Chain · United Kingdom · data through September 2026

T The Dolphin

Iceflower tracks 40 The Dolphin stores across 9 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #78 of 16,710 tracked UK bars, pubs & breweries by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +16.8% 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
40
Regions
9
Category
Bars, Pubs & Breweries
Category rank
#78

Growth

The Dolphin against its category

The biggest tracked UK bars, pubs & breweries 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 The Dolphin's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 E Epworth House -
2 S Sovereigns -6.4%
3 T The Red Lion -2.6%
4 S Slug and Lettuce logo Slug and Lettuce +6.7%
5 T The Ivy +11.1%
6 O O'Neill's logo O'Neill's -0.1%
7 T The Royal Oak +5.4%
8 W Wetherspoon logo Wetherspoon +3.2%
9 Y YO! Waltham Abbey Tesco Kiosk -8.9%
10 T The White Horse +7.0%
78 T The Dolphin +16.8%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 137.7 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

40 tracked The Dolphin locations across 9 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • South East 14
  • South West 8
  • London 4
  • Scotland 4
  • West Midlands 3
  • East of England 2
  • North East 2
  • North West 2
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 1

Customer overlap

Who shops at The Dolphin

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

Y YO! Broadstairs Tesco Kiosk 73
T Tesco Cafe logo Tesco Cafe 27
C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food 17

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