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

  1. 1

    Brompton Road, Knightsbridge

    Kensington and Chelsea · Zone 1 · major retail street

    282,192 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 15 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £48 per person and modelled rent is £797 per m².

    Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £36,132/mo (range £19,873-£57,811)MODELLED Weekly station flow 282,192OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 15 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £797/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,568AREA CONTEXT
  2. 2

    Camden High Street

    Camden · Zone 2 · high street

    454,587 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 18 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £44 per person and modelled rent is £587 per m².

    Fit score 61/100MODELLED Est. revenue £38,432/mo (range £21,138-£61,491)MODELLED Weekly station flow 454,587OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 18 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £587/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,668AREA CONTEXT
  3. 3

    Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill

    Westminster · Zone 2 · high street

    347,304 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 9 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £59 per person and modelled rent is £1,029 per m².

    Fit score 61/100MODELLED Est. revenue £41,045/mo (range £22,575-£65,672)MODELLED Weekly station flow 347,304OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 9 (1 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £1,029/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,957AREA CONTEXT
  4. 4

    Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross

    Camden · Zone 1 · managed estate

    1,576,967 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 16 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £45 per person and modelled rent is £700 per m².

    Fit score 60/100MODELLED Est. revenue £67,692/mo (range £37,231-£108,307)MODELLED Weekly station flow 1,576,967OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 16 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £700/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,948AREA CONTEXT
  5. 5

    St Katharine Docks

    Tower Hamlets · Zone 1 · managed estate

    345,055 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 7 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £49 per person and modelled rent is £551 per m².

    Fit score 60/100MODELLED Est. revenue £43,294/mo (range £23,812-£69,270)MODELLED Weekly station flow 345,055OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 7 (1 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £551/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,986AREA CONTEXT
  6. 6

    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 16 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £47 per person and modelled rent is £619 per m².

    Fit score 60/100MODELLED Est. revenue £19,822/mo (range £10,902-£31,716)MODELLED Weekly station flow 60,780OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 16 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £619/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,568AREA CONTEXT
  7. 7

    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 10 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £45 per person and modelled rent is £515 per m².

    Fit score 59/100MODELLED Est. revenue £26,512/mo (range £14,582-£42,420)MODELLED Weekly station flow 94,230OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 10 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £515/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,957AREA CONTEXT
  8. 8

    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 17 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £42 per person and modelled rent is £469 per m².

    Fit score 59/100MODELLED Est. revenue £10,531/mo (range £5,792-£16,850)MODELLED Weekly station flow 35,357OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 17 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £469/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,668AREA CONTEXT
  9. 9

    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 25 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £43 per person and modelled rent is £552 per m².

    Fit score 59/100MODELLED Est. revenue £32,778/mo (range £18,028-£52,444)MODELLED Weekly station flow 400,737OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 25 (4 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £552/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,717AREA CONTEXT
  10. 10

    Brompton Road (Brompton Road, Knightsbridge)

    Westminster · Zone 1 · high street

    102,023 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 14 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £64 per person and modelled rent is £1,013 per m².

    Fit score 58/100MODELLED Est. revenue £27,094/mo (range £14,902-£43,351)MODELLED Weekly station flow 102,023OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 14 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £1,013/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 the concept's competition radius (400 m to 1 km by type) 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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