Trends · data through July 2026

Candy Shops in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 570 stores from 314 candy shops chains in the United Kingdom. Lindt grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Knoops and Roly's Fudge Pantry.

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
314
Tracked stores
570
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked candy shops 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. Lindt and Knoops sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Lindt - +19.5%
2 K Knoops - +15.2%
3 R Roly's Fudge Pantry - +13.0%
4 H Haribo - +3.3%
5 T The Sweet Shop ▲1 +2.0%
6 M Mansha Sweet Centre - +1.6%
7 T The Steamhouse ▲2 -4.6%
8 C Chococo - -10.8%
9 C Cadbury Outlet Shop - -11.0%
10 M Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe - -11.6%
11 A Ambala Foods - -12.4%
12 H Hotel Chocolat logo Hotel Chocolat - -13.1%
13 T The Sweet Emporium - -16.9%
14 N Nirala Sweets - -18.5%
15 T The Chocolate Box ▼2 -20.6%
  • Hotel Chocolat
  • Lindt
  • Haribo
  • Cadbury Outlet Shop
  • Ambala Foods
  • Nirala Sweets
  • Knoops
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Hotel Chocolat (126)
  • Lindt (24)
  • Haribo (9)
  • Cadbury Outlet Shop (15)
  • Ambala Foods (17)
  • Nirala Sweets (4)
  • Knoops (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Hotel Chocolat logo Hotel Chocolat 126
  • 2 L Lindt 24
  • 3 A Ambala Foods 17
  • 4 C Cadbury Outlet Shop 15
  • 5 T The Sweet Emporium 10
  • 6 H Haribo 9
  • 7 T Truffles 8
  • 8 K Knoops 6
  • 9 T The Chocolate Box 6
  • 10 M Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe 5
  • 11 T The Sweet Shop 4
  • 12 R Roly's Fudge Pantry 4
  • 13 C Chococo 4
  • 14 N Nirala Sweets 4
  • 15 B Bon Bon 3
  • 16 M Mansha Sweet Centre 3
  • 17 A Anand Sweets 3
  • 18 N Nawal 3
  • 19 T The Steamhouse 3
  • 20 B Banoful 3
  • 21 A Aarti Sweet Centre 2
  • 22 D Desi Sweet Centre 2
  • 23 S Sweet 2
  • 24 L La Maritxu 2
  • 25 O Oh So Sweet 2
  • 26 Y Young's Auld Sweetie Shop 2
  • 27 S Sweet Haven 2
  • 28 S SoSweet 2
  • 29 S Something Sweet 2
  • 30 Y Yum Yum Sweet Shop 2
  • 31 H Haribo Outlet 2
  • 32 P Prashad Sweets 2
  • 33 P Pooja Sweets & Savouries 2
  • 34 N Noor Mahal Sweets 2
  • 35 L Läderach logo Läderach 2
  • 36 P Panji Sweets & Savories 1
  • 37 A Addi Sweets 1
  • 38 M Mahavir Sweet Mart 1
  • 39 M Moffat Toffee Shop 1
  • 40 S Sweet Treats and Party Favours 1
  • 41 S Sweets Occasions 1
  • 42 M Montezuma's Chocolates 1
  • 43 D Dark Sugars Chocolates 1
  • 44 P Pistachio 1
  • 45 C Casablanca Cafe & Alauddin Sweets 1
  • 46 C Candy Melts 1
  • 47 P Pick & Mix Sweet Shop 1
  • 48 M Modhubon Sweets 1
  • 49 L Lolli and Pops logo Lolli and Pops 1
  • 50 R Radhe Sweet Mart & Caterers 1

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