United Kingdom: retail footfall change in shopping centers 2019-2025

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F. Watty,
Nov 25, 2025

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and social distancing measures the UK government took, retail footfall after March 2020 saw an unprecedented fall. Not unexpectedly, visitor numbers to shopping centers took the biggest hit, declining by almost ** percent in May 2020. Most recently reported numbers showed fluctuations. In September 2025, for example, shopping center footfall decreased by *** percent compared to the levels observed in the same month of the previous year.

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Year-on-year change in retail footfall in shopping centers in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2019 to September 2025

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Release date

October 2025

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2019 to September 2025

Supplementary notes

* December is Christmas numbers (Monday 23rd December vs Saturday December 21).
** From April to July 2021, figures are comparisons to 2019 data. 2022 data is Yo3Y comparisons. Otherwise, data shown here are year-on-year comparisons. 

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