Project Cafe UK 2026

Project Café UK 2026 is Allegra World Coffee Portal’s flagship annual analysis of the UK’s dynamic branded coffee shop market.

Project Café UK 2026 focuses on the latest developments and trends within the UK coffee shop market. Key features include:

State Of The Market Analysis

Branded chain market outlet and estimated store sales sizing featuring over 250 individual operators. Five-year historical tracking and future projections. Top 20 operator market share. New market entrants and departures. Top five operator and broader market average pricing across ten beverage types. Drive through operator market sizing. News and developments with key topic analysis.

Industry Insight

Presenting and interpreting the results of over 100 online surveys, consultations and in-depth interviews with leading industry insiders in the UK.

Operator Profiles

Over 40 major operator profiles featuring key company information and supplier relationships, typical store beverage pricing and social media traction.

Consumer Research

Over 170 pages of in-depth graphs, tables and written analysis from over 40,000 surveys with coffee shop consumers in the UK, covering general preferences, purchase behaviours, brand perceptions, contemporary trends and more. Featuring historical comparisons, demographic splits by gender, age and region, and in-depth key crosstab data dives.

Available for pre-order, publication 21 January 2026.

Allegra World Coffee Portal’s Project Café series has been in publication since 1999, focusing on major branded coffee shop markets and regions across the world. The series provides industry stakeholders with a comprehensive up to date analysis identifying the scale of opportunity, core market dynamics, key industry trends, and evolving consumer preferences.