Christie & Co launches Retail Market Review 2026

Christie Group PLC

16 September 2026

 

16 September 2026

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

Christie & Co launches its Retail Market Review 2026

Annual review highlights buyer demand continuing to outstrip supply across UK convenience store and forecourt markets

Christie Group plc (CTG.L) reports that its agency and advisory business, Christie & Co, has released its Retail Market Review 2026, which provides insight into transaction activity, buyer demand, the trading environment, regulatory change and emerging opportunities across the UK's convenience store and forecourt sectors.

The report highlights a market underpinned by strong fundamentals, with both convenience stores and forecourts continuing to demonstrate adaptability despite high operating costs, labour challenges and regulatory change. Illustrating the strong buyer demand across both sectors, Christie & Co recorded a 26% increase in offers on retail businesses in H1 2026 compared with H1 2025 and sold over 100 retail businesses, averaging around four per week.

The report demonstrates continued buyer demand, noting Christie & Co received over 1,390 new registrations from buyers seeking retail businesses in the first six months of the year. The review also outlines that well-invested businesses with strong local presence, diversified income streams, and clear growth strategies are best placed to succeed, and continue to attract significant buyer interest.

Christie & Co's specialist Retail team is widely recognised as one of the UK's leading advisers to the sector, with a database of over 14,000 active retail buyers and providing a range of services from brokerage to valuation and consultancy. Christie Finance, Christie Insurance and Pinders offer complementary services.

The publication is available to read on www.christie.com, or can be found by following the link below:

·    https://www.christie.com/sectors/retail/market-review

Dan Prickett, Chief Executive of Christie Group plc, comments: "Our latest Retail Market Review shows the UK convenience retail and forecourt markets continue to demonstrate resilience, with buyer demand for quality businesses remaining strong despite ongoing challenges across the sector. Our deep specialist knowledge of these markets underpins Christie & Co's position as a leading sector adviser, with our team successfully selling around four retail businesses every week in the first half of 2026. The continued buyer appetite leaves us well positioned to support clients as they identify and act on opportunities across the market."

Enquiries:

Christie Group plc

Dan Prickett                                                                       07885 813101

Chief Executive                                

Simon Hawkins                                                                 07767 354366

Chief Financial Officer

Shore Capital

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Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 32 offices across the UK and Europe, catering to its specialist markets in the healthcare, hospitality, leisure, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Venners.

Tracing its origins back to 1896, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering valued services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

For more information, please go to https://www.christiegroup.com/

More about our services:

https://www.christie.com/
https://www.christieinsurance.com/
https://www.christiefinance.com
https://www.pinders.co.uk

https://www.venners.com/

 

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