Trends · data through July 2026

Discount Stores in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 3,970 stores from 234 discount stores chains in the United Kingdom. Poundstretcher grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Value 4 Money and Pound Plus Shop.

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
234
Tracked stores
3,970
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked discount stores chains

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. Poundstretcher and Value 4 Money sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Poundstretcher ▲1 +17.8%
2 V Value 4 Money - +12.8%
3 P Pound Plus Shop - +8.8%
4 Q Quality Discounts - +8.1%
5 S Sam 99p - +6.3%
6 S Savers - +5.1%
7 H Home Bargains - +4.8%
8 T The Works ▼1 +4.3%
9 B B&M - +4.1%
10 B Buyology ▲2 +3.3%
11 Q QD Stores - +3.0%
12 B B & M Stores - +0.2%
13 B B&M Stores - -1.6%
14 O OneBeyond ▼1 -6.1%
15 Q QD ▼1 -6.1%
  • Home Bargains
  • B&M Stores
  • Poundland
  • B&M
  • Savers
  • Poundstretcher
  • The Works
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

3,970 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Home Bargains (637)
  • B&M Stores (728)
  • Poundland (766)
  • B&M (35)
  • Savers (544)
  • Poundstretcher (316)
  • The Works (451)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Poundland logo Poundland 766
  • 2 B B&M Stores 728
  • 3 H Home Bargains 637
  • 4 S Savers 544
  • 5 T The Works 451
  • 6 P Poundstretcher 316
  • 7 T The Original Factory Shop 163
  • 8 B B&M 35
  • 9 Q Quality Discounts 22
  • 10 S Sam 99p 16
  • 11 B Bargain World 14
  • 12 Q QD Stores 8
  • 13 O OneBeyond 7
  • 14 G Gee Tee's 6
  • 15 V Value 4 Money 4
  • 16 B Buyology 4
  • 17 B B & M Stores 4
  • 18 P Pound Saver 3
  • 19 R Red Barn logo Red Barn 3
  • 20 P Pound Shop 3
  • 21 P Pound Plus Shop 3
  • 22 Q QD 3
  • 23 B Baileys 3
  • 24 P Pound Plus Store 3
  • 25 B Bargains Galore 2
  • 26 B Bonkers logo Bonkers 2
  • 27 P Poundbusters 2
  • 28 W Wilson's 2
  • 29 M Mighty Pound 2
  • 30 F Family Store 2
  • 31 B BJ's Value House 2
  • 32 P Pound Savers 2
  • 33 P Pound Craze 2
  • 34 D Darlington 2
  • 35 B B&M Bargains 2
  • 36 B B&M Store 2
  • 37 G Grand Bazaar 2
  • 38 A Argos Clearance Bargains 2
  • 39 B B&M Home Store 1
  • 40 P Premier Discounts 1
  • 41 H Home Direct 1
  • 42 S Sinclair General Stores 1
  • 43 B Bargain Vapes /Bargain centre 1
  • 44 T Thornbury Discounts 1
  • 45 P Pound Plus Hull 1
  • 46 N Nursery Lane Stores 1
  • 47 D Double Discount 1
  • 48 J Just a Pound 1
  • 49 S Super Pound Plus Store 1
  • 50 B Bada Bing Bada Boom 1

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