Where QSR is growing in the UK
5,651 QSR outlets across 42 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Birmingham has the most, with 102, or 0.9 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 1,359 (24% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in City of Edinburgh (+5).
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 QSR outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 102 | 19: McDonald's, KFC, Chaiiwala, Yo! Sushi, Burger King | 0.9 |
| 2 | Westminster | 101 | 29: McDonald's, Five Guys, Burger King, KFC, Sushi Daily | 4.8 |
| 3 | Leeds | 77 | 24: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, German Doner Kebab, Wingstop | 0.9 |
| 4 | Glasgow City | 74 | 20: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Yo! Sushi, Wingstop | - |
| 5 | Manchester | 70 | 16: McDonald's, KFC, Five Guys, Yo! Sushi, Burger King | 1.2 |
| 6 | Camden | 69 | 25: KFC, Amorino, McDonald's, Sushi Daily, Tortilla | 3.2 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 65 | 18: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Yo! Sushi, Five Guys | 1.3 |
| 8 | City of Edinburgh | 60 | 18: McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Five Guys, Yo! Sushi | - |
| 9 | Sheffield | 54 | 18: KFC, McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Five Guys | 0.9 |
| 10 | Cardiff | 48 | 21: McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Five Guys, Panku | 1.3 |
| 11 | Hillingdon | 48 | 18: McDonald's, KFC, Yo! Sushi, Shah's Halal Food, Burger King | 1.5 |
| 12 | Newham | 46 | 22: McDonald's, KFC, Chaiiwala, German Doner Kebab, Popeyes | 1.2 |
| 13 | Bristol, City of | 45 | 19: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Sushi Gourmet, Chaiiwala | 0.9 |
| 14 | Buckinghamshire | 45 | 15: McDonald's, KFC, Yo! Sushi, Coco Di Mama, German Doner Kebab | 0.8 |
| 15 | Barnet | 43 | 13: KFC, McDonald's, Shah's Halal Food, Sushi Daily, German Doner Kebab | 1.1 |
| 16 | City of London | 43 | 17: Farmer J, Coco Di Mama, McDonald's, KFC, Tortilla | 28.5 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes | 43 | 18: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Yo! Sushi, Taco Bell | 1.4 |
| 18 | Nottingham | 43 | 19: McDonald's, KFC, Yo! Sushi, Chaiiwala, Burger King | 1.3 |
| 19 | ONS area E06000066 | 43 | 9: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Yo! Sushi, Coco Di Mama | 0.7 |
| 20 | Ealing | 41 | 15: McDonald's, KFC, Chaiiwala, Shah's Halal Food, German Doner Kebab | 1.1 |
| 21 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 41 | 21: KFC, McDonald's, Five Guys, German Doner Kebab, Popeyes | 2.2 |
| 22 | Wandsworth | 41 | 19: McDonald's, Sushi Daily, KFC, Sushi Gourmet, Burger King | 1.2 |
| 23 | Bromley | 40 | 18: McDonald's, KFC, Coco Di Mama, Iro Sushi, Sushi Daily | 1.2 |
| 24 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 39 | 14: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Five Guys, Panku | 1.0 |
| 25 | Brighton and Hove | 38 | 23: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Sushi Daily, Sushi Gourmet | 1.3 |
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 QSR outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Edinburgh | +5 | 55 | 60 | 60 |
| 2 | Buckinghamshire | +5 | 40 | 45 | 45 |
| 3 | Cheshire West and Chester | +5 | 30 | 35 | 35 |
| 4 | Hammersmith and Fulham | +4 | 37 | 41 | 41 |
| 5 | Wandsworth | +4 | 37 | 41 | 41 |
| 6 | Haringey | +4 | 20 | 24 | 24 |
| 7 | City of London | +3 | 40 | 43 | 43 |
| 8 | Havering | +3 | 27 | 30 | 30 |
| 9 | Cheshire East | +3 | 26 | 29 | 29 |
| 10 | Wiltshire | +3 | 26 | 29 | 29 |
| 11 | Kensington and Chelsea | +3 | 26 | 29 | 29 |
| 12 | Lambeth | +3 | 23 | 26 | 26 |
| 13 | York | +3 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| 14 | Lewisham | +3 | 21 | 24 | 24 |
| 15 | Sutton | +3 | 20 | 23 | 23 |
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 QSR 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. 52 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 QSR store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
QSR by sector
- Burger restaurant2,192 outlets · 5 brands
- Chicken restaurant1,352 outlets · 7 brands
- Japanese & sushi1,109 outlets · 7 brands
- Better burger291 outlets · 9 brands
- Mexican fast casual251 outlets · 4 brands
- Kebab & doner235 outlets · 2 brands
How many QSR outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 5,651 branded QSR outlets from 42 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Birmingham has the most, with 102.
Which QSR brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Sushi Gourmet (+139), KFC (+21) and Popeyes (+11).
Which QSR brands have the most UK outlets?
McDonald's (1,527), KFC (1,008) and Burger King (564), as at the November 2026 release.