Where coffee shop is growing in the UK
25,425 coffee shop outlets across 62 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 203, or 9.7 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 1,697 (27% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Westminster (+16).
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 coffee shop outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 203 | 26: Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Colicci, Costa Coffee, Benugo | 9.7 |
| 2 | City of Edinburgh | 102 | 11: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Black Sheep Coffee, Caffe Nero, Benugo | - |
| 3 | Birmingham | 94 | 13: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Insomnia Coffee, 200 Degrees Coffee | 0.8 |
| 4 | Manchester | 94 | 16: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, Bean | 1.6 |
| 5 | Camden | 89 | 17: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Benugo, Blank Street | 4.1 |
| 6 | Glasgow City | 89 | 12: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, Tinderbox Espresso | - |
| 7 | City of London | 85 | 17: Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, Costa Coffee, Blank Street | 56.3 |
| 8 | Leeds | 79 | 11: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Hotel Chocolat Cocoa Bar, Black Sheep Coffee | 0.9 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 77 | 15: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Bean, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee | 1.5 |
| 10 | Buckinghamshire | 59 | 9: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Esquires Coffee, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee | 1.0 |
| 11 | Belfast | 56 | 8: Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Bob & Berts, Ground Espresso Bars | - |
| 12 | Cheshire East | 55 | 10: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen, Pumpkin | 1.3 |
| 13 | Hillingdon | 54 | 7: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Black Sheep Coffee, Esquires Coffee | 1.6 |
| 14 | ONS area E06000066 | 53 | 7: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Coffee#1, Caffe Nero, Boston Tea Party | 0.9 |
| 15 | Bristol, City of | 50 | 13: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Coffee#1, Starbucks, Boston Tea Party | 1.0 |
| 16 | Kensington and Chelsea | 50 | 8: Benugo, Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Joe & The Juice, Blank Street | 3.5 |
| 17 | Cheshire West and Chester | 49 | 11: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, The Coffee House, 200 Degrees Coffee | 1.3 |
| 18 | Cardiff | 48 | 12: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Coffee#1, Caffe Nero, Coffi Co | 1.3 |
| 19 | ONS area E06000065 | 48 | 6: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Hotel Chocolat Cocoa Bar, Exchange Coffee | 0.8 |
| 20 | Sheffield | 47 | 7: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, 200 Degrees Coffee, Dunkin' | 0.8 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes | 44 | 8: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Benugo, Caffe Nero, Tim Hortons | 1.4 |
| 22 | Southwark | 44 | 14: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Starbucks, WatchHouse, Black Sheep Coffee | 1.4 |
| 23 | Wandsworth | 43 | 11: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Black Sheep Coffee, Starbucks, Blank Street | 1.3 |
| 24 | West Northamptonshire | 43 | 8: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Bewiched Coffee, Esquires Coffee, Coffee#1 | 1.0 |
| 25 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 42 | 6: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Coffee#1, Esquires Coffee | 1.0 |
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 shop outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | +16 | 187 | 203 | 203 |
| 2 | Manchester | +7 | 87 | 94 | 94 |
| 3 | Birmingham | +4 | 90 | 94 | 94 |
| 4 | City of London | +3 | 82 | 85 | 85 |
| 5 | Belfast | +3 | 53 | 56 | 56 |
| 6 | Kensington and Chelsea | +3 | 47 | 50 | 50 |
| 7 | Southwark | +3 | 41 | 44 | 44 |
| 8 | Peterborough | +3 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| 9 | City of Edinburgh | +2 | 100 | 102 | 102 |
| 10 | ONS area E06000065 | +2 | 46 | 48 | 48 |
| 11 | Milton Keynes | +2 | 42 | 44 | 44 |
| 12 | Hammersmith and Fulham | +2 | 36 | 38 | 38 |
| 13 | Lambeth | +2 | 34 | 36 | 36 |
| 14 | Nottingham | +2 | 33 | 35 | 35 |
| 15 | Newcastle upon Tyne | +2 | 33 | 35 | 35 |
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 Shop 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. 90 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 shop store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
Coffee Shop by sector
- Mass-market coffee chain5,415 outlets · 26 brands
- Premium coffee chain280 outlets · 5 brands
- Specialty coffee179 outlets · 18 brands
- Next-gen beverage121 outlets · 2 brands
- Value coffee121 outlets · 4 brands
How many coffee shop outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 25,425 branded coffee shop outlets from 62 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 203.
Which coffee shop brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Starbucks (+43), Black Sheep Coffee (+6) and The Coffee House (+5).
Which coffee shop brands have the most UK outlets?
Costa Express (19,115), Costa Coffee (2,687) and Starbucks (1,421), as at the November 2026 release.