Where next-gen beverage chains are growing in the UK
391 next-gen beverage outlets across 6 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 29, or 1.4 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 116 (89% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Westminster (+18).
3 brands trade it as their primary sector.
Outlet and brand counts are the Data Store's: every brand on sale that trades in this sector, as its primary sector or alongside another, with every outlet in its file - the same set as the sector bundle. The local-area and growth tables count the trading outlets, in h3hex's master dataset, of the brands whose primary sector it is, so their totals are lower.
Which local areas have the most next-gen beverage outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 29 | 3: Joe & The Juice, Blank Street, Jenki | 1.4 |
| 2 | City of London | 12 | 3: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice, Jenki | 7.9 |
| 3 | Camden | 10 | 2: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice | 0.5 |
| 4 | Kensington and Chelsea | 10 | 2: Joe & The Juice, Blank Street | 0.7 |
| 5 | Tower Hamlets | 8 | 3: Blank Street, Jenki, Joe & The Juice | 0.2 |
| 6 | Wandsworth | 7 | 3: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice, Jenki | 0.2 |
| 7 | Manchester | 6 | 2: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice | 0.1 |
| 8 | Birmingham | 5 | 2: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice | 0.0 |
| 9 | Islington | 4 | 2: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice | 0.2 |
| 10 | Southwark | 4 | 3: Joe & The Juice, Blank Street, Jenki | 0.1 |
| 11 | Bristol, City of | 2 | 2: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice | 0.0 |
| 12 | City of Edinburgh | 2 | 1: Blank Street | - |
| 13 | Glasgow City | 2 | 1: Blank Street | - |
| 14 | Lambeth | 2 | 2: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice | 0.1 |
| 15 | Merton | 2 | 1: Joe & The Juice | 0.1 |
| 16 | Trafford | 2 | 2: Blank Street, Joe & The Juice | 0.1 |
| 17 | Bath and North East Somerset | 1 | 1: Joe & The Juice | 0.0 |
| 18 | Brent | 1 | 1: Joe & The Juice | 0.0 |
| 19 | Brighton and Hove | 1 | 1: Blank Street | 0.0 |
| 20 | Cambridge | 1 | 1: Blank Street | 0.1 |
| 21 | Cheshire West and Chester | 1 | 1: Joe & The Juice | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ealing | 1 | 1: Blank Street | 0.0 |
| 23 | Elmbridge | 1 | 1: Joe & The Juice | 0.1 |
| 24 | Greenwich | 1 | 1: Joe & The Juice | 0.0 |
| 25 | Guildford | 1 | 1: Joe & The Juice | 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 next-gen beverage outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | +18 | 8 | 26 | 29 |
| 2 | Kensington and Chelsea | +6 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | City of London | +4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| 4 | Tower Hamlets | +2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Manchester | +2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Camden | +1 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Wandsworth | +1 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Birmingham | +1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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 Next-gen beverage 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. 0 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 next-gen beverage store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle. A market sector report puts every brand in a sector on one table.
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How many next-gen beverage outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 391 branded next-gen beverage outlets from 6 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 29.
Which next-gen beverage brands are growing?
No next-gen beverage brand present in both releases added outlets between the previous release and the November 2026 release.
Which next-gen beverage brands have the most UK outlets?
Black Sheep Coffee (135), Joe & The Juice (95) and Hotel Chocolat Cocoa Bar (92), as at the November 2026 release.