Chain · United Kingdom · data through September 2026

B Build-A-Bear Workshop logo Build-A-Bear Workshop

Iceflower tracks 34 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #4 of 142 tracked UK toy store chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -19.1% over the last year.

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 stores
34
Regions
12
Category
Toy Store
Category rank
#4

Growth

Build-A-Bear Workshop against its category

The biggest tracked UK toy store chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Build-A-Bear Workshop's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 S Smyths Toys Superstores logo Smyths Toys Superstores -0.5%
2 T The Entertainer logo The Entertainer -1.7%
3 L LEGO logo LEGO +10.0%
4 B Build-A-Bear Workshop logo Build-A-Bear Workshop -19.1%
5 T Toytown logo Toytown -4.2%
6 H Hamley's -9.4%
7 T Toy Barnhaus logo Toy Barnhaus -
8 H Hamleys logo Hamleys -3.8%
9 S Smyths Toy Superstore -4.6%
10 D Dreams 2 Reality Competitions -2.9%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 116.2 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

34 tracked Build-A-Bear Workshop locations across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • South East 6
  • North West 5
  • London 4
  • Scotland 4
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 4
  • South West 3
  • East Midlands 2
  • West Midlands 2
  • East of England 1
  • North East 1
  • Northern Ireland 1
  • Wales 1

Customer overlap

Who shops at Build-A-Bear Workshop

Tracked chains Build-A-Bear Workshop customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

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