Where food-to-go specialist is growing in the UK

6,348 food-to-go specialist outlets across 21 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 150, or 7.1 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 1,647 (26% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Westminster (+3).

Branded outlets tracked6,348in the Data Store

Brands21on sale in the Data Store

Local areas356with at least one outlet

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.

Most outlets

Which local areas have the most food-to-go specialist outlets?

#	Local area	Outlets	Brands present	Per 10,000 residents
1	Westminster	150	12: Pret A Manger, Greggs, Itsu, Leon, Subway	7.1
2	Birmingham	113	8: Greggs, Subway, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust, West Cornwall Pasty Co	1.0
3	Glasgow City	112	3: Greggs, Subway, Pret A Manger	-
4	Leeds	98	8: Greggs, Subway, Cooplands, Pret A Manger, Bagel Factory	1.2
5	City of London	87	11: Pret A Manger, Itsu, Greggs, Pure, Wasabi	57.6
6	Manchester	77	6: Greggs, Subway, Pret A Manger, Bagel Factory, Upper Crust	1.3
7	Camden	73	10: Pret A Manger, Greggs, Itsu, Wasabi, Subway	3.4
8	City of Edinburgh	69	5: Greggs, Subway, Pret A Manger, Bagel Factory, Itsu	-
9	Liverpool	67	7: Subway, Greggs, Pret A Manger, Pound Bakery, Upper Crust	1.3
10	Bristol, City of	63	8: Greggs, Subway, Parsons Bakery, Pret A Manger, West Cornwall Pasty Co	1.3
11	Cardiff	62	8: Greggs, Subway, Parsons Bakery, West Cornwall Pasty Co, Pret A Manger	1.6
12	ONS area E06000065	58	4: Greggs, Cooplands, Subway, Pret A Manger	0.9
13	ONS area E06000066	58	7: Greggs, Subway, Pret A Manger, Parsons Bakery, Leon	1.0
14	Wiltshire	57	6: Greggs, Subway, West Cornwall Pasty Co, Parsons Bakery, Pret A Manger	1.1
15	Newcastle upon Tyne	55	5: Greggs, Subway, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust, West Cornwall Pasty Co	1.7
16	County Durham	54	3: Greggs, Subway, Cooplands	1.0
17	Sheffield	49	6: Greggs, Subway, Pret A Manger, West Cornwall Pasty Co, Cooplands	0.8
18	Belfast	47	4: Subway, Greggs, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust	-
19	Cheshire West and Chester	44	6: Greggs, Subway, Chatwins, Pound Bakery, Pret A Manger	1.2
20	Kingston upon Hull, City of	44	3: Cooplands, Greggs, Subway	1.6
21	Cornwall	43	6: Subway, Warrens Bakery, Niles Bakery, Greggs, Cornish Bakehouse	0.7
22	Derby	43	4: Subway, Birds Bakery, Greggs, West Cornwall Pasty Co	1.6
23	Bradford	42	4: Greggs, Subway, Pret A Manger, West Cornwall Pasty Co	0.7
24	Southwark	42	9: Pret A Manger, Greggs, Subway, Itsu, Leon	1.3
25	Buckinghamshire	40	3: Greggs, Subway, Wenzel's the Bakers	0.7

Local areas are local authority districts. Brands present shows how many brands have an outlet there and the five with the most.

Fastest growing

Which local areas added the most food-to-go specialist outlets?

#	Local area	Net change	Previous release	This release	All outlets now
1	Westminster	+3	147	150	150
2	Camden	+3	70	73	73
3	Bristol, City of	+3	60	63	63
4	Derby	+3	40	43	43
5	Sunderland	+3	37	40	40
6	Birmingham	+2	111	113	113
7	City of London	+2	85	87	87
8	Wiltshire	+2	55	57	57
9	Southwark	+2	40	42	42
10	Islington	+2	37	39	39
11	Nottingham	+2	36	38	38
12	Wandsworth	+2	28	30	30
13	Hammersmith and Fulham	+2	24	26	26
14	Bath and North East Somerset	+2	22	24	24
15	North Somerset	+2	22	24	24

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.

Method

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 Food-to-Go Specialist 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. 46 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.

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Use the data

Prospect site reports assess a single address against these brands, and the data store sells the food-to-go specialist store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.

Sectors in Food-to-Go Specialist

Food-to-Go Specialist by sector

Value bakery3,231 outlets · 6 brands
Sandwich bar2,660 outlets · 6 brands
Savoury pastry specialist199 outlets · 3 brands
Health-led food & drink117 outlets · 8 brands

How many food-to-go specialist outlets are there in the UK?

h3hex tracks 6,348 branded food-to-go specialist outlets from 21 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 150.

Which food-to-go specialist brands are growing?

Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Greggs (+43), West Cornwall Pasty Co (+37) and Cooplands (+2).

Which food-to-go specialist brands have the most UK outlets?

Greggs (2,820), Subway (2,077) and Pret A Manger (520), as at the November 2026 release.