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The UK Franchise Growth Index

Convenience Store franchises in the UK.

The Convenience Store sub-industry in Twine Growth’s UK Franchise Growth Index sits within the Store Franchise category of the Retail industry. It covers neighbourhood grocery and convenience retail networks, including symbol groups that bring independent shops together under a shared brand. The Index also groups some off-licence and second-hand retail networks under this sub-industry.

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14
Networks in this sector
66
Average overall score
9
Currently recruiting
4
BFA members
12 / 2
UK / international
£200,000
Average investment from

Investment figures are published by 4 of the 14 networks here, so the average describes those 4 only and should not be read as a figure for the whole sector.

About this sector

More about Convenience Store.

Use the listings to see where each brand originated, whether it is recruiting franchisees and whether it belongs to the British Franchise Association. Individual profiles show reported location counts where available.

The Index assesses each network against the Five Fibre Framework™ using publicly available evidence. The scores show how the networks listed here compare with the wider UK franchise market on franchise readiness, operating systems, launch, network expansion and local marketing.

The Five Fibre view

Where this sector is strongest. And where it isn’t.

01 Assess
15.8/20
02 Build
14.8/20
03 Launch
14.9/20
04 Grow
5.9/20
05 Amplify
15.1/20

How networks are assessed Explore this sector in the UK Franchise Data Explorer

Averaged across 14 assessed networks. Sector comparisons use the sector field only and are never mixed with another level of the taxonomy.

Networks

Every network in this sector.

14 networks, A to Z

Bargain Booze

Retail · Store

Recruiting
72out of 100
Independent

Best one

Retail · Store

2,000 locations
66out of 100
Independent

Budgens

Retail · Store

446 locations
67out of 100
Independent

Cash Converters UK

Retail · Store

190 locationsfrom £250,000Recruiting
58out of 100
Independent

Cash Generator

Retail · Store

100 locationsfrom £150,000
59out of 100
Independent

Costcutter

Retail · Store

1,450 locationsRecruiting
70out of 100
Independent

Go Local

Retail · Store

2,000 locations
68out of 100
Independent

Londis

Retail · Store

2,503 locations
64out of 100
Independent

Nisa Retail

Retail · Store

1,592 locationsRecruiting
68out of 100
Independent

One Stop

Retail · Store

1,100 locationsfrom £50,000Recruiting
73out of 100
Independent

Premier Stores

Retail · Store

5,009 locationsRecruiting
64out of 100
Independent

Simply Fresh

Retail · Store

110 locationsRecruiting
62out of 100
Independent

SPAR UK

Retail · Store

1,800 locationsRecruiting
68out of 100
Independent

The Five Fibre Franchise Growth Scorecard

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