Where bakery cafe is growing in the UK
201 bakery cafe outlets across 4 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Cornwall has the most, with 10, or 0.2 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 70 (47% of outlets with a mapped local area).
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 bakery cafe outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | 10 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.2 |
| 2 | ONS area E06000066 | 6 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.1 |
| 3 | Dorset | 4 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.1 |
| 4 | ONS area E06000065 | 4 | 2: Cornish Bakery, Muffin Break | 0.1 |
| 5 | Solihull | 4 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.2 |
| 6 | Medway | 3 | 1: Bakers + Baristas | 0.1 |
| 7 | Norwich | 3 | 2: Bakers + Baristas, Cornish Bakery | 0.2 |
| 8 | Belfast | 2 | 1: Muffin Break | - |
| 9 | Canterbury | 2 | 2: Bakers + Baristas, Cornish Bakery | 0.1 |
| 10 | Chelmsford | 2 | 2: Bakers + Baristas, Cornish Bakery | 0.1 |
| 11 | Cheltenham | 2 | 2: Cornish Bakery, Muffin Break | 0.2 |
| 12 | Cheshire West and Chester | 2 | 2: Bakers + Baristas, Muffin Break | 0.1 |
| 13 | Cotswold | 2 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.2 |
| 14 | Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 1: Cornish Bakery | - |
| 15 | East Suffolk | 2 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.1 |
| 16 | Exeter | 2 | 2: Cornish Bakery, Muffin Break | 0.1 |
| 17 | Fife | 2 | 1: Bakers + Baristas | - |
| 18 | Gloucester | 2 | 2: Bakers + Baristas, Cornish Bakery | 0.1 |
| 19 | Hastings | 2 | 2: Cornish Bakery, Muffin Break | 0.2 |
| 20 | Malvern Hills | 2 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.2 |
| 21 | ONS area E06000064 | 2 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.1 |
| 22 | Portsmouth | 2 | 1: Cornish Bakery | 0.1 |
| 23 | Reading | 2 | 2: Bakers + Baristas, Muffin Break | 0.1 |
| 24 | Sheffield | 2 | 2: Bakers + Baristas, Muffin Break | 0.0 |
| 25 | South Hams | 2 | 1: Cornish 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 bakery cafe outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | ONS area E06000066 | 0 | 6 | 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 Bakery cafe 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. 52 outlets with no mappable postcode are counted in the totals but not in the local-area tables. 4 districts created in 2023 are shown by their ONS code because the postcode lookup used here carries no name for them. 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 bakery cafe store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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- All Bakery & Deli2,010 outlets · 22 brands
- Doughnut & sweet treat specialist1,479 outlets · 4 brands
- Artisan bakery307 outlets · 11 brands
How many bakery cafe outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 201 branded bakery cafe outlets from 4 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Cornwall has the most, with 10.
Which bakery cafe brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Muffin Break (+3) and Cornish Bakery (+1).
Which bakery cafe brands have the most UK outlets?
Muffin Break (79), Cornish Bakery (77) and Bakers + Baristas (43), as at the November 2026 release.