Where pet retail is growing in the UK
772 pet retail outlets across 2 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables ONS area E06000065 has the most, with 11, or 0.2 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 167 (22% 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 pet retail outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONS area E06000065 | 11 | 2: Pets at Home, Pets Corner | 0.2 |
| 2 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 10 | 2: Pets at Home, Pets Corner | 0.2 |
| 3 | Buckinghamshire | 9 | 2: Pets Corner, Pets at Home | 0.2 |
| 4 | Cornwall | 8 | 1: Pets at Home | 0.1 |
| 5 | Leeds | 8 | 1: Pets at Home | 0.1 |
| 6 | ONS area E06000066 | 8 | 2: Pets Corner, Pets at Home | 0.1 |
| 7 | Wiltshire | 8 | 2: Pets at Home, Pets Corner | 0.2 |
| 8 | Birmingham | 7 | 1: Pets at Home | 0.1 |
| 9 | Dorset | 7 | 2: Pets at Home, Pets Corner | 0.2 |
| 10 | Mid Sussex | 7 | 2: Pets Corner, Pets at Home | 0.4 |
| 11 | South Gloucestershire | 7 | 1: Pets at Home | 0.2 |
| 12 | West Northamptonshire | 7 | 2: Pets at Home, Pets Corner | 0.2 |
| 13 | Brighton and Hove | 6 | 2: Pets Corner, Pets at Home | 0.2 |
| 14 | Cardiff | 6 | 2: Pets at Home, Pets Corner | 0.2 |
| 15 | North Somerset | 6 | 2: Pets at Home, Pets Corner | 0.3 |
| 16 | Sheffield | 6 | 1: Pets at Home | 0.1 |
| 17 | Wokingham | 6 | 2: Pets Corner, Pets at Home | 0.3 |
| 18 | Bristol, City of | 5 | 1: Pets at Home | 0.1 |
| 19 | Central Bedfordshire | 5 | 1: Pets at Home | 0.2 |
| 20 | Cheshire East | 5 | 2: Pets at Home, Pets Corner | 0.1 |
| 21 | Chichester | 5 | 2: Pets Corner, Pets at Home | 0.4 |
| 22 | County Durham | 5 | 1: Pets at Home | 0.1 |
| 23 | East Hampshire | 5 | 2: Pets Corner, Pets at Home | 0.4 |
| 24 | Horsham | 5 | 2: Pets Corner, Pets at Home | 0.3 |
| 25 | Kirklees | 5 | 1: Pets at Home | 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 pet retail outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONS area E06000065 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Buckinghamshire | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Cornwall | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | ONS area E06000066 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Leeds | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | South Gloucestershire | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Dorset | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | West Northamptonshire | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Mid Sussex | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | North Somerset | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | Wokingham | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | Brighton and Hove | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | Sheffield | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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 Pet retail 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. 1 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 pet retail store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
How many pet retail outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 772 branded pet retail outlets from 2 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, ONS area E06000065 has the most, with 11.
Which pet retail brands are growing?
No pet retail brand present in both releases added outlets between the previous release and the November 2026 release.
Which pet retail brands have the most UK outlets?
Pets at Home (620) and Pets Corner (152), as at the November 2026 release.