Location PotentialManchester
Model ranking · Desserts · Manchester

The 10 best streets to open a bubble tea or dessert shop in Manchester (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 444 Manchester street segments. Every figure carries its label: OBSERVED, AREA CONTEXT or MODELLED.

OBSERVED measured at the street or station · AREA CONTEXT residents or borough statistics around it · MODELLED transparent estimates we compute, with the rule shown. Nothing is presented as more precise than its source.

  1. 1

    Salford Crescent station area

    Salford · 1.5-4 km from centre · transport hub

    25,063 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 4 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £22 per person and modelled rent is £163 per m².

    Fit score 65/100MODELLED Est. revenue £27,309/mo (range £15,020-£43,694)MODELLED Weekly station flow 25,063OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 4 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £163/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,939AREA CONTEXT
  2. 2

    Manchester Oxford Road station area

    Manchester · City centre · transport hub

    122,605 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 24 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £31 per person and modelled rent is £223 per m².

    Fit score 64/100MODELLED Est. revenue £21,206/mo (range £11,663-£33,930)MODELLED Weekly station flow 122,605OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 24 (8 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £223/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,009AREA CONTEXT
  3. 3

    Piccadilly Station Approach (Manchester Piccadilly)

    Manchester · City centre · side street

    367,878 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 £37 per person and modelled rent is £195 per m².

    Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £36,319/mo (range £19,976-£58,111)MODELLED Weekly station flow 367,878MODELLED Competitors within 400 m 15 (9 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £195/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,991AREA CONTEXT
  4. 4

    Manchester Victoria station area

    Manchester · City centre · transport hub

    160,693 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 4 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £33 per person and modelled rent is £223 per m².

    Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £35,922/mo (range £19,757-£57,475)MODELLED Weekly station flow 160,693OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 4 (2 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £223/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,393AREA CONTEXT
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    Chester Street (Manchester Oxford Road)

    Manchester · City centre · side street

    8,848 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 20 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £31 per person and modelled rent is £185 per m².

    Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £8,625/mo (range £4,744-£13,799)MODELLED Weekly station flow 8,848MODELLED Competitors within 400 m 20 (5 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £185/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,009AREA CONTEXT
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    Oxford Road (M1)

    Manchester · City centre · side street

    16,432 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 22 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £33 per person and modelled rent is £187 per m².

    Fit score 62/100MODELLED Est. revenue £8,748/mo (range £4,811-£13,996)MODELLED Weekly station flow 16,432MODELLED Competitors within 400 m 22 (7 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £187/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,009AREA CONTEXT
  7. 7

    Whitworth Street West (Manchester Oxford Road)

    Manchester · City centre · side street

    20,223 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 23 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £34 per person and modelled rent is £187 per m².

    Fit score 61/100MODELLED Est. revenue £9,059/mo (range £4,982-£14,495)MODELLED Weekly station flow 20,223MODELLED Competitors within 400 m 23 (7 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £187/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,009AREA CONTEXT
  8. 8

    Mauldeth Road station area

    Manchester · 4-8 km from centre · transport hub

    6,100 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 0 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £26 per person and modelled rent is £213 per m².

    Fit score 61/100MODELLED Est. revenue £19,279/mo (range £10,604-£30,847)MODELLED Weekly station flow 6,100OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 0 (0 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £213/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,821AREA CONTEXT
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    Manchester Piccadilly station area

    Manchester · City centre · transport hub

    525,539 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 11 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £36 per person and modelled rent is £227 per m².

    Fit score 61/100MODELLED Est. revenue £43,113/mo (range £23,712-£68,981)MODELLED Weekly station flow 525,539OBSERVED Competitors within 400 m 11 (8 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £227/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 1,991AREA CONTEXT
  10. 10

    Oxford Street (Manchester Oxford Road)

    Manchester · City centre · side street

    21,487 weekly station entries and exits (entries + exits at named stations) pass the pitch, with 38 recorded dessert and bubble tea shops competing within 400 m. Typical spend nearby is £32 per person and modelled rent is £188 per m².

    Fit score 61/100MODELLED Est. revenue £6,263/mo (range £3,445-£10,021)MODELLED Weekly station flow 21,487MODELLED Competitors within 400 m 38 (11 chain)OBSERVED Est. rent £188/m²/yrMODELLED Residents nearby 2,009AREA CONTEXT

How this ranking works

One fixed concept is scored against every one of the 444 Manchester street segments in the Location Potential dataset: station entries and exits (National Rail: ORR Estimates of Station Usage 2024-25 (annual; day-of-week split modelled)), recorded venues within the concept's competition radius (400 m to 1 km by type) from OpenStreetMap, Census 2021 residents for the local LSOA, 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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