London Location Potential
Model ranking · Desserts

The 10 best streets to open a bubble tea or dessert shop in London (2026 data)

Bubble tea and desserts run on teenage-and-student gravity, evening flow and social-media-led queues. These ten streets scored highest.

Format scored: A bubble tea and dessert counter: £6.50 average ticket, grab-and-go, afternoons to late seven days.

Computed 11 September 2026 over 2,480 London street segments. Every figure carries its label: OBSERVED, AREA CONTEXT or MODELLED.

  1. 1

    Sloane Street (Brompton Road, Knightsbridge)

    Kensington and Chelsea · Zone 1 · high street

    60,780 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £47 per person and modelled rent is £619 per m².

    Fit score 70/100MODELLED Est. revenue £35,500/mo (range £19,525-£56,799)MODELLED Weekly station flow 60,780OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £619/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,568AREA CONTEXT
  2. 2

    Plender Street (Camden High Street)

    Camden · Zone 2 · side street

    35,357 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 1 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £42 per person and modelled rent is £469 per m².

    Fit score 70/100MODELLED Est. revenue £26,776/mo (range £14,727-£42,842)MODELLED Weekly station flow 35,357OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 1 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £469/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,668AREA CONTEXT
  3. 3

    Ledbury Road (Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill)

    Kensington and Chelsea · Zone 2 · side street

    94,230 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £45 per person and modelled rent is £515 per m².

    Fit score 68/100MODELLED Est. revenue £35,755/mo (range £19,666-£57,209)MODELLED Weekly station flow 94,230OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £515/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,957AREA CONTEXT
  4. 4

    Panton Street (Gerrard Street, Chinatown)

    Westminster · Zone 1 · side street

    32,397 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £59 per person and modelled rent is £824 per m².

    Fit score 68/100MODELLED Est. revenue £28,319/mo (range £15,575-£45,310)MODELLED Weekly station flow 32,397OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £824/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,691AREA CONTEXT
  5. 5

    Portobello Road

    Kensington and Chelsea · Zones 1/2 · market street

    400,737 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £43 per person and modelled rent is £552 per m².

    Fit score 67/100MODELLED Est. revenue £56,050/mo (range £30,827-£89,680)MODELLED Weekly station flow 400,737OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £552/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,717AREA CONTEXT
  6. 6

    Kensington Park Road (Portobello Road)

    Kensington and Chelsea · Zones 1/2 · side street

    17,144 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £43 per person and modelled rent is £503 per m².

    Fit score 67/100MODELLED Est. revenue £21,684/mo (range £11,926-£34,695)MODELLED Weekly station flow 17,144OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £503/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,717AREA CONTEXT
  7. 7

    Newport Place (Gerrard Street, Chinatown)

    Westminster · Zone 1 · side street

    32,397 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 1 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £59 per person and modelled rent is £824 per m².

    Fit score 67/100MODELLED Est. revenue £26,837/mo (range £14,760-£42,939)MODELLED Weekly station flow 32,397OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 1 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £824/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,691AREA CONTEXT
  8. 8

    Cecil Court (Gerrard Street, Chinatown)

    Westminster · Zone 1 · side street

    32,397 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £59 per person and modelled rent is £824 per m².

    Fit score 67/100MODELLED Est. revenue £28,182/mo (range £15,500-£45,092)MODELLED Weekly station flow 32,397OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £824/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,691AREA CONTEXT
  9. 9

    Whitehall (Gerrard Street, Chinatown)

    Westminster · Zone 1 · side street

    32,397 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £59 per person and modelled rent is £824 per m².

    Fit score 66/100MODELLED Est. revenue £28,436/mo (range £15,640-£45,498)MODELLED Weekly station flow 32,397OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £824/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,691AREA CONTEXT
  10. 10

    Knightsbridge (Brompton Road, Knightsbridge)

    Kensington and Chelsea · Zone 1 · side street

    17,366 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 1 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 250 m. Typical spend nearby is £47 per person and modelled rent is £503 per m².

    Fit score 66/100MODELLED Est. revenue £28,313/mo (range £15,572-£45,300)MODELLED Weekly station flow 17,366OBSERVED Competitors within 250 m 1 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £503/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,568AREA CONTEXT

How this ranking works

One fixed concept is scored against every one of the 2,480 London street segments in the Location Potential dataset: station entries and exits from TfL Annual Station Counts 2025 (National Rail: ORR 2024-25), recorded venues within 250 m from OpenStreetMap, Census 2021 residents for the local LSOA, business crime from data.police.uk, and rent context from Valuation Office Agency rateable values. Scores and revenue figures are MODELLED planning estimates with fixed, published rules, not observed takings. The full method, sources and limits are on the Method page.

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