Where decorator centre is growing in the UK
624 decorator centre outlets across 3 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has the most, with 8, or 0.2 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 126 (20% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in North Lanarkshire (+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 decorator centre outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 8 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.2 |
| 2 | North Northamptonshire | 7 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.2 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 6 | 3: Dulux Decorator Centre, Crown Decorating Centres, Brewers Decorator Centres | 0.1 |
| 4 | Cornwall | 6 | 3: Dulux Decorator Centre, Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres | 0.1 |
| 5 | ONS area E06000066 | 6 | 3: Dulux Decorator Centre, Crown Decorating Centres, Brewers Decorator Centres | 0.1 |
| 6 | Brighton and Hove | 5 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.2 |
| 7 | Buckinghamshire | 5 | 2: Brewers Decorator Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.1 |
| 8 | Cherwell | 5 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre, Crown Decorating Centres | 0.3 |
| 9 | Cheshire East | 5 | 2: Brewers Decorator Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.1 |
| 10 | Dudley | 5 | 3: Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre, Brewers Decorator Centres | 0.2 |
| 11 | Glasgow City | 5 | 2: Dulux Decorator Centre, Crown Decorating Centres | - |
| 12 | Leeds | 5 | 3: Dulux Decorator Centre, Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres | 0.1 |
| 13 | Liverpool | 5 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre, Crown Decorating Centres | 0.1 |
| 14 | Milton Keynes | 5 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.2 |
| 15 | North Lanarkshire | 5 | 2: Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | - |
| 16 | Norwich | 5 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.3 |
| 17 | ONS area E06000065 | 5 | 3: Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre, Brewers Decorator Centres | 0.1 |
| 18 | Wandsworth | 5 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.1 |
| 19 | Barking and Dagenham | 4 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.2 |
| 20 | Bristol, City of | 4 | 3: Dulux Decorator Centre, Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres | 0.1 |
| 21 | Bromley | 4 | 3: Dulux Decorator Centre, Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres | 0.1 |
| 22 | Canterbury | 4 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.2 |
| 23 | Cheshire West and Chester | 4 | 2: Brewers Decorator Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 0.1 |
| 24 | City of Edinburgh | 4 | 2: Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | - |
| 25 | Colchester | 4 | 3: Brewers Decorator Centres, Crown Decorating Centres, Dulux Decorator Centre | 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 decorator centre outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Lanarkshire | +1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | North Northamptonshire | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Cornwall | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | ONS area E06000066 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Birmingham | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Brighton and Hove | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Cheshire East | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | Buckinghamshire | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 | ONS area E06000065 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | Norwich | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Cherwell | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 14 | Liverpool | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 15 | Dudley | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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 Decorator centre 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. 0 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 decorator centre store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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How many decorator centre outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 624 branded decorator centre outlets from 3 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has the most, with 8.
Which decorator centre brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Crown Decorating Centres (+2) and Brewers Decorator Centres (+1).
Which decorator centre brands have the most UK outlets?
Brewers Decorator Centres (242), Dulux Decorator Centre (226) and Crown Decorating Centres (156), as at the November 2026 release.