Grind – D2C Ranking & Growth Metrics
Speciality coffee, pods and matcha from a London café and restaurant brand.
Last updated · September 2026 edition · data to end of August 2026 · method v1.3
Grind ranks #112 of 418 D2C brands in the September 2026 edition and #3 of 37 in Food & Drink, down 1 place on last month. We estimate Grind's revenue is flat year on year (high confidence). Branded search is steady over the past year. In Food & Drink, its closest competitor is Square Mile Coffee Roasters (#261).
revenue (est.) Whether we estimate the brand's revenue is growing, flat or shrinking compared with a year earlier, from the online signals most tied to sales: branded search and site traffic, weighted towards the last three months.
It is a direction of travel, not a figure. We can't see prices, conversion, or sales through retailers and Amazon, so confidence is lower for brands that sell mostly through stockists, or when the signals disagree; with low confidence we only call growth or decline on a big move.
Scale is size, Momentum is direction: a small brand can grow fast, and a big one can be shrinking.
How scoring works →Year on year, high confidence. Why
scale A 0–100 score built from branded search (35%), site traffic (35%) and social following (30%).
It uses a log scale, so a brand 10 times bigger scores roughly 30 points higher. Higher means bigger.
Scale is size, Momentum is direction: a small brand can grow fast, and a big one can be shrinking.
How scoring works →How big Grind is today: #112 of 418 by size.
momentum Year-on-year growth in branded search, site traffic and social, over the last 12 months and the last 3 months.
50 means flat. Above 50 is growing (a brand that doubled scores about 88); below 50 is shrinking (halved scores about 12).
Scale is size, Momentum is direction: a small brand can grow fast, and a big one can be shrinking.
How scoring works →How fast it's growing: roughly flat (50 = flat).
what drives the score Is Grind's revenue growing?
We estimate Grind's revenue is flat year on year (high confidence). Branded search is steady and site traffic is steady year on year, pointing the same way, so confidence is high.
Estimated from year-on-year changes in branded search and site traffic. A direction of travel, not a revenue figure: we can't see prices, conversion, or retail and Amazon sales. How we estimate it.
How fast is Grind growing?
Grind's Momentum score is 50.5, which means it is roughly flat (50 means flat; a brand that doubled would score about 88). Branded search is steady over the past 12 months. Site traffic is steady over the same 12 months. Its size score is driven most by social audience, with site traffic relatively weakest.
About Grind
Grind is a London-based coffee company selling speciality coffee for home brewing alongside running a chain of cafés and restaurants. Its products include whole bean and ground coffee, home-compostable Nespresso-compatible pods, instant coffee, ready-to-drink iced coffee cans, and matcha, along with brewing accessories such as milk frothers and matcha sets. The range extends to seasonal items like advent calendars and Christmas gift sets.
The brand sells directly to consumers through its website, offering subscription-style deliveries alongside one-off purchases, and also serves businesses through a commercial coffee programme called GrindPro. Beyond e-commerce, Grind operates physical cafés, restaurants and coffee trucks across London and Manchester, as well as a site at Dubai Airport, positioning itself as a café-quality coffee brand that extends from its hospitality roots into home and workplace coffee. Grind describes itself as a B Corp and highlights sustainability initiatives including plastic recovery and compostable packaging.
Grind competitors
The food & drink brands closest to Grind: same kind of product first, then the nearest in size. See every brand in Food & Drink or the full D2C brand rankings.
London roaster of speciality whole bean coffee and brewing equipment
Fresh-roasted single-origin and blended coffee beans
Specialty coffee roaster selling coffee, tea and brewing goods online and in cafés
Flavoured coffee concentrates and protein coffee drinks
Subscription delivering single-origin coffees from around the world
Grind vs Square Mile Coffee Roasters
Grind is the bigger brand (Scale 53.5 against 39.4), while Square Mile Coffee Roasters is growing faster (Momentum 51 against 51). See Square Mile Coffee Roasters' page.
| September 2026 | Grind | Square Mile Coffee Roasters |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rank | #112 | #261 |
| Food & Drink rank | #3 | #23 |
| Scale (size) | 53.5 | 39.4 |
| Momentum (growth) | 50.5 | 50.7 |
| Branded search | 54 | 36 |
| Site traffic | 46 | 32 |
| Social audience | 62 | 53 |
Scores run 0 to 100. Signal scores show what drives each brand's Scale. The higher value in each row is in bold.
Grind branded search volume
How often people search for Grind by name, month by month, indexed so the peak month = 100 (we publish the trend, not raw vendor figures). Over the past year, demand is steady. Demand is fairly steady through the year.
Grind's audience, products and channels
Social audience
- Instagram grind 248,134
- TikTok grind 54,800
Also on Facebook.
Followers as shown on each platform, collected for the September 2026 edition.
Products
- Products in store133
- New in the last 90 days17
- Typical price£17
- Price range£1 – £1,300
From Grind's own online store.
Where it sells
- Own online storeyes
- Retailers / stockistsyes
- Amazonnot found
Its site is most visited in the UK, Spain, Canada and the Netherlands.
Ecommerce stack
- Email & SMSKlaviyo
- SubscriptionsRecharge
- ReviewsTrustpilot
- PaymentsKlarna, Afterpay
- TrackingGoogle Tag Manager
Tools detected on grind.co.uk; detection covers common apps and may miss some.
Grind: common questions
What does Grind sell?
Speciality coffee, pods and matcha from a London café and restaurant brand. Known for: Compostable coffee pods, Bean & ground coffee, Instant coffee, Iced coffee cans and Matcha.
Where is Grind from?
Grind is based in London, United Kingdom.
Where can you buy Grind?
Grind sells through its own online store and selected retailers. Its online store is at grind.co.uk.
Is Grind's revenue growing?
We estimate Grind's revenue is flat year on year (high confidence). Branded search is steady and site traffic is steady year on year, pointing the same way, so confidence is high. Estimated from year-on-year changes in branded search and site traffic. A direction of travel, not a revenue figure: we can't see prices, conversion, or retail and Amazon sales.
Who are Grind's competitors?
Grind's closest competitors in the Food & Drink category are Square Mile Coffee Roasters, Verve Coffee Roasters, Onyx Coffee Lab and Javy.
Scale and signal scores run from 0 to 100 on a fixed log scale; Momentum is 50 when flat. September 2026, method v1.3. See the methodology, or report a correction.