United Kingdom (UK) Convenience Retailing Market Size, Trends, Consumer Attitudes and Key Players, 2024-2029

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The GlobalData UK Convenience Retailing 2024-2029 report offers comprehensive insight and analysis of the convenience channel in the UK, the main trends and hot issues, major players and consumer shopping behaviour.

The UK convenience retail market will experience a slower CAGR between 2024 and 2029, than the previous five years from 2019 to 2024. Intensifying store expansion by grocers in 2025 and 2026 will be the key driver of market growth. The market faces challenges from rising food inflation putting pressure on household budgets, leading to potential volume declines in the convenience channel.

Scope

The UK Convenience Retailing report provides a comprehensive analysis and forecast of the convenience channel, offering insights into consumer behaviour, economic factors affecting the channel and retailer performance. This report aims to serve as a valuable resource for retail businesses, investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders interested in the future of the convenience market in the UK.

Key Highlights

The UK convenience channel will achieve a slower CAGR between 2024 and 2029 than the previous five years (2019 and 2024), as the market becomes more consolidated and fluctuations in hybrid working patterns settle.

Food & drink sales dominate the convenience store sector, accounting for almost 90% of convenience store sector spend.

Consumers in the UK aged 16 to 24 are significantly underrepresented in grocer loyalty schemes, despite having a strong interest in discounts.

Reasons to Buy

Identify the key retailers used by consumers to purchase products in the convenience channel.

Understand the key drivers behind consumers visiting convenience stores, and the services used in this location.

Use our in-depth analysis of the challenges faced by the convenience stores market, and what existing retailers must to do keep consumers visiting this location.

View our forecasts for convenience stores up to 2029, including which sectors are expected to prosper in the next five years.

ASDA Express
Co-op
Costcutter
Little Waitrose
Londis
M&S Simply Food
Morrison's Daily
Nisa
One Stop
Sainsbury's Local
Spar
Tesco Express

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Executive summary

KEY TRENDS

Market drivers

Market inhibitors

Key Trends: Return to office

Key Trends: Decline in traditional convenience markets​

Key Trends: Theft

Strategies for success

MARKET SIZE AND FORECASTS 2024-2029

UK Convenience Market, five year growth 2019, 2024 & 2029

UK Convenience Market Size, 2019-2029

UK Convenience Share of Total Retail, 2019-2029

UK Convenience Share of Total Food & Grocery Market, 2019-2029

CATEGORY PERFORMANCE AND FORECASTS 2024-2029

Key category trends

Convenience Retailing Markets​

UK Convenience Retailing Channel by Sector %, 2019-2029​

UK Convenience Retailing Channel by Market %, 2019-2029​

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE: REVENUE AND MARKET SHARE OF TOP 10 PLAYERS

Top 10 UK Convenience Retailing Retailers, 2024​

Market Shares of Top 10 UK Convenience Retailing Retailers, 2023, 2024 and 2025e​

Top 10 Most Purchased from Retailers for Convenience Retailing: Consumer Penetration​

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE: PROFILES OF LEADING PLAYERS

Retailers in Focus: Tesco Express​

Retailers in Focus: Co-op​

Retailers in Focus: Spar

Retailers in Focus: Sainsbury’s Local​

Retailers in Focus: ASDA Express

CONSUMERS

Key Consumer Trends​

UK Convenience Retailing Penetration & Profile, 2025​

UK Convenience Retailing Category Penetration, 2025​

UK Convenience Retailing Food Category Penetration, 2025​

UK Convenience Retailing Usage, 2025​

UK Convenience Retailing Other Usage, 2025​

UK Loyalty Scheme Penetration, 2025​

Convenience Shopper Loyalty Scheme Penetration, 2025​

Statements about convenience stores​

Statements about convenience stores​ by age

UK Monthly Convenience Store Usage​

Statements about working habits, 2024

METHODOLOGY, DEFINITIONS AND CONTACTS

Table

Top 10 UK Convenience Retailing Retailers, 2024​

UK Convenience Retailing Category Penetration, % by Demographic, 2025​

UK Convenience Retailing Food Category Penetration, % by Demographic, 2025​

UK Convenience Retailing Usage, % by Demographic, 2025​

UK Convenience Retailing Other Usage, % by Demographic, 2025​

UK Loyalty Scheme Penetration, % by Demographic, 2025​

Convenience Shopper Loyalty Scheme Penetration, % by Demographic, 2025​

Figures

UK Convenience Retail Market Annual Growth % 2023-2029e

UK Loyalty Scheme Penetration %, 2025

Co-op UK Convenience Retailing Market Share %, 2019-2025

To what extent shoplifting measures would deter consumers from making a purchase %, 2025

UK Convenience Retailing Market GBP m, 2019, 2024 & 2029 & CAGR %​

UK Convenience Retailing Market Value GBP m, 2019-2029

UK Convenience Retailing Market Annual Growth %, 2019-2029

UK Convenience Retailing Share of Total Retail Market %, 2019-2029

UK Convenience Retailing Share of Total Food & Grocery Market %, 2019-2029

UK Convenience Retailing Markets by Value GBP m, 2024 & 2029e

UK Convenience Retailing Markets by Value Growth %, CAGR 2024-2029e

UK Convenience Retailing Channel by Sector %, 2019, 2024 & 2029

UK Convenience Retailing Channel by Market %, 2019, 2024 & 2029

Market Shares of Top 10 UK Convenience Retailing Retailers, 2023, 2024 and 2025e

Tesco Express UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

Co-op UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

Sainsbury’s Local UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

M&S Simply Food UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

ASDA Express UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

Morrisons Daily UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

Spar UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

One Stop UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

Londis UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

Little Waitrose UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

Tesco Express UK Convenience Retailing market share %, 2019-2025e

Co-op UK Convenience Retailing market share %, 2019-2025e

Spar UK Convenience Retailing market share %, 2019-2025e

Sainsbury’s Local UK Convenience Retailing market share %, 2019-2025e

ASDA Express UK Convenience Retailing market share %, 2022-2025e

UK Convenience Retailing Penetration %, 2025

UK Convenience Retailing Profile %, 2025

UK Convenience Retailing Category Penetration %, 2025

UK Convenience Retailing Food Category Penetration %, 2025

UK Convenience Retailing Other Usage %, 2025

UK Convenience Retailing Usage %, 2025

UK Loyalty Scheme Penetration %, 2025

UK Convenience Shopper Loyalty Scheme Penetration %, 2025

Monthly UK Consumer Convenience Store Usage %, July 2024 – August 2025

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