Trends · data through September 2026

Department Stores in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 1,050 stores from 189 department stores in the United Kingdom. Dunnes Stores grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Simons and Marks and Spencer.

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 chains
189
Tracked stores
1,050
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked department stores

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Dunnes Stores and Simons sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dunnes Stores logo Dunnes Stores - +19.8%
2 S Simons - +16.8%
3 M Marks and Spencer logo Marks and Spencer ▲1 +14.3%
4 R Roys logo Roys - +14.3%
5 M Marks & Spencer logo Marks & Spencer - +11.2%
6 M Menarys - +10.0%
7 H Hoopers - +9.5%
8 A Argos logo Argos - +6.9%
9 Y Yorkshire Trading Company logo Yorkshire Trading Company - +5.6%
10 B Boundary Outlet - +5.4%
11 J John Lewis & Partners logo John Lewis & Partners - +3.4%
12 M Morleys ▲1 -1.0%
13 H House of Fraser logo House of Fraser - -6.2%
14 T Trago Mills logo Trago Mills - -7.0%
15 L Leekes logo Leekes ▼2 -18.4%
  • Argos
  • John Lewis
  • Marks & Spencer
  • House of Fraser
  • M&S
  • Dunnes Stores
  • John Lewis & Partners
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,050 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Argos (677)
  • John Lewis (47)
  • Marks & Spencer (10)
  • House of Fraser (30)
  • M&S (14)
  • Dunnes Stores (13)
  • John Lewis & Partners (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Argos logo Argos 677
  • 2 J John Lewis logo John Lewis 47
  • 3 H House of Fraser logo House of Fraser 30
  • 4 M Menarys 17
  • 5 M M&S 14
  • 6 D Dunnes Stores logo Dunnes Stores 13
  • 7 M Marks & Spencer logo Marks & Spencer 10
  • 8 Y Yorkshire Trading Company logo Yorkshire Trading Company 8
  • 9 C Charlies 8
  • 10 M Marks and Spencer logo Marks and Spencer 8
  • 11 R Roys logo Roys 6
  • 12 L Leekes logo Leekes 6
  • 13 J John Lewis & Partners logo John Lewis & Partners 4
  • 14 M Morleys 4
  • 15 N Next Outlet logo Next Outlet 4
  • 16 B Bradbeers 4
  • 17 H Hoopers 3
  • 18 W Wyse Byse 3
  • 19 B Boundary Outlet 3
  • 20 N Nicholls 3
  • 21 T Trago Mills logo Trago Mills 3
  • 22 S Simons 3
  • 23 D Dalston Department Store 2
  • 24 C Crawfords 2
  • 25 B Barkers 2
  • 26 H Heatons logo Heatons 2
  • 27 B Beales logo Beales 2
  • 28 A Argos South Woodford 1
  • 29 A Argos South Ealing 1
  • 30 A Argos Gainsborough 1
  • 31 A Anji's Emporium 1
  • 32 C Clares Department Store 1
  • 33 A Alexanders of Markethill Gift Store 1
  • 34 W W & J Walker 1
  • 35 O Oldrids & Downtown logo Oldrids & Downtown 1
  • 36 T Trading 4U 1
  • 37 W Woodsides 1
  • 38 C Clarins Fenwick Colchester 1
  • 39 M Morris Brothers 1
  • 40 G Goulds 1
  • 41 T The Pantechnicon 1
  • 42 L Latham's 1
  • 43 T Townrow Frinton 1
  • 44 L Lytton & Co 1
  • 45 H Holyhead Argos 1
  • 46 A Argos Penrith logo Argos Penrith 1
  • 47 A Argos Denton 1
  • 48 D Downtown Store 1
  • 49 A Argos Pinner in Sainsbury's 1
  • 50 A Argos Falmouth in Sainsbury's 1

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