This statistic illustrates the number of independent retail stores which opened and closed across the top 500 town centres in Great Britain from 2014 to 2017. Fewer independents opened in 2015 compared to the year before. In 2015, 34,288 independents opened compared to 34,833 in 2014. By 2017, the number of store openings amounted to 33,010.
Number of independent retail stores opening and closing in Great Britain in 2014 and 2017*
Characteristic
Store openings
Store closures
2014
34,833
34,324
2015
34,288
33,812
2016
32,728
31,933
2017
33,010
34,493
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of openings or closures34,83334,83334,28834,28832,72832,72833,01033,01034,32434,32433,81233,81231,93331,93334,49334,493Store openingsStore closures2014201520162017
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Local Data Company. (April 24, 2018). Number of independent retail stores opening and closing in Great Britain in 2014 and 2017* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/532230/independent-retail-store-openings-and-closures-great-britain/
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