Where mass-market coffee chain is growing in the UK
5,416 mass-market coffee chain outlets across 26 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 89, or 4.2 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 1,293 (24% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Manchester (+5).
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 mass-market coffee chain outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 89 | 9: Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Soho Coffee Co, Harris + Hoole | 4.2 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 77 | 5: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Insomnia Coffee, Coffee#1 | 0.7 |
| 3 | City of Edinburgh | 76 | 5: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Social Bite, AMT Coffee | - |
| 4 | Manchester | 72 | 6: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, The Coffee House, Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen | 1.2 |
| 5 | Leeds | 68 | 3: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero | 0.8 |
| 6 | Glasgow City | 65 | 6: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Tinderbox Espresso, Social Bite | - |
| 7 | Buckinghamshire | 57 | 7: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Esquires Coffee, Caffe Nero, Coffee#1 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 57 | 7: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen, Insomnia Coffee | 1.1 |
| 9 | Cheshire East | 52 | 8: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen, The Coffee House | 1.2 |
| 10 | Hillingdon | 51 | 5: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Esquires Coffee, Harris + Hoole | 1.5 |
| 11 | ONS area E06000066 | 51 | 5: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Coffee#1, Caffe Nero, Boswells | 0.9 |
| 12 | Camden | 50 | 4: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Soho Coffee Co | 2.3 |
| 13 | Belfast | 47 | 5: Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Bob & Berts, Ground Espresso Bars, Jamaica Blue | - |
| 14 | ONS area E06000065 | 44 | 4: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen | 0.7 |
| 15 | Cheshire West and Chester | 43 | 5: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, The Coffee House, Coffee#1 | 1.2 |
| 16 | Sheffield | 43 | 3: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero | 0.7 |
| 17 | Bristol, City of | 42 | 7: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Coffee#1, Starbucks, Boswells | 0.8 |
| 18 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 41 | 5: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Coffee#1, Esquires Coffee | 1.0 |
| 19 | Cardiff | 41 | 6: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Coffee#1, Caffe Nero, Coffi Co | 1.1 |
| 20 | West Northamptonshire | 41 | 6: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Bewiched Coffee, Esquires Coffee, Coffee#1 | 0.9 |
| 21 | City of London | 40 | 5: Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Costa Coffee, Soho Coffee Co, Harris + Hoole | 26.5 |
| 22 | North Northamptonshire | 38 | 7: Costa Coffee, Bewiched Coffee, Starbucks, Esquires Coffee, Insomnia Coffee | 1.0 |
| 23 | Wiltshire | 38 | 6: Costa Coffee, Coffee#1, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Boswells | 0.7 |
| 24 | Milton Keynes | 37 | 5: Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Caffe Nero, Bewiched Coffee, Esquires Coffee | 1.2 |
| 25 | Barnet | 33 | 3: Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero, Starbucks | 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 mass-market coffee chain outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | +5 | 67 | 72 | 72 |
| 2 | Birmingham | +3 | 74 | 77 | 77 |
| 3 | Peterborough | +3 | 19 | 22 | 22 |
| 4 | Belfast | +2 | 45 | 47 | 47 |
| 5 | ONS area E06000065 | +2 | 42 | 44 | 44 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes | +2 | 35 | 37 | 37 |
| 7 | Newcastle upon Tyne | +2 | 30 | 32 | 32 |
| 8 | Warrington | +2 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
| 9 | Shropshire | +2 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
| 10 | Doncaster | +2 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
| 11 | Fife | +2 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
| 12 | Chelmsford | +2 | 18 | 20 | 20 |
| 13 | Kirklees | +2 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
| 14 | Watford | +2 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Havant | +2 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
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 Mass-market coffee chain 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. 83 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 mass-market coffee chain store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
More coffee shop sectors
- All Coffee Shop6,264 outlets · 61 brands
- Premium coffee chain280 outlets · 5 brands
- Specialty coffee179 outlets · 18 brands
- Next-gen beverage121 outlets · 2 brands
- Value coffee121 outlets · 4 brands
How many mass-market coffee chain outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 5,416 branded mass-market coffee chain outlets from 26 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 89.
Which mass-market coffee chain brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Starbucks (+43), The Coffee House (+5) and Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen (+1).
Which mass-market coffee chain brands have the most UK outlets?
Costa Coffee (2,687), Starbucks (1,421) and Caffe Nero (634), as at the November 2026 release.