Trends · data through July 2026

Hospitals in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 367 stores from 347 hospitals chains in the United Kingdom. Southampton General Hospital grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Medway Maritime Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

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
347
Tracked stores
367
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked hospitals 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. Southampton General Hospital and Medway Maritime Hospital sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Southampton General Hospital - +2.2%
2 M Medway Maritime Hospital - -8.2%
3 Q Queen Elizabeth Hospital - -12.0%
  • Royal Derby Hospital
  • Ysbyty Eryri
  • Royal Free Hospital London
  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
  • Northolt Road
  • Cardio
  • Queen's Hospital
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

367 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Royal Derby Hospital (1)
  • Ysbyty Eryri (1)
  • Royal Free Hospital London (1)
  • University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (1)
  • Northolt Road (1)
  • Cardio (1)
  • Queen's Hospital (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Q Queen Elizabeth Hospital 4
  • 2 S St Mary's Hospital 3
  • 3 S Southampton General Hospital 3
  • 4 M Medway Maritime Hospital 3
  • 5 Y York Hospital logo York Hospital 2
  • 6 S St Lukes 2
  • 7 Y York Teaching Hospital 2
  • 8 N North Bristol NHS Trust 2
  • 9 G Grimsby Hospital 2
  • 10 T The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice 2
  • 11 J James Cook University Hospital 2
  • 12 Q Queen Alexandra Hospital 2
  • 13 A Aintree University Hospital 2
  • 14 W Walsall Manor Hospital 2
  • 15 Q Queen's Hospital 2
  • 16 B Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1
  • 17 J John Radcliffe Hospital 1
  • 18 S Springfield Hospital 1
  • 19 W Woodland Hospital 1
  • 20 G Glangwili General Hospital 1
  • 21 E ENT Sheffield 1
  • 22 R Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford 1
  • 23 W Withybush General Hospital 1
  • 24 B Bupa Cromwell Hospital 1
  • 25 I Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 1
  • 26 F Fazakerley Hospital 1
  • 27 G Guild Park 1
  • 28 M MS Centre Stacy Bushes 1
  • 29 S St Andrew's Healthcare 1
  • 30 5 5 Devonshire Street 1
  • 31 R Royal Hallamshire Hospital 1
  • 32 R Royal Hampshire County Hospital 1
  • 33 R Royal Free Hospital 1
  • 34 H Hoylake Cottage Care Home 1
  • 35 W West Suffolk Hospital 1
  • 36 L Leeds Teaching Hospital Charitable Foundation 1
  • 37 R Russells Hall Hospital 1
  • 38 C Chase Farm Hospital 1
  • 39 L Lyppard Grange Medical Centre 1
  • 40 T The New Forest 1
  • 41 T The Hathersage Centre 1
  • 42 U University Hospital of North Durham 1
  • 43 E Ealing Hospital 1
  • 44 M Milton Keynes Hospital A&E 1
  • 45 R Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital 1
  • 46 N Neath Port Talbot Hospital 1
  • 47 S Saint Mary's Community Health Campus 1
  • 48 B Birmingham Heartlands Hospital 1
  • 49 M Moorfields Eye Hospital 1
  • 50 R Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton 1

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