Chain · United Kingdom · data through July 2026

T Tesco logo Tesco

Iceflower tracks 3,025 Tesco stores across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #1 of 8,128 tracked UK grocery stores chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +0.2% 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
3,025
Regions
12
Category
Grocery Store
Category rank
#1

Growth

Tesco against its category

The biggest tracked UK grocery 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 Tesco's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q1 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 T Tesco logo Tesco +0.2%
2 A Asda logo Asda -6.4%
3 A ALDI logo ALDI +4.2%
4 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's -4.1%
5 L Lidl logo Lidl -2.1%
6 M Morrisons logo Morrisons +5.0%
7 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food +8.1%
8 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food -7.3%
9 W Waitrose & Partners logo Waitrose & Partners +2.3%
10 I Iceland -3.0%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 97.6 2024 Q1 2025 Q4

Store footprint

Store map

3,025 tracked Tesco locations across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • London 527
  • South East 471
  • North West 312
  • East of England 301
  • South West 288
  • Scotland 229
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 210
  • West Midlands 205
  • East Midlands 189
  • Wales 136
  • North East 74
  • Northern Ireland 73
  • Other 10

Customer overlap

Who shops at Tesco

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

A ALDI logo ALDI 100
M McDonald's logo McDonald's 87
L Lidl logo Lidl 43
G Greggs logo Greggs 42
S Starbucks logo Starbucks 40
O One Stop logo One Stop 37
S Subway logo Subway 33

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