8,871 venues on the Gambling Commission's premises register, 6,235 of them betting shops. Great Britain has 0.92 betting shops for every 10,000 residents; Westminster has the most, at 2.50.

6,235Betting shops

1,501Adult gaming centres

783Bingo halls

180Casinos

162Family entertainment centres

10Other

Most betting shops per head

Betting shops for every 10,000 residents, councils with 30,000 or more residents.

#	Council	Betting shops	Residents	Per 10,000
1	Westminster	53	212,367	2.50
2	Liverpool	121	507,915	2.38
3	Glasgow City	140	654,330	2.14
4	Haringey	52	266,218	1.95
5	North Lanarkshire	66	343,930	1.92
6	Enfield	63	329,400	1.91
7	Brent	67	352,201	1.90
8	Middlesbrough	29	152,795	1.90
9	South Ayrshire	19	112,280	1.69
10	Great Yarmouth	17	100,957	1.68
11	South Lanarkshire	56	334,330	1.67
12	Blackpool	24	143,492	1.67
13	Barking and Dagenham	39	238,295	1.64
14	Dundee City	24	148,390	1.62
15	Harrow	44	272,612	1.61
16	Aberdeen City	37	230,180	1.61
17	Reading	29	183,762	1.58
18	West Dunbartonshire	14	88,340	1.58
19	Sunderland	45	287,070	1.57
20	North Ayrshire	21	133,660	1.57

Fewest betting shops per head

#	Council	Betting shops	Residents	Per 10,000
345	South Cambridgeshire	1	174,641	0.06
344	Malvern Hills	1	84,380	0.12
343	Broadland	2	139,652	0.14
342	Stroud	2	126,418	0.16
341	South Staffordshire	2	114,811	0.17
340	Mid Suffolk	2	113,047	0.18
339	Guildford	3	152,148	0.20
338	Chichester	3	130,224	0.23
337	Rutland	1	41,629	0.24
336	Hinckley and Bosworth	3	118,240	0.25

Who runs the betting shops

Licence holders by number of betting shops. These are the licensed companies as the register names them; one company can trade under several brands.

Licence holder	Betting shops	Share
Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming Limited	2,679	43.0%
Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited	1,406	22.6%
William Hill Organization Limited	1,251	20.1%
Power Leisure Bookmakers Limited	348	5.6%
Boylesports (UK) Limited	92	1.5%
Betting Shop Operations Limited	66	1.1%
Jennings Racing Limited	56	0.9%
Mark Jarvis Limited	45	0.7%
Megabet UK Limited	44	0.7%
Chisholm Bookmakers Limited	35	0.6%

Every council

Council	All premises	Betting shops	Per 10,000	Rank
Aberdeen City	48	37	1.61	16
Aberdeenshire	17	16	0.60	243
Adur	8	5	0.77	186
Amber Valley	9	7	0.53	270
Angus	9	6	0.52	272
Argyll and Bute	10	6	0.69	216
Arun	26	13	0.75	194
Ashfield	12	9	0.69	214
Ashford	9	7	0.49	282
Babergh	6	6	0.61	241
Barking and Dagenham	45	39	1.64	13
Barnet	67	55	1.35	44
Barnsley	32	27	1.07	87
Basildon	15	12	0.62	238
Basingstoke and Deane	15	12	0.62	236
Bassetlaw	16	14	1.11	82
Bath and North East Somerset	9	9	0.45	294
Bedford	22	17	0.87	145
Bexley	24	19	0.74	197
Birmingham	164	123	1.05	91
Blaby	9	4	0.37	313
Blackburn with Darwen	20	16	0.98	110
Blackpool	55	24	1.67	12
Blaenau Gwent	10	8	1.18	62
Bolsover	9	6	0.71	208
Bolton	38	28	0.90	136
Boston	18	10	1.39	34
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	61	45	1.11	81
Bracknell Forest	8	7	0.53	269
Bradford	70	51	0.91	132
Braintree	12	11	0.66	223
Breckland	13	7	0.47	289
Brent	83	67	1.90	7
Brentwood	9	9	1.12	75
Bridgend	20	12	0.82	167
Brighton and Hove	41	23	0.81	170
Bristol	55	40	0.81	172
Broadland	2	2	0.14	343
Bromley	37	30	0.89	138
Bromsgrove	7	3	0.29	328
Broxbourne	16	14	1.36	40
Broxtowe	14	9	0.79	177
Buckinghamshire	38	31	0.53	271
Burnley	14	10	0.99	109
Bury	27	20	1.00	103
Caerphilly	20	14	0.80	174
Calderdale	24	16	0.76	190
Cambridge	18	16	1.07	88
Camden	40	30	1.38	36
Cannock Chase	13	8	0.77	185
Canterbury	18	12	0.74	198
Cardiff	63	44	1.15	69
Carmarthenshire	20	16	0.84	160
Castle Point	13	7	0.77	187
Central Bedfordshire	24	14	0.44	297
Ceredigion	7	4	0.55	262
Charnwood	19	13	0.69	213
Chelmsford	15	13	0.68	218
Cheltenham	13	10	0.82	166
Cherwell	19	14	0.81	169
Cheshire East	34	24	0.56	257
Cheshire West and Chester	31	24	0.64	230
Chesterfield	16	10	0.94	126
Chichester	9	3	0.23	338
Chorley	10	6	0.49	285
City of Edinburgh	76	59	1.11	78
City of London	60	21	13.43	not ranked
Clackmannanshire	7	7	1.36	42
Colchester	19	11	0.55	259
Conwy	24	10	0.87	151
Cornwall	63	22	0.38	310
Cotswold	3	3	0.33	318
County Durham	74	50	0.93	128
Coventry	53	40	1.10	83
Crawley	15	11	0.88	142
Croydon	58	47	1.15	70
Cumberland	39	30	1.06	89
Dacorum	16	14	0.86	152
Darlington	18	14	1.23	57
Dartford	10	7	0.55	261
Denbighshire	21	10	1.02	102
Derby	37	27	0.98	111
Derbyshire Dales	6	4	0.56	258
Doncaster	52	40	1.24	55
Dorset	50	21	0.54	267
Dover	18	9	0.74	195
Dudley	37	25	0.75	191
Dumfries and Galloway	21	14	0.96	121
Dundee City	30	24	1.62	14
Ealing	55	44	1.14	73
East Ayrshire	23	19	1.57	21
East Cambridgeshire	3	3	0.32	322
East Devon	13	7	0.44	300
East Dunbartonshire	12	11	1.00	108
East Hampshire	7	6	0.46	292
East Hertfordshire	9	9	0.57	254
East Lindsey	87	8	0.55	260
East Lothian	15	12	1.03	98
East Renfrewshire	10	10	1.00	106
East Riding of Yorkshire	55	23	0.64	228
East Staffordshire	13	11	0.84	162
East Suffolk	35	13	0.52	274
Eastbourne	16	12	1.16	67
Eastleigh	11	9	0.63	233
Elmbridge	11	10	0.70	210
Enfield	78	63	1.91	6
Epping Forest	12	12	0.87	147
Epsom and Ewell	9	8	0.96	123
Erewash	11	8	0.71	209
Exeter	16	11	0.80	175
Falkirk	25	21	1.31	47
Fareham	7	5	0.43	301
Fenland	15	11	1.04	92
Fife	46	32	0.86	154
Flintshire	19	16	1.03	100
Folkestone and Hythe	18	5	0.45	293
Forest of Dean	3	3	0.33	317
Fylde	6	5	0.58	249
Gateshead	36	28	1.38	37
Gedling	13	11	0.91	133
Glasgow City	177	140	2.14	3
Gloucester	23	17	1.23	56
Gosport	8	6	0.73	203
Gravesham	13	8	0.72	205
Great Yarmouth	88	17	1.68	10
Greenwich	48	40	1.33	46
Guildford	4	3	0.20	339
Gwynedd	15	8	0.67	222
Hackney	45	39	1.46	29
Halton	28	16	1.21	59
Hammersmith and Fulham	34	26	1.37	39
Harborough	3	3	0.28	331
Haringey	64	52	1.95	4
Harlow	10	4	0.41	307
Harrow	54	44	1.61	15
Hart	5	4	0.39	309
Hartlepool	24	14	1.40	33
Hastings	19	6	0.66	224
Havant	17	10	0.79	179
Havering	43	38	1.35	43
Herefordshire	21	14	0.73	201
Hertsmere	20	13	1.18	63
High Peak	3	3	0.33	315
Highland	21	15	0.63	235
Hillingdon	39	34	1.04	93
Hinckley and Bosworth	4	3	0.25	336
Horsham	5	5	0.33	319
Hounslow	59	45	1.50	27
Huntingdonshire	13	11	0.57	251
Hyndburn	14	10	1.15	71
Inverclyde	15	10	1.27	51
Ipswich	23	20	1.43	31
Isle of Anglesey	6	6	0.87	149
Isle of Wight	20	9	0.64	229
Islington	29	25	1.11	79
Kensington and Chelsea	25	17	1.17	65
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	29	9	0.57	250
Kingston upon Hull	58	32	1.17	64
Kingston upon Thames	22	18	1.04	96
Kirklees	35	24	0.54	266
Knowsley	14	11	0.67	219
Lambeth	38	30	0.95	124
Lancaster	24	14	0.96	119
Leeds	97	78	0.93	127
Leicester	63	51	1.33	45
Lewes	5	5	0.49	283
Lewisham	55	46	1.53	23
Lichfield	6	5	0.44	299
Lincoln	14	9	0.87	146
Liverpool	146	121	2.38	2
Luton	30	23	0.97	117
Maidstone	18	12	0.63	234
Maldon	6	2	0.28	333
Malvern Hills	3	1	0.12	344
Manchester	94	74	1.26	52
Mansfield	15	10	0.88	144
Medway	42	23	0.79	180
Melton	3	2	0.37	314
Merthyr Tydfil	8	6	1.03	99
Merton	23	21	0.96	120
Mid Devon	6	4	0.47	288
Mid Suffolk	2	2	0.18	340
Mid Sussex	8	6	0.37	311
Middlesbrough	41	29	1.90	8
Midlothian	8	7	0.70	212
Milton Keynes	35	25	0.81	171
Mole Valley	4	4	0.45	296
Monmouthshire	5	4	0.42	304
Moray	6	4	0.42	306
Neath Port Talbot	17	12	0.84	161
New Forest	14	12	0.68	217
Newark and Sherwood	8	6	0.47	290
Newcastle upon Tyne	55	39	1.22	58
Newcastle-under-Lyme	13	10	0.78	181
Newham	66	57	1.51	24
Newport	22	18	1.07	85
North Ayrshire	30	21	1.57	20
North Devon	15	5	0.49	284
North East Derbyshire	3	3	0.28	330
North East Lincolnshire	44	22	1.37	38
North Hertfordshire	13	12	0.87	150
North Kesteven	4	4	0.32	320
North Lanarkshire	82	66	1.92	5
North Lincolnshire	20	16	0.93	130
North Norfolk	15	7	0.67	220
North Northamptonshire	42	33	0.87	148
North Somerset	25	13	0.57	253
North Tyneside	38	21	0.97	116
North Warwickshire	8	4	0.59	245
North West Leicestershire	12	7	0.62	237
North Yorkshire	81	41	0.64	227
Northumberland	49	32	0.96	122
Norwich	25	22	1.51	25
Nottingham	59	41	1.26	53
Nuneaton and Bedworth	22	17	1.18	61
Oadby and Wigston	6	6	0.98	112
Oldham	24	18	0.71	207
Oxford	27	21	1.27	50
Pembrokeshire	12	7	0.56	256
Pendle	10	9	0.90	137
Perth and Kinross	11	8	0.52	275
Peterborough	34	23	1.02	101
Plymouth	38	24	0.88	141
Portsmouth	55	27	1.28	49
Powys	4	4	0.30	325
Preston	23	17	1.03	97
Reading	38	29	1.58	17
Redbridge	49	42	1.31	48
Redcar and Cleveland	30	19	1.36	41
Redditch	8	7	0.80	176
Reigate and Banstead	11	10	0.63	232
Renfrewshire	26	21	1.11	80
Rhondda Cynon Taf	29	24	1.00	107
Ribble Valley	3	3	0.45	295
Richmond upon Thames	17	16	0.81	173
Rochdale	37	27	1.14	72
Rochford	6	5	0.55	263
Rossendale	4	4	0.54	268
Rother	11	5	0.52	273
Rotherham	36	25	0.90	135
Rugby	8	6	0.48	287
Runnymede	9	8	0.86	156
Rushcliffe	5	4	0.31	323
Rushmoor	21	12	1.13	74
Rutland	1	1	0.24	337
Salford	45	31	1.04	94
Sandwell	64	42	1.19	60
Scottish Borders	10	7	0.60	244
Sefton	57	42	1.46	30
Sevenoaks	9	9	0.73	202
Sheffield	72	52	0.90	134
Shropshire	20	17	0.51	276
Slough	26	21	1.25	54
Solihull	21	14	0.63	231
Somerset	66	34	0.58	246
South Ayrshire	25	19	1.69	9
South Cambridgeshire	3	1	0.06	345
South Derbyshire	8	5	0.42	305
South Gloucestershire	22	18	0.58	247
South Hams	7	4	0.43	303
South Holland	10	7	0.69	215
South Kesteven	10	8	0.54	265
South Lanarkshire	69	56	1.67	11
South Norfolk	5	4	0.27	334
South Oxfordshire	6	4	0.25	335
South Ribble	10	10	0.85	159
South Staffordshire	7	2	0.17	341
South Tyneside	29	16	1.06	90
Southampton	50	28	1.08	84
Southend-on-Sea	33	18	0.97	115
Southwark	53	43	1.38	35
Spelthorne	13	12	1.12	77
St Albans	7	6	0.40	308
St. Helens	26	22	1.16	68
Stafford	11	4	0.28	329
Staffordshire Moorlands	8	6	0.62	240
Stevenage	12	9	0.98	113
Stirling	12	8	0.85	158
Stockport	37	29	0.95	125
Stockton-on-Tees	35	29	1.40	32
Stoke-on-Trent	43	25	0.92	131
Stratford-on-Avon	9	7	0.47	291
Stroud	4	2	0.16	342
Sunderland	64	45	1.57	19
Surrey Heath	9	8	0.84	163
Sutton	19	16	0.75	192
Swale	28	7	0.44	298
Swansea	31	19	0.76	188
Swindon	24	20	0.82	165
Tameside	27	19	0.79	178
Tamworth	8	6	0.74	200
Tandridge	8	6	0.66	226
Teignbridge	21	6	0.43	302
Telford and Wrekin	19	15	0.75	193
Tendring	33	8	0.50	280
Test Valley	7	4	0.29	327
Tewkesbury	7	7	0.67	221
Thanet	25	11	0.77	183
Three Rivers	6	6	0.62	239
Thurrock	16	14	0.77	184
Tonbridge and Malling	8	7	0.51	278
Torbay	42	10	0.72	204
Torfaen	14	8	0.85	157
Torridge	8	2	0.28	332
Tower Hamlets	59	50	1.50	26
Trafford	23	20	0.83	164
Tunbridge Wells	7	7	0.58	248
Uttlesford	4	3	0.31	324
Vale of Glamorgan	17	10	0.74	199
Vale of White Horse	5	5	0.33	316
Wakefield	57	36	0.97	114
Walsall	34	24	0.81	168
Waltham Forest	51	44	1.55	22
Wandsworth	40	30	0.88	143
Warrington	19	13	0.60	242
Warwick	11	11	0.70	211
Watford	20	16	1.49	28
Waverley	7	7	0.51	279
Wealden	9	8	0.48	286
Welwyn Hatfield	14	13	1.07	86
West Berkshire	18	9	0.54	264
West Devon	3	3	0.51	277
West Dunbartonshire	20	14	1.58	18
West Lancashire	12	11	0.89	140
West Lindsey	4	3	0.30	326
West Lothian	26	21	1.12	76
West Northamptonshire	50	33	0.74	196
West Oxfordshire	8	8	0.66	225
West Suffolk	25	22	1.16	66
Westminster	87	53	2.50	1
Westmorland and Furness	30	20	0.86	155
Wigan	39	31	0.89	139
Wiltshire	31	26	0.49	281
Winchester	7	5	0.37	312
Windsor and Maidenhead	17	16	1.00	105
Wirral	37	25	0.76	189
Woking	13	11	1.04	95
Wokingham	6	6	0.32	321
Wolverhampton	27	22	0.78	182
Worcester	11	10	0.93	129
Worthing	16	11	0.97	118
Wrexham	15	10	0.72	206
Wychavon	11	8	0.57	255
Wyre	21	12	1.00	104
Wyre Forest	17	9	0.86	153
York	14	12	0.57	252

How this is counted

Premises come from the Gambling Commission's premises licence register, downloaded 15 October 2026. Residents are ONS mid-2025 population estimates. City of London is shown but not ranked: with fewer than 30,000 residents, a per-head figure says more about the population count than the high street.

The register still files 391 venues under councils abolished in the 2019 to 2023 reorganisations, such as Harrogate and Kettering. They are counted here under the council that replaced them. 3 filed under Hertfordshire County Council cannot be placed in one council and count only in the national totals.

Download every premises (CSV) · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Gambling Commission, ONS.

Every licensed gambling premises in Great Britain

Most betting shops per head

Fewest betting shops per head

Who runs the betting shops

Every council

How this is counted