Where specialty coffee is growing in the UK
184 specialty coffee outlets across 18 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Westminster has the most, with 20, or 1.0 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 141 (80% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Brighton and Hove (+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 specialty coffee outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 20 | 8: WatchHouse, Notes Coffee, Redemption Roasters, Coffee Island, WOLFOX | 1.0 |
| 2 | City of London | 19 | 6: WatchHouse, Notes Coffee, Saint Espresso, Grind, Mouse Tail Coffee | 12.6 |
| 3 | Camden | 13 | 7: Redemption Roasters, WatchHouse, Dept of Coffee & Social Affairs, Mouse Tail Coffee, Notes Coffee | 0.6 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 12 | 3: Bean, 200 Degrees Coffee, Crosby Coffee | 0.2 |
| 5 | Tower Hamlets | 10 | 5: Grind, Notes Coffee, WatchHouse, Dept of Coffee & Social Affairs, Mouse Tail Coffee | 0.3 |
| 6 | Southwark | 8 | 5: WatchHouse, Grind, Mouse Tail Coffee, Origin Coffee, Redemption Roasters | 0.3 |
| 7 | Brighton and Hove | 6 | 2: Small Batch Coffee, WOLFOX | 0.2 |
| 8 | Manchester | 6 | 3: Bean, 200 Degrees Coffee, Grind | 0.1 |
| 9 | Blackburn with Darwen | 5 | 1: Exchange Coffee | 0.3 |
| 10 | Islington | 4 | 3: Saint Espresso, Grind, Redemption Roasters | 0.2 |
| 11 | Lancaster | 4 | 1: Atkinsons Coffee Roasters | 0.3 |
| 12 | Nottingham | 4 | 1: 200 Degrees Coffee | 0.1 |
| 13 | Birmingham | 3 | 1: 200 Degrees Coffee | 0.0 |
| 14 | East Suffolk | 3 | 1: Coffeelink | 0.1 |
| 15 | Hackney | 3 | 3: Grind, Origin Coffee, Saint Espresso | 0.1 |
| 16 | Wandsworth | 3 | 2: WatchHouse, Grind | 0.1 |
| 17 | Basildon | 2 | 1: Coffeelink | 0.1 |
| 18 | Cardiff | 2 | 2: 200 Degrees Coffee, Bru Coffee & Gelato | 0.1 |
| 19 | Colchester | 2 | 1: Coffeelink | 0.1 |
| 20 | Cornwall | 2 | 1: Origin Coffee | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ipswich | 2 | 1: Coffeelink | 0.1 |
| 22 | Lambeth | 2 | 1: Grind | 0.1 |
| 23 | Leeds | 2 | 2: 200 Degrees Coffee, Bean | 0.0 |
| 24 | Leicester | 2 | 2: 200 Degrees Coffee, Bru Coffee & Gelato | 0.1 |
| 25 | Lincoln | 2 | 1: 200 Degrees Coffee | 0.2 |
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 specialty coffee outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brighton and Hove | +1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Westminster | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | City of London | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| 4 | Camden | 0 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 6 | Tower Hamlets | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Southwark | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Manchester | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Blackburn with Darwen | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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 Specialty coffee 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. 3 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 specialty coffee store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
More coffee shop sectors
- All Coffee Shop6,264 outlets · 61 brands
- Mass-market coffee chain5,415 outlets · 26 brands
- Premium coffee chain280 outlets · 5 brands
- Next-gen beverage121 outlets · 2 brands
- Value coffee121 outlets · 4 brands
How many specialty coffee outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 184 branded specialty coffee outlets from 18 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Westminster has the most, with 20.
Which specialty coffee brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were 200 Degrees Coffee (+2), Small Batch Coffee (+1) and WatchHouse (+1).
Which specialty coffee brands have the most UK outlets?
200 Degrees Coffee (27), WatchHouse (26) and Bean (16), as at the November 2026 release.