Where takeaway is growing in the UK
2,262 takeaway outlets across 7 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Buckinghamshire has the most, with 28, or 0.5 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 440 (19% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Birmingham (+3).
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 takeaway outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckinghamshire | 28 | 7: Domino's Pizza, Favorite Chicken, Fireaway, Caprinos, Chicken Cottage | 0.5 |
| 2 | Croydon | 23 | 7: Domino's Pizza, Favorite Chicken, Papa Johns, Fireaway, Pizza GoGo | 0.6 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 22 | 5: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo, Caprinos, Fireaway | 0.2 |
| 4 | ONS area E06000066 | 21 | 4: Domino's Pizza, Fireaway, Papa Johns, Caprinos | 0.4 |
| 5 | Leeds | 20 | 4: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Chicken Cottage, Caprinos | 0.2 |
| 6 | Bromley | 19 | 6: Domino's Pizza, Favorite Chicken, Papa Johns, Fireaway, Chicken Cottage | 0.6 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes | 19 | 6: Domino's Pizza, Favorite Chicken, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo, Caprinos | 0.6 |
| 8 | Central Bedfordshire | 18 | 7: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Caprinos, Chicken Cottage, Favorite Chicken | 0.6 |
| 9 | City of Edinburgh | 18 | 4: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Caprinos, Chicken Cottage | - |
| 10 | North Northamptonshire | 18 | 6: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Caprinos, Fireaway, Favorite Chicken | 0.5 |
| 11 | West Northamptonshire | 18 | 5: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Caprinos, Fireaway, Pizza GoGo | 0.4 |
| 12 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 17 | 6: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo, Caprinos, Chicken Cottage | 0.4 |
| 13 | Bristol, City of | 17 | 5: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Fireaway, Caprinos, Pizza GoGo | 0.3 |
| 14 | Wiltshire | 17 | 3: Domino's Pizza, Caprinos, Papa Johns | 0.3 |
| 15 | Enfield | 16 | 6: Domino's Pizza, Favorite Chicken, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo, Chicken Cottage | 0.5 |
| 16 | Glasgow City | 16 | 3: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Chicken Cottage | - |
| 17 | Manchester | 16 | 5: Domino's Pizza, Chicken Cottage, Fireaway, Papa Johns, Caprinos | 0.3 |
| 18 | Cardiff | 15 | 5: Domino's Pizza, Fireaway, Caprinos, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo | 0.4 |
| 19 | Coventry | 15 | 6: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo, Caprinos, Chicken Cottage | 0.4 |
| 20 | Havering | 15 | 5: Domino's Pizza, Favorite Chicken, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo, Caprinos | 0.5 |
| 21 | Medway | 15 | 7: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo, Caprinos, Chicken Cottage | 0.5 |
| 22 | Shropshire | 15 | 5: Domino's Pizza, Fireaway, Caprinos, Papa Johns, Pizza GoGo | 0.5 |
| 23 | Barnet | 14 | 4: Domino's Pizza, Pizza GoGo, Papa Johns, Chicken Cottage | 0.3 |
| 24 | Bexley | 14 | 6: Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Fireaway, Caprinos, Favorite Chicken | 0.5 |
| 25 | Cheshire West and Chester | 14 | 3: Domino's Pizza, Caprinos, Papa Johns | 0.4 |
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 takeaway outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | +3 | 19 | 22 | 22 |
| 2 | Milton Keynes | +3 | 16 | 19 | 19 |
| 3 | Medway | +3 | 12 | 15 | 15 |
| 4 | Bristol, City of | +2 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
| 5 | Barnet | +2 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | +2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Gravesham | +2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | ONS area E06000066 | +1 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 9 | Central Bedfordshire | +1 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| 10 | Bexley | +1 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 11 | Sandwell | +1 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| 12 | Greenwich | +1 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | Camden | +1 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 14 | Leicester | +1 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 15 | Norwich | +1 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
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 Takeaway 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. 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 takeaway store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
Takeaway by sector
- Pizza delivery & takeaway2,117 outlets · 5 brands
- Chicken shop145 outlets · 2 brands
How many takeaway outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 2,262 branded takeaway outlets from 7 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Buckinghamshire has the most, with 28.
Which takeaway brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Papa Johns (+24), Domino's Pizza (+22) and Caprinos (+5).
Which takeaway brands have the most UK outlets?
Domino's Pizza (1,333), Papa Johns (379) and Pizza GoGo (150), as at the November 2026 release.