Where sandwich bar is growing in the UK
2,661 sandwich bar 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 89, or 4.2 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 764 (29% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Bradford (+1).
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 sandwich bar outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 89 | 5: Pret A Manger, Subway, Bagel Factory, Upper Crust, Wrap It Up | 4.2 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 55 | 5: Subway, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust, Bagel Factory, Philpotts | 0.5 |
| 3 | City of London | 50 | 4: Pret A Manger, Subway, Wrap It Up, Bagel Factory | 33.1 |
| 4 | Glasgow City | 46 | 2: Subway, Pret A Manger | - |
| 5 | Manchester | 45 | 4: Subway, Pret A Manger, Bagel Factory, Upper Crust | 0.8 |
| 6 | Camden | 40 | 3: Pret A Manger, Subway, Upper Crust | 1.8 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 38 | 3: Subway, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust | 0.7 |
| 8 | Leeds | 34 | 5: Subway, Pret A Manger, Bagel Factory, Philpotts, Upper Crust | 0.4 |
| 9 | Belfast | 33 | 3: Subway, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust | - |
| 10 | City of Edinburgh | 30 | 3: Subway, Pret A Manger, Bagel Factory | - |
| 11 | Islington | 27 | 2: Pret A Manger, Subway | 1.2 |
| 12 | Sheffield | 25 | 3: Subway, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust | 0.4 |
| 13 | Tower Hamlets | 25 | 3: Subway, Pret A Manger, Bagel Factory | 0.8 |
| 14 | Bristol, City of | 21 | 2: Subway, Pret A Manger | 0.4 |
| 15 | ONS area E06000066 | 21 | 2: Subway, Pret A Manger | 0.4 |
| 16 | Southwark | 21 | 3: Pret A Manger, Subway, Bagel Factory | 0.7 |
| 17 | Coventry | 20 | 2: Subway, Pret A Manger | 0.5 |
| 18 | Newham | 20 | 4: Subway, Pret A Manger, Bagel Factory, Upper Crust | 0.5 |
| 19 | Bradford | 18 | 2: Subway, Pret A Manger | 0.3 |
| 20 | Cardiff | 18 | 3: Subway, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust | 0.5 |
| 21 | Hillingdon | 18 | 2: Pret A Manger, Subway | 0.5 |
| 22 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 18 | 3: Subway, Pret A Manger, Upper Crust | 0.6 |
| 23 | Wiltshire | 18 | 2: Subway, Pret A Manger | 0.3 |
| 24 | Brent | 17 | 2: Subway, Pret A Manger | 0.5 |
| 25 | Cheshire West and Chester | 17 | 2: Subway, Pret A Manger | 0.5 |
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 sandwich bar outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradford | +1 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| 2 | County Durham | +1 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | ONS area E06000065 | +1 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Kirklees | +1 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 5 | Elmbridge | +1 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Chorley | +1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Birmingham | 0 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
| 8 | City of London | 0 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| 9 | Glasgow City | 0 | 46 | 46 | 46 |
| 10 | Manchester | 0 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| 11 | Camden | 0 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 0 | 38 | 38 | 38 |
| 13 | Belfast | 0 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| 14 | City of Edinburgh | 0 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| 15 | Islington | 0 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
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 Sandwich bar 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. 33 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 sandwich bar store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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How many sandwich bar outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 2,661 branded sandwich bar outlets from 6 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 89.
Which sandwich bar brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brand adding the most outlets was Subway (+2).
Which sandwich bar brands have the most UK outlets?
Subway (2,077), Pret A Manger (520) and Upper Crust (31), as at the November 2026 release.