Where premium coffee chain is growing in the UK
280 premium coffee chain outlets across 5 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 44, or 2.1 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 206 (74% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in City of Edinburgh (+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 premium coffee chain outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 44 | 4: Benugo, Caffe Concerto, Black Sheep Coffee, EL&N London | 2.1 |
| 2 | Kensington and Chelsea | 20 | 3: Benugo, EL&N London, Caffe Concerto | 1.4 |
| 3 | City of Edinburgh | 19 | 2: Black Sheep Coffee, Benugo | - |
| 4 | Camden | 14 | 3: Benugo, Black Sheep Coffee, EL&N London | 0.6 |
| 5 | City of London | 13 | 2: Black Sheep Coffee, Benugo | 8.6 |
| 6 | Glasgow City | 13 | 2: Black Sheep Coffee, Benugo | - |
| 7 | Greenwich | 7 | 1: Benugo | 0.2 |
| 8 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 7 | 3: Black Sheep Coffee, Caffe Concerto, EL&N London | 0.4 |
| 9 | Lambeth | 7 | 2: Benugo, Black Sheep Coffee | 0.2 |
| 10 | Manchester | 7 | 2: Black Sheep Coffee, Benugo | 0.1 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 6 | 3: Boston Tea Party, Black Sheep Coffee, EL&N London | 0.1 |
| 12 | Oxford | 6 | 2: Benugo, Black Sheep Coffee | 0.4 |
| 13 | Wandsworth | 6 | 1: Black Sheep Coffee | 0.2 |
| 14 | Bristol, City of | 4 | 2: Boston Tea Party, Black Sheep Coffee | 0.1 |
| 15 | Leeds | 4 | 3: Black Sheep Coffee, Benugo, Caffe Concerto | 0.0 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes | 4 | 1: Benugo | 0.1 |
| 17 | Tower Hamlets | 4 | 2: Black Sheep Coffee, Benugo | 0.1 |
| 18 | Cardiff | 3 | 2: Black Sheep Coffee, Benugo | 0.1 |
| 19 | Liverpool | 3 | 1: Black Sheep Coffee | 0.1 |
| 20 | Newham | 3 | 2: Caffe Concerto, Benugo | 0.1 |
| 21 | Runnymede | 3 | 1: Benugo | 0.3 |
| 22 | Southwark | 3 | 1: Black Sheep Coffee | 0.1 |
| 23 | Bath and North East Somerset | 2 | 1: Boston Tea Party | 0.1 |
| 24 | Belfast | 2 | 1: Black Sheep Coffee | - |
| 25 | Brent | 2 | 1: Black Sheep Coffee | 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 premium coffee chain outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Edinburgh | +2 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
| 2 | Westminster | +1 | 43 | 44 | 44 |
| 3 | Glasgow City | +1 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Lambeth | +1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Oxford | +1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Camden | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 7 | City of London | 0 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 8 | Manchester | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Greenwich | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | Wandsworth | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | Kensington and Chelsea | -1 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
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 Premium 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. 1 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 premium coffee chain store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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- All Coffee Shop6,264 outlets · 61 brands
- Mass-market coffee chain5,415 outlets · 26 brands
- Specialty coffee179 outlets · 18 brands
- Next-gen beverage121 outlets · 2 brands
- Value coffee121 outlets · 4 brands
How many premium coffee chain outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 280 branded premium coffee chain outlets from 5 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 44.
Which premium coffee chain brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brand adding the most outlets was Black Sheep Coffee (+6).
Which premium coffee chain brands have the most UK outlets?
Black Sheep Coffee (135), Benugo (87) and Boston Tea Party (22), as at the November 2026 release.