November 2026 release · scrape window 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2026

Where beauty is growing in the UK

3,187 beauty outlets across 24 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 75, or 3.6 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 905 (29% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in City of Edinburgh (+8).

Branded outlets tracked3,187in the Data Store

Brands24on sale in the Data Store

Local areas345with at least one outlet

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.

Most outlets

Which local areas have the most beauty outlets?

#	Local area	Outlets	Brands present	Per 10,000 residents
1	Westminster	75	21: Benefit Cosmetics, Clarins, Aesop, Townhouse, Charlotte Tilbury	3.6
2	Glasgow City	65	18: Clarins, Superdrug, Benefit Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Sally Beauty	-
3	City of Edinburgh	60	20: Superdrug, Clarins, Benefit Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Jo Malone London	-
4	Manchester	44	20: Superdrug, Jo Malone London, MAC Cosmetics, Molton Brown, Bobbi Brown	0.7
5	Birmingham	43	17: Superdrug, Benefit Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, The Fragrance Shop, Bobbi Brown	0.4
6	Leeds	43	19: Superdrug, Clarins, Benefit Cosmetics, Jo Malone London, MAC Cosmetics	0.5
7	Liverpool	43	17: Superdrug, Clarins, Benefit Cosmetics, Jo Malone London, MAC Cosmetics	0.8
8	Sheffield	38	18: Superdrug, Benefit Cosmetics, Clarins, The Perfume Shop, MAC Cosmetics	0.7
9	Hammersmith and Fulham	37	20: MAC Cosmetics, Superdrug, Benefit Cosmetics, Bobbi Brown, Headmasters	2.0
10	Newcastle upon Tyne	33	17: Clarins, Benefit Cosmetics, Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone London, MAC Cosmetics	1.0
11	Wandsworth	33	17: Superdrug, Headmasters, Aesop, Benefit Cosmetics, Jo Malone London	1.0
12	Kensington and Chelsea	32	12: Townhouse, Aesop, Charlotte Tilbury, Clarins, Le Labo	2.2
13	Newham	31	15: Superdrug, Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone London, The Perfume Shop, Benefit Cosmetics	0.8
14	Belfast	30	15: Superdrug, Benefit Cosmetics, Clarins, Molton Brown, Jo Malone London	-
15	Cheshire West and Chester	29	16: Clarins, Charlotte Tilbury, MAC Cosmetics, Superdrug, Benefit Cosmetics	0.8
16	York	29	17: Clarins, Benefit Cosmetics, Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone London, MAC Cosmetics	1.4
17	Camden	28	13: Superdrug, Aesop, Space NK, Benefit Cosmetics, Charlotte Tilbury	1.3
18	Dartford	28	16: Clarins, Benefit Cosmetics, Bobbi Brown, MAC Cosmetics, Jo Malone London	2.2
19	Milton Keynes	27	17: Clarins, Superdrug, Benefit Cosmetics, Jo Malone London, MAC Cosmetics	0.9
20	Trafford	27	15: Superdrug, Benefit Cosmetics, Bobbi Brown, Clarins, Jo Malone London	1.1
21	Barnet	26	13: Clarins, Benefit Cosmetics, Superdrug, Jo Malone London, MAC Cosmetics	0.6
22	Brighton and Hove	26	18: Superdrug, Jo Malone London, Lush, MAC Cosmetics, Aesop	0.9
23	Bromley	26	16: Superdrug, Headmasters, Benefit Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Sally Beauty	0.8
24	Gateshead	26	16: Benefit Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, The Perfume Shop, Clarins, Jo Malone London	1.3
25	Kingston upon Thames	26	16: Clarins, Benefit Cosmetics, Headmasters, Superdrug, Bobbi Brown	1.5

Local areas are local authority districts. Brands present shows how many brands have an outlet there and the five with the most.

Fastest growing

Which local areas added the most beauty outlets?

#	Local area	Net change	Previous release	This release	All outlets now
1	City of Edinburgh	+8	45	53	60
2	Bristol, City of	+5	16	21	21
3	Leeds	+4	35	39	43
4	Hammersmith and Fulham	+4	31	35	37
5	Liverpool	+3	37	40	43
6	York	+3	24	27	29
7	Trafford	+3	22	25	27
8	Barnet	+3	23	26	26
9	Guildford	+3	15	18	19
10	Leicester	+3	15	18	18
11	Derby	+3	13	16	16
12	Glasgow City	+2	60	62	65
13	Manchester	+2	35	37	44
14	Sheffield	+2	34	36	38
15	Newcastle upon Tyne	+2	28	30	33

Net change in outlets for brands present in both releases, for local areas with at least 5 outlets in the sector. 4 brands in this sector first appear in this release and are left out of the growth table, so that adding a brand to the data is never counted as an area growing.

Method

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 Beauty 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. 22 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.

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Use the data

Prospect site reports assess a single address against these brands, and the data store sells the beauty store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.

Sectors in Beauty

Beauty by sector

Prestige beauty1,266 outlets · 11 brands
Mass-market beauty1,174 outlets · 4 brands
Fragrance specialists574 outlets · 5 brands
Hair & beauty salons133 outlets · 3 brands

How many beauty outlets are there in the UK?

h3hex tracks 3,187 branded beauty outlets from 24 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 75.

Which beauty brands are growing?

Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were MAC Cosmetics (+106), Jo Malone London (+38) and Rituals (+8).

Which beauty brands have the most UK outlets?

Superdrug (756), Clarins (330) and Benefit Cosmetics (215), as at the November 2026 release.