Trends · data through September 2026

Sneakers & Athletic Brands in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 659 stores from 11 sneakers & athletic brands in the United Kingdom. adidas grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Foot Locker and PUMA.

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
11
Tracked stores
659
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sneakers & athletic brands

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. adidas and Foot Locker sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A adidas logo adidas - +14.1%
2 F Foot Locker logo Foot Locker - +10.2%
3 P PUMA logo PUMA - +6.6%
4 U Under Armour logo Under Armour - +1.2%
5 J JD Sports logo JD Sports - +0.9%
6 C Champion logo Champion - -6.0%
7 F Footasylum logo Footasylum - -6.3%
8 N Nike logo Nike - -10.4%
9 S size? logo size? - -17.9%
  • JD Sports
  • Nike
  • Footasylum
  • Foot Locker
  • adidas
  • Under Armour
  • New Balance
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • JD Sports (415)
  • Nike (46)
  • Footasylum (59)
  • Foot Locker (51)
  • adidas (17)
  • Under Armour (19)
  • New Balance (11)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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