Where restaurant is growing in the UK
3,206 restaurant outlets across 35 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 116, or 5.5 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 933 (29% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Bradford (+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 restaurant outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 116 | 24: PizzaExpress, Nando's, Pizza Hut, Daisy Green Collection, Bella Italia | 5.5 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 69 | 17: Pepes, Pizza Hut, Nando's, Loungers, PizzaExpress | 0.6 |
| 3 | Manchester | 45 | 19: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Loungers, Pepes, Pizza Hut | 0.8 |
| 4 | Camden | 43 | 18: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Caravan, Creams, Honest Burgers | 2.0 |
| 5 | Leeds | 42 | 17: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Pizza Hut, Loungers, Miller & Carter | 0.5 |
| 6 | Cardiff | 40 | 21: Loungers, Nando's, Miller & Carter, PizzaExpress, Bill's | 1.0 |
| 7 | City of Edinburgh | 39 | 14: Nando's, Pepes, PizzaExpress, Miller & Carter, Pizza Hut | - |
| 8 | Liverpool | 39 | 20: Nando's, Loungers, Pizza Hut, Moose Coffee, PizzaExpress | 0.8 |
| 9 | Bristol, City of | 37 | 19: Loungers, Pepes, Pizza Hut, Côte, Honest Burgers | 0.7 |
| 10 | Buckinghamshire | 33 | 13: PizzaExpress, Loungers, Nando's, Miller & Carter, Wagamama | 0.6 |
| 11 | Kensington and Chelsea | 33 | 18: PizzaExpress, Nando's, Honest Burgers, Burger & Lobster, Côte | 2.3 |
| 12 | Glasgow City | 32 | 10: Nando's, Pepes, Pizza Hut, Wagamama, TGI Fridays | - |
| 13 | Sheffield | 32 | 14: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Pizza Hut, Miller & Carter, Bella Italia | 0.5 |
| 14 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 31 | 15: Loungers, Pizza Hut, Nando's, PizzaExpress, Miller & Carter | 0.8 |
| 15 | Brighton and Hove | 31 | 22: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Giggling Squid, Loungers, Pizza Hut | 1.1 |
| 16 | Southwark | 31 | 15: Honest Burgers, Nando's, PizzaExpress, Franco Manca, Creams | 1.0 |
| 17 | Lambeth | 30 | 14: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Honest Burgers, Pizza Hut, Creams | 0.9 |
| 18 | Wandsworth | 30 | 12: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Franco Manca, Megans, Pepes | 0.9 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes | 29 | 17: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Wagamama, Bella Italia, Miller & Carter | 0.9 |
| 20 | York | 28 | 16: Pizza Hut, PizzaExpress, Bella Italia, Loungers, Nando's | 1.3 |
| 21 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 27 | 14: Nando's, Pepes, PizzaExpress, Wagamama, Bill's | 1.4 |
| 22 | Bromley | 25 | 11: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Pizza Hut, Zizzi, Creams | 0.7 |
| 23 | City of London | 25 | 12: Nando's, Daisy Green Collection, Franco Manca, PizzaExpress, Burger & Lobster | 16.5 |
| 24 | Greenwich | 23 | 14: Nando's, PizzaExpress, Pizza Hut, Zizzi, Bill's | 0.8 |
| 25 | Hillingdon | 23 | 11: Pepes, Pizza Hut, Nando's, Loungers, PizzaExpress | 0.7 |
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 restaurant outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradford | +2 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | Manchester | +1 | 43 | 44 | 45 |
| 3 | City of Edinburgh | +1 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| 4 | Buckinghamshire | +1 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
| 5 | Wandsworth | +1 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
| 6 | Hammersmith and Fulham | +1 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| 7 | Hillingdon | +1 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 8 | Norwich | +1 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 9 | Newcastle upon Tyne | +1 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 10 | Croydon | +1 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | +1 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| 12 | Canterbury | +1 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| 13 | Elmbridge | +1 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| 14 | Belfast | +1 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| 15 | Colchester | +1 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
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 Restaurant 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. 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 restaurant store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
Restaurant by sector
- Pizza restaurant809 outlets · 3 brands
- Peri-peri chicken restaurant771 outlets · 2 brands
- Italian restaurant402 outlets · 5 brands
- Dessert restaurant294 outlets · 4 brands
- All-day brunch restaurant125 outlets · 6 brands
How many restaurant outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 3,206 branded restaurant outlets from 35 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 116.
Which restaurant brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Nando's (+6), Pepes (+4) and Wagamama (+4).
Which restaurant brands have the most UK outlets?
Nando's (494), Pizza Hut (418) and PizzaExpress (344), as at the November 2026 release.