Retail & Shopping

Forty-two gift and card shops — giftware generalists at the core, maker-led specialists and visitor-site souvenir stores at the edges.

Thirty-five specialist retailers — six antique dealers, five craft-supply shops, four artisan metalworkers, two auction houses.

Twenty clothing firms — Creasey's (1899) the only independent department store, alongside boutiques, knitwear, and lingerie specialists.

Thirty-eight retailers — soft furnishings, flooring, fitted kitchens, and freestanding furniture — founding dates from 1904 to 2017.

Twenty-nine hardware and DIY suppliers — flooring dominates with 13 firms, then builders merchants (8) and trade counters (6).

Fourteen jewellers — heritage retailers at one end, handmade studios at the other, with six in-house goldsmiths between.

Fourteen convenience stores — five on Alderney, four fuel-forecourt combos, three frozen-food specialists. Le Cocq's dates to 1860.

Ten firms, seven in St Peter Port — skincare retail dominates, anchored by Creasey's department store (since 1899).

Ten retailers — six office-supplies and managed-print firms, two CI book publishers, a Sark general store, and the Alderney Museum shop.

Eleven charity shops, seven of them in St Peter Port — a mix of national branches (Red Cross, Oxfam, Cancer Research) and local causes.

Nine firms — six in computer retail and repair, five in consumer AV, three each in white goods and Alderney IT services.

Nine pharmacies — four Co-op branches, two in the Healthcare Group, Boots on High Street, and Healthxchange exporting aesthetics to the UK.

Eight shops — three dedicated to golf, the rest spread across cycling, fishing, airsoft, and a 1936 family sports retailer.

Seven florists across six Guernsey parishes and Alderney — the oldest trading since 1919, three growers shipping flowers by post.

Six grocers — two Waitrose stores (both 2011, ex-Safeway), the CI Co-op's 1979 Grand Marché, and Iceland's 2025 franchise return.

Six shops on the island — three garden centres with pet sections and three dedicated pet retailers, the oldest trading since 1904.

Four shops on the island stocking toys — three general merchants, and one dedicated games retailer trading since 2018.