Where sofa specialist is growing in the UK
213 sofa specialist outlets across 2 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Cardiff has the most, with 4, or 0.1 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 59 (28% 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 sofa specialist outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiff | 4 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 2 | Kirklees | 4 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 3 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 3 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 4 | Gateshead | 3 | 2: ScS, DFS | 0.1 |
| 5 | Glasgow City | 3 | 2: ScS, DFS | - |
| 6 | Rotherham | 3 | 2: ScS, DFS | 0.1 |
| 7 | South Gloucestershire | 3 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 8 | Aberdeen City | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | - |
| 9 | Barnet | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.0 |
| 10 | Basildon | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.0 |
| 12 | Blaby | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.2 |
| 13 | Bolton | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 14 | Bradford | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.0 |
| 15 | Broadland | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 16 | Broxtowe | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.2 |
| 17 | Cannock Chase | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.2 |
| 18 | Chelmsford | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 19 | Cheltenham | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.2 |
| 20 | Cheshire West and Chester | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 21 | Colchester | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 22 | Coventry | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 23 | Croydon | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.0 |
| 24 | Derby | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 0.1 |
| 25 | Doncaster | 2 | 2: DFS, ScS | 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 sofa specialist outlets?
No local area has at least 5 outlets in this sector for brands present in both releases, so there is no growth table yet.
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 Sofa specialist 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. 0 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 sofa specialist store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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How many sofa specialist outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 213 branded sofa specialist outlets from 2 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Cardiff has the most, with 4.
Which sofa specialist brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brand adding the most outlets was ScS (+4).
Which sofa specialist brands have the most UK outlets?
DFS (112) and ScS (101), as at the November 2026 release.