L London Southend Airport 1
  • 47 L Liverpool Airport logo Liverpool Airport 1
  • 48 B Birmingham International Airport logo Birmingham International Airport 1
  • 49 E East Midlands Airport logo East Midlands Airport 1
  • 50 E Exeter International Airport (EXT) 1

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