Where the made-to-order vending sector is growing in the UK
19,076 made-to-order vending outlets across 1 brand are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Birmingham has the most, with 250, or 2.1 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 3,903 (20% of outlets with a mapped local area).
Machine and brand counts are the Data Store's: every brand on sale, with every machine in its file - a site with two machines counts twice. The local-area table counts the machines that map to a local area, so its total can be lower. Source: Costa's locator export, 6 Nov 2026.
Which local areas have the most made-to-order vending outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 250 | 1: Costa Express | 2.1 |
| 2 | Leeds | 233 | 1: Costa Express | 2.8 |
| 3 | ONS area E06000066 | 216 | 1: Costa Express | 3.7 |
| 4 | Cornwall | 210 | 1: Costa Express | 3.6 |
| 5 | ONS area E06000065 | 208 | 1: Costa Express | 3.3 |
| 6 | Glasgow City | 185 | 1: Costa Express | - |
| 7 | Wiltshire | 178 | 1: Costa Express | 3.4 |
| 8 | City of Edinburgh | 168 | 1: Costa Express | - |
| 9 | Buckinghamshire | 165 | 1: Costa Express | 2.9 |
| 10 | Sheffield | 158 | 1: Costa Express | 2.7 |
| 11 | County Durham | 157 | 1: Costa Express | 2.9 |
| 12 | Manchester | 155 | 1: Costa Express | 2.6 |
| 13 | Dorset | 140 | 1: Costa Express | 3.6 |
| 14 | Cheshire East | 137 | 1: Costa Express | 3.3 |
| 15 | Liverpool | 135 | 1: Costa Express | 2.7 |
| 16 | Bristol, City of | 131 | 1: Costa Express | 2.6 |
| 17 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 128 | 1: Costa Express | 3.1 |
| 18 | Cheshire West and Chester | 126 | 1: Costa Express | 3.4 |
| 19 | Fife | 122 | 1: Costa Express | - |
| 20 | Bradford | 121 | 1: Costa Express | 2.1 |
| 21 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 120 | 1: Costa Express | 3.4 |
| 22 | Highland | 118 | 1: Costa Express | - |
| 23 | Shropshire | 117 | 1: Costa Express | 3.5 |
| 24 | West Northamptonshire | 113 | 1: Costa Express | 2.6 |
| 25 | Cardiff | 112 | 1: Costa Express | 2.9 |
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 made-to-order vending outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| 2 | Leeds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233 |
| 3 | ONS area E06000066 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
| 4 | Cornwall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 5 | ONS area E06000065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 |
| 6 | Glasgow City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 |
| 7 | Wiltshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 |
| 8 | City of Edinburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
| 9 | Buckinghamshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 |
| 10 | Sheffield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
| 11 | County Durham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| 12 | Manchester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
| 13 | Dorset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
| 14 | Cheshire East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
| 15 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
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. Costa Express is not in h3hex's master dataset, so its outlets are left out of the growth table.
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 Made-to-Order Vending sector of the h3hex data store, November 2026 release (scrape window 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2026), page built 2026-11-13. Closed, pre-opening and head-office records are left out. 30 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 made-to-order vending store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle. A market sector report puts every brand in a sector on one table.
How many made-to-order vending outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 19,076 branded made-to-order vending outlets from 1 brand in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Birmingham has the most, with 250.
Which made-to-order vending brands are growing?
No made-to-order vending brand present in both releases added outlets between the previous release and the November 2026 release.
Which made-to-order vending brands have the most UK outlets?
Costa Express (19,076), as at the November 2026 release.