Where coffee & café is growing in the UK
6,267 coffee & café branded outlets across 64 brands are tracked in the UK in the November 2026 release. Westminster has the most, with 186, or 8.9 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 1,664 (27% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Westminster (+15).
Which local areas have the most coffee & café outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 186 | 25: Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Colicci, Costa Coffee, Joe & The Juice | 8.9 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 101 | 13: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Chaiiwala, Caffe Nero, Insomnia Coffee | 0.9 |
| 3 | City of Edinburgh | 101 | 10: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Black Sheep Coffee, Caffe Nero, Söderberg | - |
| 4 | Manchester | 97 | 16: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, Bean | 1.6 |
| 5 | Glasgow City | 84 | 11: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, Tinderbox Espresso | - |
| 6 | City of London | 81 | 15: Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, Costa Coffee, Blank Street | 53.6 |
| 7 | Camden | 80 | 16: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Blank Street, Black Sheep Coffee | 3.7 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 80 | 16: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Bean, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee | 1.6 |
| 9 | Leeds | 76 | 10: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, 200 Degrees Coffee | 0.9 |
| 10 | Buckinghamshire | 60 | 9: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Esquires Coffee, Caffe Nero, Chaiiwala | 1.0 |
| 11 | Hillingdon | 56 | 7: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Chaiiwala, Black Sheep Coffee | 1.7 |
| 12 | Belfast | 55 | 8: Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Bob & Berts, Ground Espresso Bars | - |
| 13 | Cheshire East | 53 | 9: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen, The Coffee House | 1.3 |
| 14 | Cardiff | 52 | 12: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Coffee#1, KIN+ILK, Caffe Nero | 1.4 |
| 15 | ONS area E06000066 | 52 | 6: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Coffee#1, Caffe Nero, Boston Tea Party | 0.9 |
| 16 | Bristol, City of | 51 | 13: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Coffee#1, Starbucks, Boston Tea Party | 1.0 |
| 17 | Cheshire West and Chester | 49 | 11: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, The Coffee House, 200 Degrees Coffee | 1.3 |
| 18 | ONS area E06000065 | 49 | 7: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms, Exchange Coffee | 0.8 |
| 19 | Sheffield | 48 | 8: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, 200 Degrees Coffee, Chaiiwala | 0.8 |
| 20 | Southwark | 45 | 15: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Starbucks, WatchHouse, Black Sheep Coffee | 1.4 |
| 21 | Wandsworth | 44 | 12: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, Starbucks, Blank Street | 1.3 |
| 22 | West Northamptonshire | 44 | 8: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Bewiched Coffee, Chaiiwala, Esquires Coffee | 1.0 |
| 23 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 41 | 5: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Coffee#1, Esquires Coffee | 1.0 |
| 24 | Milton Keynes | 40 | 7: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Tim Hortons, Bewiched Coffee | 1.3 |
| 25 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 39 | 14: Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Costa Coffee, AMT Coffee, Black Sheep Coffee | 2.1 |
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 coffee & café outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | +15 | 171 | 186 | 186 |
| 2 | Manchester | +8 | 89 | 97 | 97 |
| 3 | Birmingham | +4 | 97 | 101 | 101 |
| 4 | Kensington and Chelsea | +4 | 32 | 36 | 36 |
| 5 | City of London | +3 | 78 | 81 | 81 |
| 6 | Southwark | +3 | 42 | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Peterborough | +3 | 21 | 24 | 24 |
| 8 | City of Edinburgh | +2 | 99 | 101 | 101 |
| 9 | Belfast | +2 | 53 | 55 | 55 |
| 10 | Bristol, City of | +2 | 49 | 51 | 51 |
| 11 | ONS area E06000065 | +2 | 47 | 49 | 49 |
| 12 | Milton Keynes | +2 | 38 | 40 | 40 |
| 13 | Hammersmith and Fulham | +2 | 37 | 39 | 39 |
| 14 | Nottingham | +2 | 35 | 37 | 37 |
| 15 | Newcastle upon Tyne | +2 | 32 | 34 | 34 |
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 Coffee & café sector of the h3hex data store, November 2026 release (scrape window 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2026), page built 2026-11-06. Closed, pre-opening and head-office records are left out. 141 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 coffee & café store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.