The analyst 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.
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.
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.
Report 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.
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.
Table of 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
- 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
- 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
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- ASDA Express
- Co-op
- Costcutter
- Little Waitrose
- Londis
- M&S Simply Food
- Morrison's Daily
- Nisa
- One Stop
- Sainsbury's Local
- Spar
- Tesco Express
