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UK 250 2025: Rising UK challenger brands soften overall decline in value of the nation’s leading brands

Brand Finance
03 July 2025

View the full Brand Finance UK 250 2025 report here.

New Brand Finance data shows the UK has a higher share of top brands founded in the last 25 years than the US, indicating the influence of British innovative upstarts.

Key highlights include:

  • Revolut’s brand value has grown eightfold in one year; other challengers Arm, Monzo, and Octopus Energy are also rapidly rising in brand values
  • Shell is the UK’s most valuable brand for the ninth year in a row with a brand value of £33.9 billion
  • Greggs overtakes EY to become the strongest British brand with top AAA+ rating
  • X (formerly Twitter) is UK consumers’ most hated brand
  • Marks & Spencer grows 18% to become 26th most valuable British brand, but braces for impact of cyber-attack

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