Where artisan bakery is growing in the UK
307 artisan bakery outlets across 11 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 38, or 1.8 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 219 (73% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Kensington and Chelsea (+1).
Outlet and brand counts are the Data Store's: every brand on sale, with every outlet in its file. The local-area and growth tables count the trading outlets in h3hex's master dataset that map to a local area, so their totals can be lower.
Which local areas have the most artisan bakery outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 38 | 5: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, L'Eto, Paul, Peyton and Byrne | 1.8 |
| 2 | Camden | 29 | 6: Gail's Bakery, Paul, Fabrique, Euphorium, Ole & Steen | 1.3 |
| 3 | Kensington and Chelsea | 21 | 5: Gail's Bakery, Paul, Ole & Steen, Fabrique, L'Eto | 1.5 |
| 4 | Islington | 11 | 3: Gail's Bakery, Paul, Euphorium | 0.5 |
| 5 | Wandsworth | 11 | 4: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, Paul, Söderberg | 0.3 |
| 6 | Southwark | 10 | 4: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, Paul, Söderberg | 0.3 |
| 7 | Lambeth | 9 | 1: Gail's Bakery | 0.3 |
| 8 | Richmond upon Thames | 9 | 3: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, Paul | 0.5 |
| 9 | City of London | 8 | 3: Paul, Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen | 5.3 |
| 10 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 8 | 3: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, Paul | 0.4 |
| 11 | Tower Hamlets | 8 | 3: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, Paul | 0.2 |
| 12 | City of Edinburgh | 7 | 1: Söderberg | - |
| 13 | Brighton and Hove | 6 | 2: Gail's Bakery, The Flour Pot Bakery | 0.2 |
| 14 | Cardiff | 5 | 1: KIN+ILK | 0.1 |
| 15 | Greenwich | 5 | 3: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, Peyton and Byrne | 0.2 |
| 16 | Barnet | 4 | 1: Gail's Bakery | 0.1 |
| 17 | Hackney | 4 | 2: Gail's Bakery, Fabrique | 0.1 |
| 18 | Kingston upon Thames | 4 | 3: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, Paul | 0.2 |
| 19 | Oxford | 4 | 3: Gail's Bakery, Ole & Steen, Paul | 0.2 |
| 20 | Brent | 3 | 1: Gail's Bakery | 0.1 |
| 21 | Bristol, City of | 3 | 1: Gail's Bakery | 0.1 |
| 22 | Buckinghamshire | 3 | 1: Gail's Bakery | 0.1 |
| 23 | Cambridge | 3 | 1: Gail's Bakery | 0.2 |
| 24 | Cheshire East | 3 | 1: Gail's Bakery | 0.1 |
| 25 | Elmbridge | 3 | 1: Gail's Bakery | 0.2 |
Local areas are local authority districts. Brands present shows how many brands have an outlet there and the five with the most.
Which local areas added the most artisan bakery outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kensington and Chelsea | +1 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 2 | Islington | +1 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | Lambeth | +1 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Hammersmith and Fulham | +1 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Westminster | 0 | 38 | 38 | 38 |
| 6 | Camden | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| 7 | Wandsworth | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 8 | Richmond upon Thames | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | City of London | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Tower Hamlets | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 11 | City of Edinburgh | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | Greenwich | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Cardiff | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 14 | Southwark | -1 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| 15 | Brighton and Hove | -7 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
Net change in outlets for brands present in both releases, for local areas with at least 5 outlets in the sector. No brand in this sector is new to this release.
How these figures are made
Counts are h3hex's own store-by-store record of each brand's published UK locations for the brands listed in the Artisan bakery sector of the h3hex data store, November 2026 release (scrape window 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2026), page built 2026-11-12. Closed, pre-opening and head-office records are left out. 8 outlets with no mappable postcode are counted in the totals but not in the local-area tables. Net change compares this release with the 29 October 2026 edition of the same dataset and reflects openings and closures as well as improved coverage of each brand's own locator. Resident population is Census 2021 usual-resident population by output area, summed to local authority district through the ONS postcode-to-output-area lookup (May 2024). The population table does not join to the lookup for districts in Northern Ireland and Scotland, so outlets per 10,000 residents is shown as - for them.
Use the data
Prospect site reports assess a single address against these brands, and the data store sells the artisan bakery store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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How many artisan bakery outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 307 branded artisan bakery outlets from 11 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 38.
Which artisan bakery brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brand adding the most outlets was Gail's Bakery (+4).
Which artisan bakery brands have the most UK outlets?
Gail's Bakery (202), Paul (31) and Ole & Steen (26), as at the November 2026 release.