Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 581 stores from 428 candy shop chains in the United Kingdom. Nirala Sweets grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Nawal and The Sweet Shop.

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
428
Tracked stores
581
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked candy shop 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. Nirala Sweets and Nawal sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Nirala Sweets - +11.1%
2 N Nawal ▲1 +10.6%
3 T The Sweet Shop ▲1 +2.9%
4 S Sweet Express - +2.6%
5 R Roly's Fudge Pantry logo Roly's Fudge Pantry ▲1 +0.1%
6 M Mansha Sweet Centre ▲1 -1.1%
7 S Sweet ▲3 -2.7%
8 L Lindt logo Lindt - -3.3%
9 A Anand Sweets ▲1 -7.0%
10 H Haribo logo Haribo - -7.9%
11 T The Chocolate Box - -11.0%
12 T The Sweet Emporium logo The Sweet Emporium - -13.3%
13 C Cadbury Outlet Shop - -15.3%
14 V Venchi logo Venchi ▼1 -20.4%
15 C Chococo logo Chococo - -25.5%
  • Lindt
  • Haribo
  • Cadbury Outlet Shop
  • Nirala Sweets
  • Sweet Express
  • Regal Sweet Mart & Restaurant
  • Pooja Sweets & Savouries
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Lindt (24)
  • Haribo (9)
  • Cadbury Outlet Shop (16)
  • Nirala Sweets (4)
  • Sweet Express (10)
  • Regal Sweet Mart & Restaurant (1)
  • Pooja Sweets & Savouries (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 L Lindt logo Lindt 24
  • 2 C Cadbury Outlet Shop 16
  • 3 R Roly's Fudge Pantry logo Roly's Fudge Pantry 13
  • 4 T The Sweet Emporium logo The Sweet Emporium 11
  • 5 S Sweet Express 10
  • 6 V Venchi logo Venchi 9
  • 7 H Haribo logo Haribo 9
  • 8 T The Sweet Shop 8
  • 9 T The Chocolate Box 7
  • 10 O Oliver's 7
  • 11 M Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe 6
  • 12 N Nirala Sweets 4
  • 13 B Banoful 4
  • 14 C Chococo logo Chococo 4
  • 15 S Sweet 3
  • 16 A Anand Sweets 3
  • 17 D Desi Sweet Centre 3
  • 18 M Mansha Sweet Centre 3
  • 19 B Bon Bon 3
  • 20 N Nawal 3
  • 21 M Mushtaq Sweet Centre 2
  • 22 L La Maritxu 2
  • 23 S Sweet Haven 2
  • 24 Y Yum Yum Sweet Shop 2
  • 25 I Ideal Sweets 2
  • 26 J John Bull 2
  • 27 N Nawal Pure Mithai 2
  • 28 S SoSweet logo SoSweet 2
  • 29 G Groves logo Groves 2
  • 30 Y Young's Auld Sweetie Shop 2
  • 31 L Leonidas logo Leonidas 2
  • 32 A Alauddin Sweets 2
  • 33 A Aarti Sweet Centre 2
  • 34 P Prashad Sweets 2
  • 35 S Stuzzi 2
  • 36 N Noor Mahal Sweets 2
  • 37 H Haribo Outlet logo Haribo Outlet 2
  • 38 P Pooja Sweets & Savouries logo Pooja Sweets & Savouries 2
  • 39 C Cocoa Mountain 2
  • 40 C Cornish Cream 2
  • 41 K Krishna Sweet Centre 1
  • 42 C Card & Candy Corner 1
  • 43 R Radhe Sweet Mart & Caterers 1
  • 44 E Ely Fudge Company logo Ely Fudge Company 1
  • 45 C Cocoba Chocolate Café 1
  • 46 P Pistachio 1
  • 47 M Milan Pure Vegetarian Sweet Centre 1
  • 48 C Crawford's 1
  • 49 S Siop Pen Gwyn 1
  • 50 G Golden Gate Cake Shop 1

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