Trends · data through September 2026

Hardware Stores in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 2,526 stores from 649 hardware store chains in the United Kingdom. MGM Timber grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Wolseley Plumb & Parts and Home Hardware.

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
649
Tracked stores
2,526
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked hardware store 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. MGM Timber and Wolseley Plumb & Parts sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M MGM Timber logo MGM Timber - +15.3%
2 W Wolseley Plumb & Parts logo Wolseley Plumb & Parts - +12.0%
3 H Home Hardware logo Home Hardware - +11.3%
4 B Buildbase logo Buildbase - +7.3%
5 P Proper Job logo Proper Job - +5.5%
6 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - +2.0%
7 W Wright's Home Hardware - +1.7%
8 B Brewers Decorator Centres logo Brewers Decorator Centres - +1.5%
9 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK - +0.1%
10 I In-Excess - -1.3%
11 N Nickel and Dime - -1.8%
12 T Toolstation logo Toolstation - -2.5%
13 R Robert Dyas logo Robert Dyas ▲1 -2.9%
14 W West End DIY logo West End DIY - -3.1%
15 B Bevans - -9.8%
  • Screwfix
  • Toolstation UK
  • Brewers Decorator Centres
  • Robert Dyas
  • Huws Gray
  • Toolstation
  • Buildbase
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,526 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Screwfix (895)
  • Toolstation UK (489)
  • Brewers Decorator Centres (120)
  • Robert Dyas (96)
  • Huws Gray (60)
  • Toolstation (69)
  • Buildbase (30)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Screwfix logo Screwfix 895
  • 2 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK 489
  • 3 B Brewers Decorator Centres logo Brewers Decorator Centres 120
  • 4 R Robert Dyas logo Robert Dyas 96
  • 5 T Toolstation logo Toolstation 69
  • 6 H Huws Gray logo Huws Gray 60
  • 7 B Buildbase logo Buildbase 30
  • 8 L Leyland SDM logo Leyland SDM 25
  • 9 P Proper Job logo Proper Job 16
  • 10 B Bevans 15
  • 11 H Home Hardware logo Home Hardware 8
  • 12 W Wright's Home Hardware 7
  • 13 M Machine Mart logo Machine Mart 7
  • 14 M MGM Timber logo MGM Timber 7
  • 15 W West End DIY logo West End DIY 6
  • 16 N Nickel and Dime 5
  • 17 W Wolseley Plumb & Parts logo Wolseley Plumb & Parts 5
  • 18 I In-Excess 5
  • 19 H Hurst 5
  • 20 A Austens Home Hardware 3
  • 21 C Champion Timber logo Champion Timber 3
  • 22 H Home Improvement Centre 3
  • 23 T The Hardware Stores 2
  • 24 D Decor Express 2
  • 25 G Grant & Stone 2
  • 26 H Handicentre 2
  • 27 R Romanys 2
  • 28 T Torne Valley logo Torne Valley 2
  • 29 B Bell Tools 2
  • 30 B Bradbury's 2
  • 31 P Pochin 2
  • 32 T The Door Store 2
  • 33 S Stermat Hardware 2
  • 34 Y Yesss Electrical logo Yesss Electrical 2
  • 35 H Handy Household logo Handy Household 1
  • 36 B Burhani Hardware 1
  • 37 E Else Discounts Ltd 1
  • 38 C Camberwell Superstores 1
  • 39 N New Local Tools 1
  • 40 P Pound Plus Xtra 1
  • 41 L Lowden Building Supplies 1
  • 42 P Park Hardware & DIY 1
  • 43 W Westhoughton Hardware 1
  • 44 M Micro DIY Trade Centre 1
  • 45 R Roys DIY 1
  • 46 D Dulwich DIY 1
  • 47 C Charles Dickens DIY 1
  • 48 L London Wholesale Diy Ltd 1
  • 49 A Andrew & Co 1
  • 50 P Plumbcity 1

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