Selected leading coffee shop chains in the UK 2022, by units

As of January 2022, Costa Coffee ranked highest among the leading coffee shop chains in the United Kingdom (UK) with 2,792 outlets. Greggs and Starbucks ranked second and third, respectively, with 2,176 and 1,089 outlets.

What are the leading UK coffee shop chains?

Not only was Costa Coffee the coffee shop chain with the highest number of units in Europe in 2019, the company was also a leader in terms of revenue. Costa Coffee’s annual turnover in the UK in 2019 was 880.59 million British pounds. Caffè Nero’s revenue, in contrast, was 366 million British pounds, and Starbucks’ revenue was 361.7 million British pounds. Costa Coffee was the clear market leader, generating an annual turnover that was over twice as much as its competitors.

How popular is Starbucks in the UK?

Starbucks is the only non-British company in the ranking. Although the company’s popularity failed to match the success of Costa Coffee and other UK brands in 2021, the number of Starbucks stores in Great Britain was higher than in any other European country. Starbucks has seen an increasing number of licensed stores opening in the UK while the number of company-operated stores has been falling, a trend that can be seen across the globe.