Trends · data through July 2026

Aquaria in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 30 stores from 25 aquaria chains in the United Kingdom.

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
25
Tracked stores
30
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked aquaria 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. SEA LIFE and World of Water sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S SEA LIFE - +13.0%
2 W World of Water - -3.5%
  • SEA LIFE
  • SEA LIFE Brighton
  • Blue Planet Aquarium
  • SEA LIFE Blackpool
  • Bristol Aquarium
  • SEA LIFE Manchester
  • The Deep Aquarium
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • SEA LIFE (3)
  • SEA LIFE Brighton (1)
  • Blue Planet Aquarium (1)
  • SEA LIFE Blackpool (1)
  • Bristol Aquarium (1)
  • SEA LIFE Manchester (1)
  • The Deep Aquarium (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S SEA LIFE 3
  • 2 W World of Water 3
  • 3 B Blue Reef Aquarium 2
  • 4 M Matlock Bath Aquarium 1
  • 5 I Ilfracombe Aquarium 1
  • 6 E Exploris Aquarium 1
  • 7 S Sealife Centre 1
  • 8 K Kidsgrove Tropicals 1
  • 9 H Hastings Aquarium 1
  • 10 N National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham 1
  • 11 S St. Andrews Aquarium 1
  • 12 S Sea Life Adventure 1
  • 13 T Tynemouth Aquarium 1
  • 14 N National Marine Aquarium 1
  • 15 L Lakes Aquarium 1
  • 16 S SEA LIFE Brighton 1
  • 17 D Deep Sea World 1
  • 18 S SEA LIFE London Aquarium 1
  • 19 B Blue Planet Aquarium 1
  • 20 O Oceanarium 1
  • 21 S Skegness Aquarium 1
  • 22 T The Deep Aquarium 1
  • 23 S SEA LIFE Manchester 1
  • 24 B Bristol Aquarium 1
  • 25 S SEA LIFE Blackpool 1

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