Where discount convenience is growing in the UK
972 discount convenience outlets across 3 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Glasgow City has the most, with 60; the top 25 local areas together hold 412 (43% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Sunderland (+2).
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 discount convenience outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow City | 60 | 2: U-Save, Family Shopper | - |
| 2 | North Lanarkshire | 35 | 2: U-Save, Family Shopper | - |
| 3 | Sunderland | 25 | 2: Family Shopper, Heron Foods | 0.9 |
| 4 | South Lanarkshire | 22 | 2: U-Save, Family Shopper | - |
| 5 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 20 | 2: Heron Foods, Family Shopper | 0.7 |
| 6 | West Lothian | 20 | 1: U-Save | - |
| 7 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 17 | 1: Family Shopper | 0.7 |
| 8 | Falkirk | 16 | 2: U-Save, Family Shopper | - |
| 9 | Leeds | 15 | 2: Family Shopper, Heron Foods | 0.2 |
| 10 | County Durham | 14 | 2: Heron Foods, Family Shopper | 0.3 |
| 11 | Doncaster | 14 | 2: Heron Foods, Family Shopper | 0.4 |
| 12 | Nottingham | 14 | 2: Heron Foods, Family Shopper | 0.4 |
| 13 | Sheffield | 13 | 2: Heron Foods, Family Shopper | 0.2 |
| 14 | City of Edinburgh | 12 | 1: U-Save | - |
| 15 | Renfrewshire | 12 | 1: U-Save | - |
| 16 | Bridgend | 11 | 1: Family Shopper | 0.7 |
| 17 | East Ayrshire | 11 | 2: U-Save, Family Shopper | - |
| 18 | Fife | 11 | 2: U-Save, Family Shopper | - |
| 19 | Swansea | 11 | 1: Family Shopper | 0.4 |
| 20 | West Dunbartonshire | 11 | 1: U-Save | - |
| 21 | Birmingham | 10 | 2: Heron Foods, Family Shopper | 0.1 |
| 22 | Northumberland | 10 | 2: Family Shopper, Heron Foods | 0.3 |
| 23 | ONS area E06000063 | 10 | 2: Family Shopper, Heron Foods | 0.4 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 9 | 2: Family Shopper, Heron Foods | 0.4 |
| 25 | Caerphilly | 9 | 1: Family Shopper | 0.5 |
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 discount convenience outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland | +2 | 23 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | County Durham | +2 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Sandwell | +2 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | North East Lincolnshire | +2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Kirklees | +2 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | South Lanarkshire | +1 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| 7 | Nottingham | +1 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 8 | City of Edinburgh | +1 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | East Ayrshire | +1 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | Northumberland | +1 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Liverpool | +1 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 12 | Leicester | +1 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 13 | Coventry | +1 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | Redcar and Cleveland | +1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | Derby | +1 | 5 | 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 Discount convenience 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. 19 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 discount convenience store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
More convenience sectors
- All Convenience21,091 outlets · 22 brands
- Mainstream convenience10,556 outlets · 13 brands
- Value convenience8,984 outlets · 4 brands
How many discount convenience outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 972 branded discount convenience outlets from 3 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Glasgow City has the most, with 60.
Which discount convenience brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Family Shopper (+21) and Heron Foods (+3).
Which discount convenience brands have the most UK outlets?
Family Shopper (385), Heron Foods (344) and U-Save (243), as at the November 2026 release.