Chain · United Kingdom · data through July 2026

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

Iceflower tracks 31 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #4 of 106 tracked UK toy stores chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -0.1% 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
31
Regions
12
Category
Toy Store
Category rank
#4

Growth

Build-A-Bear Workshop against its category

The biggest tracked UK toy stores 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 Q1 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 S Smyths Toys Superstores logo Smyths Toys Superstores +0.2%
2 T The Entertainer -8.9%
3 L LEGO logo LEGO +12.8%
4 B Build-A-Bear Workshop logo Build-A-Bear Workshop -0.1%
5 T Toytown +0.9%
6 H Hamley's -
7 D Disney Store logo Disney Store +19.0%
8 H Hamleys -21.6%
9 S Smyths Toy Superstore +1.2%
10 T Toy Barnhaus +11.9%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 54.4 2024 Q1 2025 Q4

Store footprint

Store map

31 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 4
  • Scotland 4
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 4
  • London 3
  • South West 3
  • West Midlands 2
  • East Midlands 1
  • 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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