A study from 2024 on the music retailers in the UK showed that in 2023 only 122 specialist chains were selling music. In terms of supermarkets, 1,072 stores also had music in their product line, while 461 independent stores were selling music. Compared to the previous year, this meant an increase in independent store and a decrease in supermarket sold music.
Number of principle retailers selling music in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2023, by type of retail company
Specialist Chains are hmv.
Multiples are Urban Outfitters, WHSmith, Matalan, Primark, Boots, Moto, Original Factory Store, B&M, Easons, and SemiChem. (Changes are most likely due to withdrawal from Audio and Video
retailing/stocking). (NB Argos, Homebase and Burton withdrew from Audio and Video retailing).
Supermarkets include Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s (including Locals*), Tesco (including Metro and Express*), Waitrose*, Co-Op*, and One-Stop* (*That sell audio and video titles). Supermarkets combined with multiples in July 2022.
Note: Supermarkets merged with Multiples in 2022.
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Entertainment Retailers Association. (March 6, 2024). Number of principle retailers selling music in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2023, by type of retail company [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/417598/entertainment-retailers-by-type-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Entertainment Retailers Association. "Number of principle retailers selling music in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2023, by type of retail company." Chart. March 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417598/entertainment-retailers-by-type-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Entertainment Retailers Association. (2024). Number of principle retailers selling music in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2023, by type of retail company. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/417598/entertainment-retailers-by-type-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Entertainment Retailers Association. "Number of Principle Retailers Selling Music in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2013 to 2023, by Type of Retail Company." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417598/entertainment-retailers-by-type-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Entertainment Retailers Association, Number of principle retailers selling music in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2023, by type of retail company Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/417598/entertainment-retailers-by-type-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of principle retailers selling music in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2023, by type of retail company [Graph], Entertainment Retailers Association, March 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/417598/entertainment-retailers-by-type-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
