Where value bakery is growing in the UK
3,231 value bakery outlets across 6 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Glasgow City has the most, with 66; the top 25 local areas together hold 846 (26% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Sunderland (+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 value bakery outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow City | 66 | 1: Greggs | - |
| 2 | Leeds | 63 | 2: Greggs, Cooplands | 0.7 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 55 | 1: Greggs | 0.5 |
| 4 | ONS area E06000065 | 45 | 2: Greggs, Cooplands | 0.7 |
| 5 | County Durham | 40 | 2: Greggs, Cooplands | 0.7 |
| 6 | Cardiff | 39 | 2: Greggs, Parsons Bakery | 1.0 |
| 7 | City of Edinburgh | 38 | 1: Greggs | - |
| 8 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 36 | 2: Cooplands, Greggs | 1.3 |
| 9 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 36 | 1: Greggs | 1.1 |
| 10 | Bristol, City of | 34 | 2: Greggs, Parsons Bakery | 0.7 |
| 11 | ONS area E06000066 | 34 | 2: Greggs, Parsons Bakery | 0.6 |
| 12 | Wiltshire | 34 | 3: Greggs, Parsons Bakery, Wenzel's the Bakers | 0.6 |
| 13 | Manchester | 32 | 2: Greggs, Pound Bakery | 0.5 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 30 | 2: Greggs, Cooplands | 1.0 |
| 15 | Buckinghamshire | 27 | 2: Greggs, Wenzel's the Bakers | 0.5 |
| 16 | Liverpool | 27 | 2: Greggs, Pound Bakery | 0.5 |
| 17 | Derby | 25 | 2: Birds Bakery, Greggs | 0.9 |
| 18 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 25 | 2: Cooplands, Greggs | 0.7 |
| 19 | Wakefield | 25 | 2: Greggs, Cooplands | 0.7 |
| 20 | Bradford | 23 | 1: Greggs | 0.4 |
| 21 | Northumberland | 23 | 2: Greggs, Cooplands | 0.7 |
| 22 | South Lanarkshire | 23 | 1: Greggs | - |
| 23 | Gateshead | 22 | 1: Greggs | 1.1 |
| 24 | Nottingham | 22 | 2: Greggs, Birds Bakery | 0.7 |
| 25 | Sheffield | 22 | 2: Greggs, Cooplands | 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 value bakery outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland | +3 | 27 | 30 | 30 |
| 2 | West Lothian | +2 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | East Hertfordshire | +2 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | ONS area E06000065 | +1 | 44 | 45 | 45 |
| 5 | Cardiff | +1 | 38 | 39 | 39 |
| 6 | Derby | +1 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
| 7 | Northumberland | +1 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| 8 | South Lanarkshire | +1 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| 9 | Nottingham | +1 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| 10 | Doncaster | +1 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 11 | Fife | +1 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| 12 | West Northamptonshire | +1 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| 13 | Barnet | +1 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| 14 | Havering | +1 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Belfast | +1 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
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 Value bakery 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. 12 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 value bakery store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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How many value bakery outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 3,231 branded value bakery outlets from 6 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Glasgow City has the most, with 66.
Which value bakery brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Greggs (+43), Cooplands (+2) and Birds Bakery (+1).
Which value bakery brands have the most UK outlets?
Greggs (2,820), Cooplands (160) and Wenzel's the Bakers (104), as at the November 2026 release.