Trends · data through September 2026

Thrift Stores in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 544 stores from 210 thrift stores in the United Kingdom. Farplace Animal Rescue grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and Red Brick Market.

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
210
Tracked stores
544
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked thrift stores

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. Farplace Animal Rescue and Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Farplace Animal Rescue logo Farplace Animal Rescue ▲1 +7.8%
2 C Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland logo Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland - +5.3%
3 R Red Brick Market ▲2 +2.6%
4 I Inspirations - +1.9%
5 T The Salvation Army logo The Salvation Army - +1.9%
6 C Cash Converters logo Cash Converters - -1.0%
7 S Sense logo Sense - -2.1%
8 T TRAID logo TRAID - -12.3%
9 C Cash Generator logo Cash Generator - -12.8%
10 H Headway logo Headway - -13.4%
11 B British Heart Foundation logo British Heart Foundation ▼1 -15.1%
12 A Age UK logo Age UK - -15.7%
13 Y Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR logo Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR - -17.0%
14 S Severn Hospice logo Severn Hospice ▼1 -18.8%
15 F Farplace Animal Rescue Charity Shop logo Farplace Animal Rescue Charity Shop - -19.5%
  • Cash Converters
  • Cash Generator
  • Sense
  • Cash Connectors
  • Age UK
  • Cash Shop
  • TRAID
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Cash Converters (94)
  • Cash Generator (22)
  • Sense (66)
  • Cash Connectors (2)
  • Age UK (9)
  • Cash Shop (2)
  • TRAID (13)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Cash Converters logo Cash Converters 94
  • 2 S Sense logo Sense 66
  • 3 C Cash Generator logo Cash Generator 22
  • 4 C Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland logo Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland 22
  • 5 T The Salvation Army logo The Salvation Army 22
  • 6 S Severn Hospice logo Severn Hospice 14
  • 7 F Farplace Animal Rescue logo Farplace Animal Rescue 13
  • 8 T TRAID logo TRAID 13
  • 9 B Break 12
  • 10 A Age UK logo Age UK 9
  • 11 B British Heart Foundation logo British Heart Foundation 7
  • 12 F Farleigh Hospice 5
  • 13 H Headway logo Headway 5
  • 14 S Scope Charity Shop logo Scope Charity Shop 5
  • 15 Y Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR logo Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR 3
  • 16 W Willen Hospice 3
  • 17 T The Attic 3
  • 18 I Inspirations 3
  • 19 T Treetops Hospice 3
  • 20 F Farplace Animal Rescue Charity Shop logo Farplace Animal Rescue Charity Shop 3
  • 21 B Blue Cross charity shop logo Blue Cross charity shop 3
  • 22 R Ramsdens logo Ramsdens 3
  • 23 R Red Brick Market 3
  • 24 T The Bargain Store 2
  • 25 S Shooting Star Children's Hospices 2
  • 26 P Petticoat Lane Emporium 2
  • 27 F FNH Charity Shop 2
  • 28 B Bury Hospice 2
  • 29 J Just Between Friends logo Just Between Friends 2
  • 30 P Penny Lane 2
  • 31 M Maidstone Market logo Maidstone Market 2
  • 32 P Prospect Hospice 2
  • 33 B Bargain Basket 2
  • 34 S St. Oswald's Hospice Charity Shop logo St. Oswald's Hospice Charity Shop 2
  • 35 C Cash Connectors 2
  • 36 S St Oswald's Hospice Charity Shop logo St Oswald's Hospice Charity Shop 2
  • 37 B BARK logo BARK 2
  • 38 C Cash Shop 2
  • 39 H H&T Pawnbrokers logo H&T Pawnbrokers 2
  • 40 T Tŷ Hafan logo Tŷ Hafan 2
  • 41 C Cash Generator Midlands 2
  • 42 N Nottinghamshire Hospice 2
  • 43 V Value Village logo Value Village 2
  • 44 S Spotted Radcliffe Market Hall 1
  • 45 C Climate Shop 1
  • 46 M macsh 1
  • 47 F Fara 1
  • 48 A Afro Caribbean Food Market 1
  • 49 F Friends of Arc 1
  • 50 V Vulgar 1

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