Trends · data through July 2026

Specialty Stores in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 2,074 stores from 1,133 specialty stores chains in the United Kingdom. The Vineyard grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Strikes Garden Centre and Yankee Candle.

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
1,133
Tracked stores
2,074
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked specialty 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. The Vineyard and Strikes Garden Centre sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Vineyard ▲1 +17.2%
2 S Strikes Garden Centre ▲2 +14.4%
3 Y Yankee Candle logo Yankee Candle - +12.8%
4 H Haskins Garden Centre - +12.2%
5 C Caulders Garden Centre ▲1 +11.8%
6 P Plants Galore ▲3 +10.5%
7 S Squire's Garden Centres - +8.6%
8 S Semichem ▲1 +5.6%
9 W World Duty Free logo World Duty Free - +5.2%
10 A Aelia Duty Free logo Aelia Duty Free ▲1 +4.2%
11 C Clarins Boots ▲1 +3.2%
12 S Simon Charles Auctioneers - +1.6%
13 N Notcutts Garden Centre - +0.8%
14 B Brookside Garden Centre ▲1 +0.4%
15 P Palmers Garden Centre ▼1 +0.4%
  • World Duty Free
  • Boots Hearingcare
  • The Perfume Shop
  • Cardzone
  • The Fragrance Shop
  • Clarins Boots
  • Dobbies
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,074 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • World Duty Free (27)
  • Boots Hearingcare (42)
  • The Perfume Shop (155)
  • Cardzone (72)
  • The Fragrance Shop (129)
  • Clarins Boots (17)
  • Dobbies (69)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Perfume Shop 155
  • 2 T The Fragrance Shop 129
  • 3 B Bodycare 122
  • 4 C Cardzone 72
  • 5 D Dobbies 69
  • 6 S Semichem 62
  • 7 B Boots Hearingcare 42
  • 8 B British Garden Centres 39
  • 9 Y Yankee Candle logo Yankee Candle 28
  • 10 W World Duty Free logo World Duty Free 27
  • 11 H Hillier Garden Centre 21
  • 12 C Clarins Boots 17
  • 13 S Squire's Garden Centres 16
  • 14 N Notcutts Garden Centre 11
  • 15 D Dulux Decorator Centre 8
  • 16 T The Paint Shed 7
  • 17 C Caulders Garden Centre 7
  • 18 T The Vineyard 7
  • 19 P Palmers 5
  • 20 E Eco Vape 5
  • 21 N Newbank Garden Centre 5
  • 22 W Wyevale Garden Centres 5
  • 23 P Plants Galore 5
  • 24 V VapeHQ 4
  • 25 B Brewers 4
  • 26 H Haskins Garden Centre 4
  • 27 A Aelia Duty Free logo Aelia Duty Free 3
  • 28 S Simon Charles Auctioneers 3
  • 29 B Brookside Garden Centre 3
  • 30 P Palmers Garden Centre 3
  • 31 K Klondyke Garden Centre 3
  • 32 S Strikes Garden Centre 3
  • 33 O Otter Nurseries 3
  • 34 W Whitehall Garden Centre 3
  • 35 C Champion Timber 3
  • 36 S Seasons Garden Centre 3
  • 37 C Castle Nurseries 2
  • 38 C Charlies Stores 2
  • 39 P Pennells Garden Centre 2
  • 40 B Beetham Nurseries 2
  • 41 B Blackbrooks Garden Centre 2
  • 42 G Garforth Garden Centre 2
  • 43 D Diamond Vapes 2
  • 44 G Guitar Guitar logo Guitar Guitar 2
  • 45 W Wyevale Garden Centre 2
  • 46 C Creative Gardens 2
  • 47 L Longacres Garden Centre logo Longacres Garden Centre 2
  • 48 S Simpsons Garden Centre 2
  • 49 P PaintWell 2
  • 50 F Fairways Garden Centre 2

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