Where mexican fast casual is growing in the UK
249 mexican fast casual outlets across 4 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Camden has the most, with 12, or 0.6 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 101 (41% of outlets with a mapped local area).
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 mexican fast casual outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camden | 12 | 4: Tortilla, Chipotle, Taco Bell, Chilango | 0.6 |
| 2 | Westminster | 8 | 3: Tortilla, Chipotle, Taco Bell | 0.4 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 5 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.0 |
| 4 | City of London | 5 | 2: Tortilla, Chipotle | 3.3 |
| 5 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 5 | 3: Taco Bell, Tortilla, Chipotle | 0.3 |
| 6 | Wandsworth | 5 | 3: Chipotle, Tortilla, Taco Bell | 0.1 |
| 7 | City of Edinburgh | 4 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | - |
| 8 | Glasgow City | 4 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | - |
| 9 | Leeds | 4 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.0 |
| 10 | Sheffield | 4 | 1: Taco Bell | 0.1 |
| 11 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 3 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.1 |
| 12 | Brighton and Hove | 3 | 2: Tortilla, Taco Bell | 0.1 |
| 13 | Cambridge | 3 | 2: Tortilla, Taco Bell | 0.2 |
| 14 | Cardiff | 3 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.1 |
| 15 | Exeter | 3 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.2 |
| 16 | Greenwich | 3 | 3: Chipotle, Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.1 |
| 17 | Hillingdon | 3 | 3: Chipotle, Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.1 |
| 18 | Islington | 3 | 3: Chilango, Chipotle, Tortilla | 0.1 |
| 19 | Lincoln | 3 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.3 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes | 3 | 1: Taco Bell | 0.1 |
| 21 | Newham | 3 | 3: Chipotle, Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.1 |
| 22 | Nottingham | 3 | 2: Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.1 |
| 23 | Southwark | 3 | 2: Tortilla, Chipotle | 0.1 |
| 24 | Thurrock | 3 | 3: Chipotle, Taco Bell, Tortilla | 0.2 |
| 25 | Tower Hamlets | 3 | 2: Tortilla, Chipotle | 0.1 |
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 mexican fast casual outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camden | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Westminster | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | City of London | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Wandsworth | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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 Mexican fast casual 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. 3 outlets with no mappable postcode are counted in the totals but not in the local-area tables. 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 mexican fast casual store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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How many mexican fast casual outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 249 branded mexican fast casual outlets from 4 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Camden has the most, with 12.
Which mexican fast casual brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brand adding the most outlets was Tortilla (+1).
Which mexican fast casual brands have the most UK outlets?
Taco Bell (146), Tortilla (79) and Chipotle (22), as at the November 2026 release.