Where fashion & apparel is growing in the UK
6,864 fashion & apparel branded outlets across 70 brands are tracked in the UK in the November 2026 release. Westminster has the most, with 146, or 7.0 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 1,725 (25% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Westminster (+7).
Which local areas have the most fashion & apparel outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 146 | 52: Accessorize, Reiss, Zara, BOSS, Burberry | 7.0 |
| 2 | Glasgow City | 116 | 53: schuh, George at Asda, Next, River Island, H&M | - |
| 3 | City of Edinburgh | 91 | 52: Accessorize, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, H&M, Monsoon, New Look | - |
| 4 | Birmingham | 90 | 45: Shoe Zone, Clarks, George at Asda, Peacocks, Accessorize | 0.8 |
| 5 | Leeds | 88 | 49: George at Asda, Next, Accessorize, H&M, Matalan | 1.0 |
| 6 | Cheshire West and Chester | 75 | 49: BOSS, George at Asda, Next, Clarks, New Look | 2.0 |
| 7 | ONS area E06000066 | 73 | 33: Peacocks, George at Asda, Pavers Shoes, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Fat Face | 1.2 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 67 | 43: Next, George at Asda, H&M, Matalan, New Look | 1.3 |
| 9 | Belfast | 66 | 44: Next, Accessorize, George at Asda, H&M, New Look | - |
| 10 | Sheffield | 66 | 44: Next, George at Asda, New Look, Shoe Zone, Accessorize | 1.1 |
| 11 | Manchester | 64 | 44: George at Asda, Accessorize, BOSS, Burberry, Clarks | 1.1 |
| 12 | Cardiff | 62 | 46: George at Asda, Peacocks, AllSaints, Bonmarche, Hobbs | 1.6 |
| 13 | Dartford | 62 | 51: Hobbs, Phase Eight, AllSaints, BOSS, George at Asda | 5.0 |
| 14 | York | 62 | 47: Clarks, Next, Accessorize, Hobbs, Levi's | 3.0 |
| 15 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 60 | 44: Accessorize, H&M, Mango, Clarks, Gap | 3.2 |
| 16 | Trafford | 60 | 42: Accessorize, AllSaints, BOSS, Next, Reiss | 2.5 |
| 17 | ONS area E06000065 | 59 | 25: Next, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Fat Face, Peacocks, Bonmarche | 0.9 |
| 18 | Cornwall | 57 | 22: Fat Face, Seasalt, Clarks, George at Asda, White Stuff | 1.0 |
| 19 | Newham | 53 | 41: Hobbs, Shoe Zone, Accessorize, Dune London, H&M | 1.4 |
| 20 | Kensington and Chelsea | 52 | 29: Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Reiss, Office, Zara | 3.6 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes | 52 | 40: Next, Dune London, H&M, Hobbs, Mint Velvet | 1.7 |
| 22 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 52 | 40: Accessorize, Reiss, AllSaints, Dune London, George at Asda | 1.6 |
| 23 | South Gloucestershire | 52 | 34: Next, Clarks, George at Asda, New Look, AllSaints | 1.7 |
| 24 | Norwich | 51 | 40: Whistles, Accessorize, BOSS, Clarks, H&M | 3.5 |
| 25 | Buckinghamshire | 49 | 32: Next, Mint Velvet, Whistles, Accessorize, Clarks | 0.8 |
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 fashion & apparel outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | +7 | 95 | 102 | 146 |
| 2 | ONS area E06000065 | +5 | 45 | 50 | 59 |
| 3 | Glasgow City | +4 | 86 | 90 | 116 |
| 4 | Cheshire West and Chester | +4 | 55 | 59 | 75 |
| 5 | Dorset | +4 | 34 | 38 | 44 |
| 6 | Wandsworth | +4 | 28 | 32 | 41 |
| 7 | North Lanarkshire | +4 | 17 | 21 | 21 |
| 8 | St Albans | +4 | 9 | 13 | 19 |
| 9 | Leeds | +3 | 64 | 67 | 88 |
| 10 | Liverpool | +3 | 50 | 53 | 67 |
| 11 | Manchester | +3 | 44 | 47 | 64 |
| 12 | Oxford | +3 | 26 | 29 | 40 |
| 13 | Leicester | +3 | 28 | 31 | 39 |
| 14 | Bristol, City of | +3 | 29 | 32 | 37 |
| 15 | County Durham | +3 | 30 | 33 | 37 |
Net change in outlets for brands present in both releases, for local areas with at least 5 outlets in the sector. 19 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 Fashion & apparel 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. 21 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 fashion & apparel store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.