Chain · United Kingdom · data through September 2026

B Buildbase logo Buildbase

Iceflower tracks 30 Buildbase stores across 9 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #7 of 649 tracked UK hardware store chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +7.3% 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
30
Regions
9
Category
Hardware Store
Category rank
#7

Growth

Buildbase against its category

The biggest tracked UK hardware 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 Buildbase's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 S Screwfix logo Screwfix +2.0%
2 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK +0.1%
3 B Brewers Decorator Centres logo Brewers Decorator Centres +1.5%
4 R Robert Dyas logo Robert Dyas -2.9%
5 H Huws Gray logo Huws Gray -28.9%
6 T Toolstation logo Toolstation -2.5%
7 B Buildbase logo Buildbase +7.3%
8 P Proper Job logo Proper Job +5.5%
9 C Cannock Gates -9.6%
10 R RestoWarehouse Larne +8.5%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 83.0 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

30 tracked Buildbase locations across 9 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • East Midlands 9
  • South East 6
  • East of England 3
  • London 3
  • North West 3
  • Scotland 2
  • West Midlands 2
  • South West 1
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 1

Customer overlap

Who shops at Buildbase

Tracked chains Buildbase 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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