Where electronics is growing in the UK
2,091 electronics outlets across 10 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 29, or 1.4 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 450 (22% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Birmingham (+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 electronics outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 29 | 8: Three, Vodafone, EE, iSmash, Samsung | 1.4 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 27 | 8: CeX, Three, Vodafone, EE, Sky | 0.2 |
| 3 | City of Edinburgh | 24 | 10: EE, Three, O2, CeX, Vodafone | - |
| 4 | Glasgow City | 23 | 9: EE, Three, CeX, O2, Sky | - |
| 5 | ONS area E06000065 | 22 | 5: EE, O2, CeX, Three, Vodafone | 0.3 |
| 6 | Cornwall | 19 | 5: EE, CeX, Three, Vodafone, O2 | 0.3 |
| 7 | ONS area E06000066 | 19 | 6: CeX, Three, Vodafone, EE, O2 | 0.3 |
| 8 | Wandsworth | 19 | 6: Three, Vodafone, EE, CeX, O2 | 0.6 |
| 9 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 18 | 9: EE, O2, Three, Vodafone, CeX | 1.0 |
| 10 | Leeds | 18 | 9: CeX, O2, Three, Sky, Vodafone | 0.2 |
| 11 | Cheshire West and Chester | 17 | 6: EE, CeX, O2, Three, Vodafone | 0.5 |
| 12 | Hounslow | 17 | 8: EE, O2, Three, Vodafone, CeX | 0.6 |
| 13 | Newham | 17 | 8: EE, Sky, CeX, O2, Three | 0.5 |
| 14 | Sheffield | 17 | 9: EE, Three, CeX, O2, Vodafone | 0.3 |
| 15 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 16 | 7: CeX, O2, Vodafone, EE, Three | 0.4 |
| 16 | Liverpool | 16 | 10: CeX, O2, EE, Samsung, Apple | 0.3 |
| 17 | Wiltshire | 16 | 5: Three, Vodafone, CeX, EE, O2 | 0.3 |
| 18 | Belfast | 15 | 8: O2, CeX, EE, Three, Vodafone | - |
| 19 | Camden | 15 | 8: Three, Vodafone, CeX, iSmash, Richer Sounds | 0.7 |
| 20 | Cheshire East | 15 | 5: CeX, EE, O2, Three, Vodafone | 0.4 |
| 21 | Trafford | 15 | 8: EE, Three, O2, Sky, Vodafone | 0.6 |
| 22 | Brighton and Hove | 14 | 8: CeX, EE, Three, Vodafone, Apple | 0.5 |
| 23 | County Durham | 14 | 5: CeX, Three, Vodafone, EE, O2 | 0.3 |
| 24 | Fife | 14 | 6: CeX, Three, Vodafone, EE, O2 | - |
| 25 | Leicester | 14 | 10: CeX, O2, Three, Apple, EE | 0.4 |
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 electronics outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | +2 | 16 | 18 | 27 |
| 2 | City of Edinburgh | +1 | 18 | 19 | 24 |
| 3 | South Gloucestershire | +1 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Wirral | +1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Luton | +1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Crawley | +1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | South Oxfordshire | +1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Rotherham | +1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | ONS area E06000065 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 22 |
| 10 | Cornwall | 0 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
| 11 | ONS area E06000066 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 19 |
| 12 | Wandsworth | 0 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
| 13 | Leeds | 0 | 13 | 13 | 18 |
| 14 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 0 | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| 15 | Cheshire West and Chester | 0 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
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.
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 Electronics 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 electronics store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
Electronics by sector
- Mobile telephone retailers1,497 outlets · 5 brands
- Appliances & electronics specialists108 outlets · 3 brands
How many electronics outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 2,091 branded electronics outlets from 10 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 29.
Which electronics brands are growing?
No electronics brand present in both releases added outlets between the previous release and the November 2026 release.
Which electronics brands have the most UK outlets?
Three (397), CeX (390) and Vodafone (382), as at the November 2026 release.