Trends · data through September 2026

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 1,545 stores from 1,068 Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains in the United Kingdom. The Olive Tree grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Brother Marcus and Istanbul Grill.

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
1,068
Tracked stores
1,545
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mediterranean & Middle Eastern 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. The Olive Tree and Brother Marcus sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Olive Tree ▲5 +18.7%
2 B Brother Marcus logo Brother Marcus ▲6 +15.4%
3 I Istanbul Grill ▲4 +13.2%
4 S Sadaf ▲4 +8.8%
5 C Charcoal Grill - +5.7%
6 K King Kebab ▲4 +4.3%
7 A Al Arez ▲1 +2.5%
8 T Turkish Delight ▲2 +2.0%
9 K Kebab King ▲5 +0.7%
10 S Sultan Sofrasi ▲3 0.0%
11 B Best Kebab - -1.2%
12 G German Doner Kebab logo German Doner Kebab - -1.6%
13 T Turkish Grill ▼1 -2.0%
14 K Kervan Sofrasi ▲1 -2.3%
15 I Istanbul Restaurant ▲2 -3.0%
  • German Doner Kebab
  • The Real Greek
  • Lido Troon
  • Franzos Isle of Sheppey
  • Shah's Halal Food
  • Aksular folkestone
  • Kervan Sofrasi
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,545 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • German Doner Kebab (135)
  • The Real Greek (24)
  • Lido Troon (1)
  • Franzos Isle of Sheppey (1)
  • Shah's Halal Food (7)
  • Aksular folkestone (1)
  • Kervan Sofrasi (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G German Doner Kebab logo German Doner Kebab 135
  • 2 C Charcoal Grill 33
  • 3 B Best Kebab 26
  • 4 T The Real Greek logo The Real Greek 24
  • 5 M Marmaris 15
  • 6 C Comptoir Libanais logo Comptoir Libanais 15
  • 7 M Megan's logo Megan's 13
  • 8 K King Kebab 12
  • 9 I Istanbul Restaurant 12
  • 10 K Kebab House 9
  • 11 O Ottolenghi logo Ottolenghi 8
  • 12 I Istanbul Grill 8
  • 13 T The Olive Tree 7
  • 14 S Shah's Halal Food logo Shah's Halal Food 7
  • 15 K Kebab King 7
  • 16 A Acropolis 6
  • 17 T Turkish Delight 6
  • 18 T Taka Taka 6
  • 19 C Cafe Andaluz logo Cafe Andaluz 6
  • 20 P Pilpel logo Pilpel 5
  • 21 T Turkish Grill 5
  • 22 T Turkish Kitchen 5
  • 23 M Mangal Express 4
  • 24 S Sultan 4
  • 25 C Crystal Kebab 4
  • 26 A Aspendos Restaurants 4
  • 27 S Sahara Grill 4
  • 28 S Shawarma King 4
  • 29 A Ali Baba Kebab House 4
  • 30 K Kervan Sofrasi 4
  • 31 B Brother Marcus logo Brother Marcus 3
  • 32 A A La Turka 3
  • 33 A Al Arez 3
  • 34 S Sadaf 3
  • 35 O Olive Tree Brasserie 3
  • 36 T Turquoise Kitchen 3
  • 37 S Sultan Sofrasi 3
  • 38 O Olive Tree 3
  • 39 W Woody Grill 3
  • 40 K Khyber Grill 3
  • 41 A Aksular Restaurant 3
  • 42 L Lebanese Grill 3
  • 43 P Persian kebab 3
  • 44 T Topkapi Palace 2
  • 45 S SMOQUE 2
  • 46 M Mangal Meze 2
  • 47 E Ego Mediterranean Restaurant and Bar logo Ego Mediterranean Restaurant and Bar 2
  • 48 S Shawarma Grill 2
  • 49 G Grilandia logo Grilandia 2
  • 50 T Tas Restaurant 2

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