Where mid-market fashion is growing in the UK
1,414 mid-market fashion outlets across 14 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 26, or 1.2 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 364 (26% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Westminster (+2).
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 mid-market fashion outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 26 | 12: Uniqlo, Levi's, Abercrombie & Fitch, Next, French Connection | 1.2 |
| 2 | Glasgow City | 22 | 8: Next, River Island, Levi's, French Connection, Hollister | - |
| 3 | Cornwall | 20 | 5: Fat Face, White Stuff, Joules, Next, Crew Clothing | 0.3 |
| 4 | Cheshire West and Chester | 18 | 11: Next, Crew Clothing, French Connection, River Island, White Stuff | 0.5 |
| 5 | City of Edinburgh | 16 | 10: Fat Face, Next, River Island, White Stuff, Abercrombie & Fitch | - |
| 6 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 15 | 12: Gap, Next, Superdry, Abercrombie & Fitch, Crew Clothing | 0.8 |
| 7 | ONS area E06000065 | 15 | 4: Next, Fat Face, White Stuff, Crew Clothing | 0.2 |
| 8 | Dorset | 14 | 4: Fat Face, Crew Clothing, White Stuff, Next | 0.4 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 14 | 7: Next, River Island, White Stuff, French Connection, Hollister | 0.3 |
| 10 | ONS area E06000064 | 14 | 5: Joules, Fat Face, Crew Clothing, Next, White Stuff | 0.6 |
| 11 | ONS area E06000066 | 14 | 7: Fat Face, White Stuff, Crew Clothing, Joules, Levi's | 0.2 |
| 12 | Sheffield | 14 | 9: Next, Crew Clothing, Fat Face, French Connection, Hollister | 0.2 |
| 13 | Belfast | 13 | 9: Next, River Island, Abercrombie & Fitch, Crew Clothing, Fat Face | - |
| 14 | Birmingham | 13 | 8: Next, Fat Face, River Island, Gap, Hollister | 0.1 |
| 15 | Dartford | 13 | 12: Next, Abercrombie & Fitch, Fat Face, French Connection, GANT | 1.0 |
| 16 | Leeds | 13 | 8: Next, River Island, Fat Face, French Connection, Hollister | 0.2 |
| 17 | Trafford | 13 | 11: Next, Abercrombie & Fitch, Crew Clothing, Fat Face, French Connection | 0.5 |
| 18 | York | 13 | 9: Next, Levi's, White Stuff, Crew Clothing, Fat Face | 0.6 |
| 19 | Ashford | 12 | 11: White Stuff, Abercrombie & Fitch, Crew Clothing, Fat Face, French Connection | 0.9 |
| 20 | Cardiff | 12 | 10: Next, White Stuff, Crew Clothing, Fat Face, French Connection | 0.3 |
| 21 | East Suffolk | 12 | 5: Fat Face, Crew Clothing, Joules, Next, White Stuff | 0.5 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes | 12 | 8: Next, River Island, White Stuff, Fat Face, French Connection | 0.4 |
| 23 | Nottingham | 12 | 8: Next, Levi's, White Stuff, Fat Face, French Connection | 0.4 |
| 24 | Solihull | 12 | 7: Next, Levi's, Superdry, White Stuff, Fat Face | 0.5 |
| 25 | South Gloucestershire | 12 | 8: Next, White Stuff, Crew Clothing, Fat Face, Joules | 0.4 |
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 mid-market fashion outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | +2 | 23 | 25 | 26 |
| 2 | Dorset | +2 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Trafford | +2 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | ONS area E06000065 | +1 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| 5 | Hammersmith and Fulham | +1 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| 6 | Liverpool | +1 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 7 | Exeter | +1 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 8 | Oxford | +1 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 9 | Leicester | +1 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | County Durham | +1 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 11 | Tunbridge Wells | +1 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 12 | Wakefield | +1 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 13 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | +1 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | Bristol, City of | +1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | New Forest | +1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Net change in outlets for brands present in both releases, for local areas with at least 5 outlets in the sector. 1 brand in this sector first appears in this release and is 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 Mid-market fashion 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. 5 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 mid-market fashion store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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- Off-price431 outlets · 2 brands
- Athleisure404 outlets · 2 brands
- Fast fashion355 outlets · 6 brands
- Accessories retailer203 outlets · 2 brands
How many mid-market fashion outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 1,414 branded mid-market fashion outlets from 14 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 26.
Which mid-market fashion brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Crew Clothing (+4), French Connection (+3) and White Stuff (+3).
Which mid-market fashion brands have the most UK outlets?
Next (449), Fat Face (174) and White Stuff (153), as at the November 2026 release.